Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan announced Harpstead's departure which will take place ...

Gov. Tim Walz has named Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota President Jodi Harpstead as the next commissioner of the state’s embattled human services agency. Harpstead will succeed acting ...

DHS' newest commissioner, Jodi Harpstead, not only has her hands full with these obligations but a daunting set of additional challenges. Chief among them: major disruption within leadership ranks ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down next month, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Harpstead, who was appointed in August 2019, will vacate her post ...

Replacing Lourey will be Jodi Harpstead, who for the past eight years has been president and CEO of the nonprofit Lutheran Social Service. Prior to that, Harpstead was a senior manager with ...

Jodi Harpstead, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, will resign her post effective Feb. 3, according to the governor’s office. Jodi Harpstead was named the next commissioner of the ...

Gov. Tim Walz has selected Lutheran Social Service CEO Jodi Harpstead as the new leader of the Department of Human Services, capping a management shuffle at the embattled agency. Monday's ...

Newly-appointed Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead speaking at a Monday morning press conference. Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan Gov. Tim Walz has opted for an MBA ...

Minnesota’s new Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead has been at the helm of the state’s largest and most troubled agency for just over a week. And she is already charting a path for her ...

Jodi Harpstead told a Minnesota Senate hearing on Wednesday, on just her second day as commissioner, that there's nothing more important for the Department of Human Services now than rebuilding ...

Jodi Harpstead, CEO of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, told members of the Rotary Club of St. Cloud that the nonprofit has been operating in Minnesota for 150 years and in St. Cloud for ...