Danna MacKenzie

Executive Director
Broadband Development, MN

Danna MacKenzie joined the State of Minnesota in January 2014 to head up their new Office of Broadband Development, which is housed within the Department of Employment and Economic Development. As Executive Director, MacKenzie leads broadband strategy and program development efforts within the state and provides support to both the Governor’s Subcabinet on Broadband and the state’s Broadband Task Force. MacKenzie currently oversees the execution of the state’s new $20M Border-to-border Broadband Infrastructure Incentive fund that was passed during the 2014 legislative cycle.

Prior to joining the Office, MacKenzie served as technology director for Cook County, Minnesota for 17 years, where one of the roles she held was that of administrator for the Cook County Broadband Commission, which was instrumental in bringing fiber to the home to the whole of the rural community. During these years she also served as a member of the Blandin Foundation Broadband Strategy Board focusing on connectivity and broadband use throughout the rural parts of the state.