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Commissioner Thomas K. Sorel
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Commissioner Thomas K. Sorel
Tom Sorel began his position as the Minnesota commissioner of transportation in April 2008. He has 30 years’ experience with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, as division administrator with the Minnesota Division Office of the FHWA in St. Paul; stewardship/oversight group and major projects team leader in the Washington, D.C. FHWA Office of Infrastructure; U.S. DOT intermodal liaison for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City; and director of planning and program development in FHWA's regional office in Albany, New York.
Sorel has a Master of Business Administration degree from Thomas College in Maine, a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo and experience in executive management, project management and conflict management.
Sorel lives in Woodbury, Minn., with his wife and son.