Minnesota
Minnesota DEED commissioner to head Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — Steve Grove, a former Google govt who has headed the Minnesota Division of Employment and Financial Growth beneath Gov. Tim Walz since 2019, is leaving his authorities submit for a brand new function as writer and CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
In statements asserting the departure Tuesday, Feb. 14, Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan famous the departing commissioner’s function in overseeing $15 billion in unemployment funds and $300 million in emergency help to small companies through the pandemic. Additionally they highlighted Grove’s function in creating a 10-year street map for Minnesota’s financial future with the Governor’s Council on Financial Growth.
“Minnesota’s economic system is wealthy with a nationally famend workforce and an entrepreneurial enterprise neighborhood that has introduced a lot alternative to our state,” Grove stated in a information launch. “The folks and companies I’ve labored with in my time as Commissioner give me nice confidence in the way forward for Minnesota.”
Walz, a Democrat, additionally famous Grove’s efforts to broaden entry to youngster care and rural broadband by means of grant packages, in addition to the departing commissioner’s dedication to placing fairness on the middle of DEED’s efforts. Within the final 4 years, the company has quadrupled the sum of money it provides to Folks of Shade and has set new targets to trace fairness metrics in several divisions, the Walz administration stated.
As Minnesota’s financial growth company, DEED goals to advertise the creation of jobs and a well-trained workforce and administers the state’s unemployment insurance coverage program. It publishes common reviews on the state of Minnesota’s workforce, together with unemployment numbers and workforce participation charges.
Earlier than becoming a member of DEED, Grove was a Google govt for 12 years, the place he was the founding director of the Google Information Lab, a division of the corporate that companions with newsrooms to assist drive innovation within the information business. In a Star Tribune article
asserting Grove’s hiring
, newspaper proprietor Glenn Taylor stated he hoped to usher in somebody from exterior with a “new view” to assist drive up digital subscriptions.
Grove, a local of Northfield, Minnesota, will step down as commissioner March 2, at which level Deputy Commissioner Kevin McKinnon will take the reins till the governor appoints a everlasting successor. Grove will begin his new place on the Star Tribune in April.
The Walz administration is taking purposes for subsequent DEED commissioner till March 7.
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