An American Tibetan, Tenzin Dolkar, has been appointed Minnesota’s new State Rail Director with responsibility for Minnesota’s 4,400 miles of track. She has been promoted from her position of Chief Policy Advisor on Transportation and Agriculture. Dolkar, who was born in Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement in Orissa, India, and moved to the US when she was 17, said, “I am honoured by Governor Dayton’s appointment”.