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 - President & CEO
Meet Minneapolis

CITY OFFICIALS:  

Jacob Frey 
Mayor

Lisa Bender 
City Council - Ward 10

Alondra Cano
City Council - Ward 9

Steve Fletcher 
City Council - Ward 3

Lisa Goodman
City Council - Ward 7

Kevin Reich 
City Council - Ward 1

Gia Vitali
Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor

Abdi Warsame
City Council - Ward 6

COUNTY OFFICIALS: 

Angela Conley 
Hennepin County Commissioner - District 4

Jan Callison
Hennepin County Commissioner - District 6

ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS: 

Margaret Anderson Kelliher  
Commissioner of MN Department of Transportation

Tim Baylor
JADT Development 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)
Metropolitan Council Member - District 7 

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

Irene Quarshie
Target Corporation

Dara J. Rudick
Management HQ, LLC

Saed Wadi
World Street Kitchen, Milkjam Creamery

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS:     

Alfred (Al) Bangoura
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

Steve Cramer
Minneapolis Downtown Council & Downtown Improvement District

Jeff Johnson
Minneapolis Convention Center

Mike Vekich
Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority

Jonathan Weinhagen
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Brian Ryks 
Metropolitan Airports Commission

Wes Kooistra
Metro Transit