Longtime Mankato Diversity Council director stepping down
Bukata Hayes steps down to take a new position at Blue Cross Blue Shield
Longtime Mankato Diversity Council director stepping down By Jared Dean | March 10, 2021 at 7:01 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 11:05 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mankato Diversity Council Executive Director Bukata Hayes will be stepping down to accept a new role.
For the last 20 years, Hayes has been working for change in the Mankato community. His work began in the area at Bethany Lutheran college before starting at the Greater Mankato Diversity council in 2006.
He will now be the first-ever vice president of racial and health equity at Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield.