Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Lynette Boyer and Coralmae Stenstrom to the Rehabilitation Council for the Blind.

Lynette Boyer, of Otsego, is the Treasurer of the Minnesota Deaf-Blind Association.  She also currently works at the Holiday Inn in Otsego.  Boyer is a former member of the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.  She is appointed as the Council member who is a representative of the deaf-blind community.  Boyer will serve a three-year term which ends January 5, 2009.  She was first appointed to the Council in December 2003. 

Coralmae Stenstrom, of New Brighton, is a retired nurse.  She spent the majority of her nursing career in Illinois, including 28 years at Forest Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois.  Stenstrom is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Blind of Minnesota.  She is appointed to a Council position for a representative of a disability advocacy group (the United Blind of Minnesota).  Stenstrom will serve a three-year term which ends January 5, 2009.  She was first appointed to the Council in May 2005.  

The Rehabilitation Council for the Blind gives advice and recommendations to State Services for the Blind and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development concerning products and services for the blind.  The Council consists of eighteen members appointed by the Governor, as well as an ex-officio member from the State Services for the Blind.