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Board of Directors
The Growth & Justice board of directors consists of many distinguished Minnesotans, including Democrats, Republicans and independents, people from the business, labor, government and nonprofit communities, and from both the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.
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Marlana Benzie-Lourey
Editor and publisher, Askov American |
Bernie Brommer
President Emeritus, Minnesota AFL-CIO |
Ron DeHarpporte, Finance Committee Chair
Real estate developer, affordable housing; board member, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union |
Kelly Doran
Founder and principal, Doran Companies, a diversified commercial real estate company. |
Arlen Erdahl
Former U.S. Congressman; attorney, Stassen, Stern and Erdahl International |
Lew Freeman, Secretary
Retired; former director of shared services, West Group |
Heidi Gegax
Program evaluator, Gegax Evaluation and Consulting |
Thomas C. Kayser, Chair
Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi |
Joel Kramer
Founder, CEO and publisher, MinnPost; founder and former executive director, Growth & Justice; former publisher and editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Chris LaVictoire Mahai
Partner and owner, Aveus, a global strategy and operational change firm |
Ross Levin
President, Accredited Investors, Inc. |
Kimberly A. Lowe
Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron |
Lee Lynch
Founder and former CEO, Carmichael Lynch |
Michael O'Keefe
Retired president, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; former commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services |
Erik Peterson
Director of Education/Labor Program Director, Wellstone Action |
Paul Redleaf
Retired physician, retired market-maker on Chicago Board Options Exchange |
Jorge Saavedra F.
Attorney at Law |
Martin Olav Sabo
Former U.S. Congressman; Co-chair, National Transportation Policy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center |
Tina Smith
Chief of Staff, Office of the Minneapolis Mayor |
Betsey Whitbeck, Vice Chair
President, Whitbeck & Associates |
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