BOARD/COMMISSION: Board Of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, And Interior Design

85 East 7th Place, Suite 160
St Paul, MN
55101-2333

Supported by Department of Commerce

ENABLING LEGISLATION
M.S. 326.02-326.15
Enabled: 06-24-2015

CONTACT

Doreen Johnson

(651) 296-7938

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CHAIR
Margaret Parsons
(612) 379-5531
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DETAILS

Membership

The 21-member board includes three licensed architects; five licensed engineers; two licensed landscape architects; two licensed land surveyors; two certified interior designers; two geoscientists; and five public members. Not more than one member may be from the same branch of the profession of engineering. Each professional member must have 10 years of experience and shall have been in responsible charge of work for at least five years.

COMPENSATION

Per Diem: $
Other Compensation: $55 per diem plus expenses

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

Requires Older Member - no
Requires Senate Approval - no
Members file campaign finance and disclosure - yes

Entity Powers and Duties, Activity Summary

The board licenses and regulates architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, geologists, soil scientists,and certifies interior designers.

ACTIVITY SUMMARY

Meeting Information

Meetings typically last: 2-4 hours

Meeting Frequency: Full board meetings are held approximately seven times a year. In addition. members attend monthly committee meetings as needed.

Meetings are held at:
Golden Rule Building, St. Paul.

Fiscal Information

Annual Staff Hours:

Total Appropriations:

Appropriations Description:

Fiscal Year Expenses: $784,000.00

Expenses Description:

Open Positions (0)

No Open Positions

Applicants (27)

NAME

POSITION

APPLICATION DATE

ACTION

Dr James Campbell Jr 3rd

Certified Interior Designer

1/29/2021

Claudia Reichert

Certified Interior Designer

6/1/2021

Mr Terry Bovee

Geoscientist

1/8/2021

Mr Paul Brandt

Geoscientist

11/30/2020

Sally Grans Korsh

Licensed Architect

11/21/2020

Heather Olson

Licensed Architect

11/23/2020

Brian Tempas

Licensed Architect

1/22/2021

Dave Blume

Licensed Engineer

5/3/2021

Mr. Peter Cartwright pscartwright@msn.com

Licensed Engineer

11/4/2020

Mr. Joseph Edwards joe.edwards13@comcast.net

Licensed Engineer

11/22/2020

Mr. Mustafa Igdelioglu migdelioglu@barr.com

Licensed Engineer

12/6/2020

Mr. Chad Kurdi

Licensed Engineer

12/29/2020

Jeffery Langan

Licensed Engineer

11/20/2020

Eric Nyaribo

Licensed Engineer

3/18/2021

Dr. Travis Thul P.E.

Licensed Engineer

12/16/2020

Mrs. Amy Barthel

Public Member

11/12/2020

AARON DENNIS

Public Member

12/2/2020

Rachel Dwyer

Public Member

1/14/2021

Susan Estes

Public Member

3/1/2021

Eric Friske

Public Member

12/31/2020

Mr Duane Grace

Public Member

3/3/2021

Mr Duane Grace

Public Member

2/18/2021

Sally Grans Korsh

Public Member

1/4/2021

Elliot Johnson

Public Member

11/6/2020

Daniel Miesle

Public Member

11/3/2020

Joshua Roble

Public Member

6/3/2021

David Stenseth

Public Member

12/30/2020

Pending Appointments (0)

No pending appointments found.

Direct Appointments (3)

POSITION/SEAT

APPOINTING AUTHORITY

MEMBER NAME

STATUS

TERM END

ACTION

Direct Appointments

Executive Director

Governor

Kay Weiss

Filled

05/15/2024

Staff - Contact

The Board

Megan Berg

Filled

04/27/2025

Staff Contact #2

The Board

Dillon Lang

Filled

04/27/2025

Current Members (21)

POSITION/SEAT

APPOINTING AUTHORITY

MEMBER NAME

STATUS

TERM END

Certified Interior Designer

Certified Interior Designer #1

Governor

Erica Larson

Filled

01/01/2024

Certified Interior Designer #2

Governor

Claudia Reichert

Filled

01/06/2025

Geoscientist

Geoscientist #1

Governor

Mr Paul Brandt

Filled

01/06/2025

Geoscientist #2

Governor

Keith Rapp

Filled

01/02/2023

Licensed Architect

Licensed Architect #1

Governor

Tari Rayala

Filled

01/02/2023

Licensed Architect #2

Governor

Sally Grans Korsh

Filled

01/06/2025

Licensed Architect #3

Governor

Margaret Parsons

Filled

01/01/2024

Licensed Engineer

Licensed Engineer #1

Governor

Dr. Travis Thul P.E.

Filled

01/06/2025

Licensed Engineer #2

Governor

Daniel Kelsey

Filled

01/01/2024

Licensed Engineer #3

Governor

Nirmal Jain

Filled

01/03/2022

Licensed Engineer #4

Governor

Melisa Rodriguez

Filled

01/02/2023

Licensed Engineer #5

Governor

Mrs. Denise Kazmierczak

Filled

01/03/2022

Licensed Land Surveyor

Licensed Land Surveyor #1

Governor

Paul Vogel

Filled

01/01/2024

Licensed Land Surveyor #2

Governor

Daniel Baar

Filled

01/02/2023

Licensed Landscape Architect

Licensed Landscape Architect #1

Governor

Scott Robinson

Filled

01/03/2022

Licensed Landscape Architect #2

Governor

Mr Graham Sones

Filled

01/04/2024

Public Member

Public Member #1

Governor

Scott Holm

Filled

01/02/2023

Public Member #2

Governor

Rachel Dwyer

Filled

01/06/2025

Public Member #3

Governor

Eric Friske

Filled

01/06/2025

Public Member #4

Governor

Jami Neiber

Filled

01/02/2023

Public Member #5

Governor

David Stenseth

Filled

01/06/2025

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