Sakawdin Mustafa Mohamed, of Burnsville, is a budget and data analyst with the Minnesota Department of Health Division of Compliance Monitoring. Previously, he was a state program administrator with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in St. Paul, a social worker and program coordinator with Blue Earth County Public Health, and worked in the Fargo-Moorhead area integrating Somali refugees, and as a translator and interpreter. A Somali native, Mohamed is a Humphrey policy fellow, earned his master of science degree in community health services from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his bachelor of science degree in economics and sociology from North Dakota State University in Fargo. Mohamed, who has been a member of the ServeMinnesota Commission since 2009, is reappointed as a community member.

The Minnesota Commission on National and Community Service coordinates volunteer learning service programs, administers the youth works grant program as well as the federal AmeriCorps program. The commission consists of 25 members, including 24 appointed by the Governor, the Commissioner of Education plus four ex-officio legislative members.