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Vanessa Baratta – Candidate for Treasurer

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Vanessa Baratta, is a mapping hydrologist at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). She joined the DNR in 2013 as a field technician monitoring surface water in southwestern Minnesota, and has worked for the County Geologic Atlas (CGA) Unit since May 2014. Since joining the CGA team she has been an author on the Part B County Geologic atlases for Nicollet, Sibley, Redwood, and Morrison counties.

She is currently working on atlases for Wadena and Hubbard counties. In her position she also leads and supports the development of the new procedure documents, plans and conducts fieldwork, trains new team members, and manages data. Vanessa has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology and Statistics (2011) from the University of Minnesota Morris and a Master of Science in Geosciences (2013) from the University of Iowa.


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