Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Judge James A. Morrow and Nancy L. Schuster to the Minnesota Boxing Commission. Both members, who were originally appointed last August after the commission was created by the 2006 Legislature, are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 3, 2011.

Morrow, of Coon Rapids, retired last year from the Tenth Judicial District trial court bench in Anoka County, and is a professor at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul. Morrow serves as a retired judge member of the commission.

Schuster, of Chanhassen, is the director of investigations with Ameriprise Financial, Inc., in Minneapolis. Previously, she served as an associate judge with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Court in Nixon, Nevada, and was chief counsel as well as a supervisory special agent with the FBI in field offices in Minneapolis, Omaha, Detroit, and Las Vegas.

The Minnesota Boxing Commission (Laws of Minnesota 2006, Chapter 282, Article 11, Section 14) has sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all boxing and tough person contests held within the state; sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses; and may adopt rules including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, fights, and their manner, supervision, time, and place. The Minnesota Boxing Commission, whose purpose is to protect health, promote safety, and ensure fair boxing events, consists of five members appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a retired Minnesota judge.