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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 people from the Twin Cities and from greater Minnesota.

Marlana Benzie-Lourey
Editor and publisher, Askov American

Ron DeHarpporte
Real estate developer, affordable housing; board member Wellstone Action

Arlen Erdahl
Former U.S. Congressman; attorney at Stassen, Stern, and Erdahl International

David Fisher
Executive director, Corporate Institute, University of Minnesota

Linda Fisher
Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron

Lew Freeman, Secretary
Retired, former director, Shared Services, West Group

Vernae Hasbargen
Former legislative director, Minnesota Rural Education Association

H.B. “Bud” Hayden Jr.
Founder and president, Hayden Enterprises

Hubert H. “Buck” Humphrey IV
Vice president, Forbes-Tate

Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
President and CEO, INTER-RACE Institute at Augsburg College

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, Star Tribune

Kimberly Lowe
Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron

Lee Lynch
Founder & 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 for Wellstone Action

Walter “Rocky” Rockenstein
Former member, Minneapolis City Council; Retired attorney, Faegre & Benson

Martin Olav Sabo
Former U.S. Congressman; Co-chair, National Transportation Policy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center

Betsey Whitbeck, Vice Chair
President, Whitbeck & Associates