Meet Minneapolis Board

OFFICERS:

Mark Andrew - Chair
GreenMark Enterprises, LLC

Julie Batliner – Vice Chair 
Carmichael Lynch
 
Richard Copeland - Secretary / Treasurer    
Thor Construction
 
Bob Lux – Immediate Past Chair
Alatus LLC

Melvin Tennant
Meet Minneapolis

CITY OFFICIALS:  

Jacob Frey 
Mayor

Lisa Bender 
City Council President Ward 10

Alondra Cano
City Council Member Ward 9

Steve Fletcher 
City Council Member Ward 3

Lisa Goodman
City Council Member Ward 7

Kevin Reich 
City Council Member Ward 1

Gia Vitali
Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor

Abdi Warsame
City Council Vice President Ward 6

COUNTY OFFICIALS: 

Angela Conley 
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 4

Jan Callison
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 6

ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS: 

Margaret Anderson Kelliher  
Minnesota High Tech Association  

Tim Baylor
JADT Group 

Rick Bertram
Marriott City Center 

Andrea Christenson
Cushman & Wakefield

Julie “JJ” Haywood 
Pizza Luce 

John Koneck
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Kathleen Lamb  
McGrann Shea Carnival Straughn & Lamb

Robert Lilligren
Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) 

Steve Lindburg
Radisson Blu Minneapolis 

Shaye Mandle
Medical Alley Association 

Bill McCarthy
Minnesota AFL-CIO

Tim Murray
Murray’s Restaurant 

Mike Noble
Best Western Normandy Inn

Eric Pehle
Weber Shandwick

Irene Quarshie
Target

Dara J. Rudick
Management HQ, LLC

Saed Wadi
World Street Kitchen

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS:     

Alfred (Al) Bangoura
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

Steve Cramer
Minneapolis Downtown Council & Downtown Improvement District

Brian Lamb
Metro Transit

Jeff Johnson
Minneapolis Convention Center

Mike Vekich
Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority

Jonathan Weinhagen
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Brian Ryks 
Metropolitan Airports Commission 

Please contact Donya Dawson with questions:
DonyaD@minneapolis.org