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® Heartland Center for Leadership Development 2007 - present <br />® Renewing the Countryside 2006 - 2011 <br />® Northern Great Plains Initiative 1998 - 2011 <br />® Blandin Foundation 1993 - 2005 <br />® University of Minnesota Rural Development Council 1998 - 2001 <br />® Minnesota Forest Resources Council 1996 - 2001 <br />® Minnesota River Citizens' Advisory Committee 1994 -1996 <br />SKILLS <br />® Program and policy knowledge and experience on the local, state and federal levels regarding <br />natural resource policy, rural transportation, health, housing, education, environment, economic <br />development, cultural diversity, new immigrants and the arts. <br />® Developed, analyzed and presented policy options to state and federal legislators and staff in the <br />capacity as board member, director, concerned citizen; and mobilized constituent groups to make <br />their voices heard at the legislature. <br />® National speaker; significant media experience on rural issues. <br />® Strategic planning experience in the areas of job training, water resource management, <br />governance, organizational and business development, and delivery of local services. <br />® Planned, convened, organized and carried out diverse gatherings of citizen leaders and elected <br />officials, including six Minnesota Rural Summits and International Rural Network Conference. <br />>, *TAW,1 We114 <br />