Statement of economic interest for a public official

Official: Richards, Jess

Statement last updated: 1/25/2026

Occupation:	Assistant Commissioner
Employer:	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources


	St. Paul, MN 55155

Positions held

Agency	Position held	Appointment date	Appointment ends	Appointment authority
Natural Resources, Department of	Assistant Commissioner	1/23/2019	1/4/2027	Natural Resources Commissioner

Sources of income

Name of source	Relationship to source
Name of source	Director	Officer	Owner	Member	Partner	Employer	Employee	Honorarium
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Compensation from lobbyist, lobbyist principal, or interested person, for services as an independent contractor or consultant

None reported

Business ownership

None reported

Independent contracting

None reported

Securities

Name of security
Federated Hermes Total return bond, Federated Hermes MDT Market Neutral, Invesco Value, Invesco Small Cap, Invesco Value Oppty, Nuveen High Yield,
Princ Mid Cap Instl CL
Applovin Corp, Caesars Ent, Delta, Lyft, Marvell Tech
BNY Mellon Core Plus, Fidelity Adv. Growth, Goldman Sach Small cap, Columbia Dividend, Goldman Sachs GQG,Nomura Science and Tech, Lord Abbett Core Bond plus.
Fidelity Diversified Int'l Commingled Tr, Stable Value Fund, Vangaurd Div Growth Inv, Vangaurd Balanced index fund - Inst'l, T. Rowe Price Instl Small-Cap Stock, Vanguard Mid Cap Index InstlPlus)
RCamp, LLC
Vangaurd TTL Int. Stock index, Vangaurd TTL Stock Market Index, Core Bond Account, Vangaurd Institutional Index

Real property

County	Address or section information	Owner	Mortgagee	Contract for deed	Option to buy $2500 rule	Option to buy $50000 rule
St. Louis	10502 Johnson Road

Government agency interests

None reported

Honoraria

None reported

Pari-mutuel horse racing interests

None reported