Community Leaders

• Harriet Barlow, Executive Director, the Blue Mountain Center; Advisor, Harold K. Hochschild Foundation 
• John Cairns, former Executive Director, Minnesota Business Parnership; former Minneapolis City Council member
• Bill Cosgriff, Attorney, Briggs and Morgan PA
• John Cowles, former publisher, Star Tribune
• Ned Crosby and Pat Benn, founders Citizen Jurys Project 
• Chuck Denny, former CEO, ADC Communications
• Elizabeth Dickenson, community and environmental activist
• Cheryl Dickson, former President and CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Commission
• Dave Durenberger, former US Senator; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy; Advisory Board, National Popular Vote Plan
• Karla Ekdahl, Community Leader
• Matt Filner, assistant professor, Metro State University
• Catherine Gray, ass. director, White House Project Minnesota
• Kit Hadley, Director, Heading Home Minnesota; former director, Minneapolis Libraries
• Jim Gibson, Owner, Trail Blazer Campaign Services
• Mike Goldner, former owner of an investment firm and president of the Minneapolis Civil Liberties Union
• Mark Halvorson, president, Minnesota Citizens for Election Integrity
• Tom Horner, co-founder of Himle Horner, Inc and candidate for Minnesota Governor
• Peter Hutchinson, President, Bush Foundation; founder Public Strategies Group; former Minneapolis School Superintendent
• Susan Lenfestey, writer; founder of Watch
• Curt Johnson, President, Citistates Group; former Chair, Metropolitan Council; former Executive Director, Citizens League
• Liz Johnson, director, White House Project Minnesota
• Doug Johnson, Executive Director, Center for Victims of Torture
• Dan Larson, former Minnesota Senator
• Mike Logan, Comcast Governmental Affairs
• Jim and Cindy Smart, Jim is President of Smart Associates
• Tammy Lee Stanoch, candidate for US Congress; former VP for Communication, Northwest Airlines
• Ken Martin, former chair, DFL Party
• Brian Melendez, former Chair, DFL Party; Attorney, Faegre & Benson
• Javier Morillo, President , SEIU Local 26
• Teresa Morrow, Senior Vice President, Communications and Community Relations, Bremer Bank
• Tom Moss, COO, Public Strategies Group
• Dr. Glen Nelson, Surgeon and former Medtronic Vice Chairman
• Jack Nelson Pallmeyer, candidate for US Senate; Professor, Saint Thomas University
• Al Netland, President, Northeast Area Labor Council
• Jim Niland, Political Director, AFSCME Council 5
• Ken Pentel, former Green Party candidate for Minnesota Governor
• George & Sally Pillsbury, community volunteers
• Jon Pratt, Executive Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• Walter Rockenstein, Attorney, Faegre & Benson; former Minneapolis Council Member
• Jorge Saavedra, Attorney, community leader
• Bill Sands, Chairman, Western Bancshares, Inc.
• Tony Solgard, former President, FairVote Minnesota
• Wy Spano, Director, University of Minnesota-Duluth Center for Advocacy and Political
  Leadership; Co-founder and editor, Politics in Minnesota
• Hussein Samatar, executive director, African Development Center
• Jorge Saavedra, candidate for US Congress; attorney at law
• Aaron Street, Co-Director, Minnesota Institute of Law and Politics
• David Schultz, Attorney, Professor, Hamline University
• Sarah Stoez, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood
• Craig Swaggert, Chair, Minnesota Independence Party
• John Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management
• Jane Tschida, Community leader, former President, Minnesota Governmental Relations Council; Board Member, CommonBond Communities
• Paul Tschida, Community leader; former Commissioner of Public Safety, University of Minnesota
• Jack Uldrich, Global futurist and author; Owner, Nano Veritas; former Deputy Director
  of the MN Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning, Governor
  Ventura's adminstration
• Ruth Usem, Community Leader
• Win Rockwell, Partner, Faegre & Benson
• Tom Swain, former mayor of Lilydale, former Chief of Staff to Governor Elmer Anderson and former vice president for Institutional Relations, University of Minnesota
• Val Vargas, CEO, Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Lee Pao Xiong, Director, Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia