Mary Jo’s Background
At-A-Glance
Jan 2013 - Present
Ramsey County Commissioner,
District 2
- Chair, County Board
- Vice Chair, Legislative Committee
2019 - 2020
Chair, NACo Healthy Counties Advisory Board
DEC. 2019
Elected 2nd VP of Association of Minnesota Counties
Feb. 2010 - Dec. 2012
Minnesota State Senator, District 66
- Established working relationships with community leaders and stakeholders to develop, negotiate, and pass legislation
Jun. 2006 - 2010
State Coordinator, Project Citizen
- Directed state-wide program with mission to educate teachers and advance curriculum designed to motivate and enable young people to learn the rights and accept the responsibilities of being citizens
- Trained civics and government teachers
- Spoke/Presented on importance of civic education
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Associate Director, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation
2003
Recieved Hamline University School of Law Distinguished Alumna Award
- For commitment to ethical leadership and service
2002
Recieved Child Care Chamption Lifetime Achievement Award
- Child Care Works
2000 - Present
Adjunct Professor, St. Catherine University
- Masters in Organization Leadership and Political Science Departments
- Classes taught: Ethics and Leadership, Leadership in the Public Forum
1998
Graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Master of Arts in Public Administration
1995 - 1998
Bush Leadership Fellow
Jan. 1989 - Dec. 2003
Minnesota State Representative, District 54A
- Assistant Majority Leader, 1993-94
- Caucus Steering Committee member, 1993-2002
1988
Graduated Hamline Universtiy School of Law
- Juris Doctor
1978
Graduated from The College of St. Catherine
- Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration
- Concentration: Management