Leadership

Alecia Engelmeyer is vice president of public affairs at Weber Shandwick, a global strategic communications and consulting firm. With more than 15 years MORE

Keith Franke is a small business owner, nonprofit leader, and the current Mayor of St. Paul Park.​ He is the owner of the Park Cafe and Franke's MORE 

Kim brings with her a 30+ year career in broadcast journalism, which includes Upper Midwest Emmy awards for her reporting and anchor work. MORE

Mark is a trailblazing technology advocate. He was actively promoting smartcards, smartphones, and cloud based contact centers when these MORE

Susan Kent is an experienced leader, dedicated advocate, former small business owner and a concerned community member. She has MORE

Sandy Layman has 35 years of experience advocating for communities from a Greater Minnesota perspective. As a member of the Minnesota MORE

Steve Morris is the President & Owner of Retail Management Inc., a retail management & marketing services provider for retailers nationwide MORE

Aaron Pearson is a marketing and communications consultant with Pearson Consulting LLC. Aaron specializes in helping B2B companies tell MORE

John Perlich currently serves as the Senior Director of Public Affairs at the St. Paul Area Chamber, advocating for member businesses and MORE 

Isaac Russell is a St. Paul resident who has spent over a decade in public policy. He spent nine years in the Minnesota State Senate as a legislative MORE

Bradley Schaeppi, a real estate attorney and self-described "moderate," has lived a full, civically involved life: a Minneapolis neighborhood MORE

Jim Schimelpfenig is an experienced educator and has been teaching in Minnesota public schools for over 30 years. Jim started his career in MORE

Cami Zimmer is the Chief Business Officer at Glympse, the pioneer of real-time location-sharing technology. For over 5 years, she has led the MORE

Shannon Watson is the Founder and Executive Director of Majority in the Middle.​ She has worked in policy and public affairs roles for the MORE