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41* MOLINM VIM City of Mounds View 2401 County Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 5511 763-717-4000 Application for Advisory Commission and Committees Group(s) applied for: Economic Development Commission Full Name: Jennifer Wagner-Harkonen • Work Phone: 612-624-2811 Work/Cell Phone: 612-624-2811 Address: 2299 Knoll Drive, Mounds View MN 55112 Years at this address: --11 Years you have lived in Mounds View: -11 ti Email Address: denom001 @umn.edu Experience and Qualifications Skills and Interests: I am a homeowner in Mounds View and have a son attending Irondale High School. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, my father owned a professional office service and my mother owned a retail business in a community that was facing farm failures and was transitioning to a more tourist economy. Employment, Occupation or Other Relevant Experience: I work as an Executive Assistant/Office Manager for the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality. Our programs are designed to enhance community's economic strength, civic empowerment, technological capacity, and social capital as Minnesota communities face changes in demographics, social change, technological capacity, etc. As I've been employed in this area it has been interesting to have exposure to some of the interventions our center has had with other communities that trying new approaches to their economic development issues, especially retail and business concerns. Memberships, Accomplishments or Other Qualifications: I have served as past chair of the Extension Civil Service Consultative Committee. I am a graduate of UW-River Falls with a BS in English and Professional Writing for Business and Government. Please state your reason for wanting to serve with this group: in my work environment, I am exposed to working with communities throughout the state. I see Mounds View as having great potential to continue thrive in the 21st century but like most 1" ring suburbs, care must be taken that it continues to be attractive to incoming residents. The City of Mounds View s committee to the policy hat all persons shall have access to its programs,facilities and employment without regard for race, ethnicity, age or physical abilities.