JAKI GARDNER
Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce, member of Financial Services Volunteer Corps
Age: 60
Home: West St. Paul
College: Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., accounting and computer programming degrees
Career: Illinois Department of Insurance 1973 to 1993. Washington's Office of the Insurance Commissioner 1993 to 1997. Minnesota Department of Commerce 1997 to present.
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