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Media contacts

Our communications specialists specialist in media relations for our different divisions.

General DPS inquiries

Howie Padilla

Communications director

Jen Longaecker

Deputy communications director

Communications supervisors

Anbar Ahmed

Communications supervisor (programs)

Julie Prior-Miller

Communications supervisor (digital)

Nicole Roddy

Communications supervisor (law enforcement)

Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement

Dave Boxum

Communications specialist

Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Jill Oliveira

Communications specialist/public information officer

Driver and Vehicle Services

Erin Johnson

Communications specialist

Mark Karstedt

Communications specialist

Emergency Communication Networks

Oliver Schuster

Communications specialist

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Oliver Schuster

Communications specialist

Minnesota State Patrol

Lt. Mike Lee

Public Information Officer

Kyle Everson

Communications specialist

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office

Catriona Stuart

Communications specialist

Office of Justice Programs

Howie Padilla

Communications director

Jen Longaecker

Deputy communications director

Office of Traffic Safety

Dave Boxum

Communications specialist

Eric Lightner

Communications specialist

Office of Pipeline Safety

Kat Barrett

Communications specialist

State Fire Marshal

Kat Barrett

Communications specialist

Communications and creative services

Scott Theisen

Communications specialist (web/digital)

Bob Lahr

Communications specialist (graphics)

Dan Sundem

Communications specialist (video)

Jourdan Cochran

Communications specialist (writer/editor)

Jake Seamans

Communications specialist (social media)

Gregg Marquardt

Communications specialist (internal communications)