Katie Sieben (Chair)

Katie Sieben has served on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission since January 2017. In 2019, Governor Tim Walz appointed her Chair of the Commission, a role she continues to hold following her reappointment to a second term in 2023. 

Chair Sieben plays an active leadership role in national utility regulation. She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), where she is the incoming second vice president. She also serves on several NARUC committees, including the Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) Working Group, the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, the Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues – Waste Disposal, and the Washington Action Committee. She previously served as president of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference (MARC), a regional association of state utility regulators. She also currently serves on the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition and is a former chair.

Before joining the Commission, Chair Sieben served in the Minnesota Legislature for 14 years, representing communities southeast of the Twin Cities along the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers. During her tenure in both the House and Senate, she was a strong advocate for environmental protection, public education, and infrastructure investment. She also served as Assistant Majority Leader and chaired the Elections Committee. 

Outside of government, Chair Sieben has taught graduate-level courses as an adjunct professor and community faculty member in Metropolitan State University’s Master’s in Advocacy and Political Leadership program. She holds a B.A. from Colorado College, was a Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs and earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.