Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Dan J. Williams, Sr. to the Minnesota Veterans Homes Board of Directors.

Williams, of Vadnais Heights, has been president and CEO of Masters, Williams and Associates, an information technology consulting firm, since 2002. From 2001-02, he was North American vice president at ASP Consulting, an international consulting firm headquartered in Vienna, Austria. He is also an ordained minister and the founder of Grace Resurrection Ministries. In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed Williams to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, a $56 billion government-sponsored enterprise. In 2006, he moved from being vice chair of the board into a transition team position to help run the bank while they went through a hiring process for a new president and CEO. He also serves on the Minnesota Institute of Public Health Board of Directors.

Williams served in the U.S. Navy on active duty from 1971-74. Williams attended Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Mankato State University, and Augsburg College with a major in management information systems. Williams, who has been a member of the Veterans Homes Board of Directors since 2003, is reappointed as a public member to another four-year terms that expires January 3, 2011.

The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes oversees management of Minnesota’s five state-run veterans homes located in Minneapolis, Hastings, Silver Bay, Luverne, and Fergus Falls. The board is made up of nine members appointed by the Governor.