From the Office of Broadband Development…

Agenda: Broadband Task Force, February Meeting

Date: 2/18/2026

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Meeting Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Welcome from Teddy Bekele, Chair, Minnesota Governor’s Task Force on Broadband and approval of minutes from January Task Force meeting.

10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Rural Health Research: Understanding Digital Access to Improve Community Health with Tabetha Brockman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Program Manager, Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) Rural Health Research Core and Ilaya Rome Hopkins, Community Engagement Coordinator, MCCCC & CCaTS Rural Health Research Core.

10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Office of Broadband Development (OBD) overview and updates from Bree Maki (Executive Director, OBD).

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Open the floor to other business, no meeting in March, and meeting wrap-up.