Education Evolving is the network from which came the first charter school law in the U.S., the first comprehensive education choice program design and the idea for teachers forming professional partnership, a model now spreading across the U.S. Education Evolving works to promote change in the education industry to welcome innovation and change and improve the way other industries do.

Citiscope, now a subsidiary of the London-based Thomson Reuters Foundation, was a non profit journalistic enterprise covering innovations in cities around the world and spreading the information widely. This "Global News Service" with initial support from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations launched January, 2014. The founders of Citiscope operated since 1995 as the Citistates Group, which remains network of journalists, speakers, and analysts focused on how metropolitan regions are… Show more Citiscope, now a subsidiary of the London-based Thomson Reuters Foundation, was a non profit journalistic enterprise covering innovations in cities around the world and spreading the information widely. This "Global News Service" with initial support from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations launched January, 2014. The founders of Citiscope operated since 1995 as the Citistates Group, which remains network of journalists, speakers, and analysts focused on how metropolitan regions are positioning themselves for greater prosperity and livability. The firm legacy product has been feature-length articles for newspapers on contract, written in the context of extensive work all over the U.S. Citistates specialty is reframing issues that otherwise stuck in unproductive politics, engaging a wider band of citizens through information and narrative. Show less

Appointed by the governor to chair the body that operates transit and wastewater treatment systems for a seven-county metro region, and produces the urban planning framework for cities.

Policy adviser and later chief of staff to Gov. Arne Carlson

Public affairs research organization specializing in involving citizens in developing public policy recommendations. Long history of influencing Minnesota lawmaking.

President of Hibbing Community College 1970-72President of Inver Hills Community College 1972-78President of Minneapolis Community College 1978-80

Communications and Community Relations