Tamar Gronvall serves as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Administration. As Commissioner, Gronvall leads over a dozen administrative service divisions – including the state’s purchasing, real estate property, fleet, risk management, and demographic analysis. As a part of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan’s cabinet, she is focused on ensuring our state systems continue to deliver the best and most efficient services for Minnesotans.
Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, Gronvall served as director at the Office for Conflict Resolution at the University of Minnesota, providing legal counsel and mediation and overseeing the employee grievance process for over 20,000 employees across all five system campuses. In this role, she has initiated and led processes to improve the university’s practices and policies to advance fairness, transparency, equity, and inclusion.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gronvall served in a temporary position with the State Emergency Operations Center, where she led efforts across numerous state agencies to secure federal funding for urgent pandemic needs. In 2017, Governor Dayton appointed Gronvall as one of three judges on the Minnesota Tax Court where she expanded free mediation to all parties and increased court accessibility for self-represented litigants. She previously served as general counsel at the Minnesota Department of Commerce and served in the Minnesota State Attorney General’s office, managing several divisions representing numerous state agencies.
Gronvall attended the University of Minnesota where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to the University of Minnesota Law School earning a Juris Doctor degree.
