Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced appointments to the High-Speed Broadband Task Force on Monday.
Eden Prairie residents JoAnne Johnson and Richard King join Stephen Cawley, Brent Christensen, Thomas Garrison, Dr. Jack Geller, Ph.D., Barbara Jo Gervais, John Gibbs, Mike O’Connor, Dr. Kim Ross, Ed.D., Vijay Sethi, Richard Sjoberg, Karen Smith, John Stanoch, Chris Swanson, Craig Taylor, Mary Ellen Wells, Peg Werner and Robyn West on the High-Speed Broadband Task Force. All 20 are appointed to terms that expire on March 2, 2010.
Johnson is manager of government and external relations for the central region states with Frontier Frontier Communications. Johnson is appointed as a representative of telephone companies.
King is executive vice president and chief operations officer for Thomson Reuters North American Legal. King is appointed as the task force’s chair as well as the representative of metropolitan area business citizens at-large.
“The High-Speed Broadband Task Force was created by the 2008 Legislature to make recommendations to the governor and the Legislature regarding the creation of a state high-speed broadband goal and a plan to achieve it. The task force consists of 26 members, including 20 appointed by the governor,” according to a news release.