Civic, Community, Union and Business Leaders
Community Leaders
- Harriet Barlow, Executive Director, the Blue Mountain Center; Advisor, Harold K. Hochschild Foundation
- John Cairns, former Executive Director, Minnesota Business Parnership; former Minneapolis City Council member
- Donna Cassutt, vice chair, Minnesota DFL Party
- Bill Cosgriff, Attorney, Briggs and Morgan PA
- John Cowles, former publisher, Star Tribune
- Ned Crosby and Pat Ness, founders Citizen Jurys Project
- Chuck Denny, former CEO, ADC Communications
- Elizabeth Dickenson, community and environmental activist
- Cheryl Dickson, former President and CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Commission
- Dave Durenberger, former US Senator; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy; Advisory Board, National Popular Vote Plan
- Karla Ekdahl, Community Leader
- Matt Filner, executive director, Progressive Majority
- Catherine Gray, ass. director, White House Project Minnesota
- Kit Hadley, Director, Heading Home Minnesota; former director, Minneapolis Libraries
- Jim Gibson, Owner, Trail Blazer Campaign Services
- Mike Goldner, former owner of an investment firm and president of the Minneapolis Civil Liberties Union
- Mark Halvorson, president, Minnesota Citizens for Election Integrity
- Peter Hutchinson, President, Bush Foundation; founder Public Strategies Group; former Minneapolis School Superintendent
- Susan Lenfestey, writer; founder of Watch
- Curt Johnson, President, Citistates Group; former Chair, Metropolitan Council; former Executive Director, Citizens League
- Liz Johnson, director, White House Project Minnesota
- Doug Johnson, Executive Director, Center for Victims of Torture
- Dan Larson, former Minnesota Senator
- Tammy Lee Stanoch, candidate for US Congress; former VP for Communication, Northwest Airlines
- Brian Melendez, Chair, DFL Party; Attorney, Faegre & Benson
- Javier Morillo, President , SEIU Local 26
- Teresa Morrow, Senior Vice President, Communications and Community Relations, Bremer Bank
- Tom Moss, COO, Public Strategies Group
- Jack Nelson Pallmeyer, candidate for US Senate; Professor, Saint Thomas University
- Al Netland, President, Northeast Area Labor Council
- Jim Niland, Political Director, AFSCME Council 5
- Ken Pentel, former Green Party candidate for Minnesota Governor
- George & Sally Pillsbury, community volunteers
- Jon Pratt, Executive Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Walter Rockenstein, Attorney, Faegre & Benson; former Minneapolis Council Member
- Jorge Saavedra, Attorney, community leader
- Bill Sands, Chairman, Western Bancshares, Inc.
- Tony Solgard, former President, FairVote Minnesota
- Wy Spano, Director, University of Minnesota-Duluth Center for Advocacy and Political
Leadership; Co-founder and editor, Politics in Minnesota
- Hussein Samatar, executive director, African Development Center
- Jorge Saavedra, candidate for US Congress; attorney at law
- Aaron Street, Co-Director, Minnesota Institute of Law and Politics
- David Schultz, Attorney, Professor, Hamline University
- Sarah Stoez, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood
- Craig Swaggert, Chair, Minnesota Independence Party
- Jane Tschida, Community leader, former President, Minnesota Governmental Relations Council; Board Member, CommonBond Communities
- Paul Tschida, Community leader; former Commissioner of Public Safety, University of Minnesota
- Jack Uldrich, Global futurist and author; Owner, Nano Veritas; former Deputy Director
of the MN Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning, Governor
Ventura's adminstration
- Win Rockwell, Partner, Faegre & Benson
- Tom Swain, Mayor of Lilydale, former Chief of Staff to Governor Elmer Anderson and former vice president for Institutional Relations, University of Minnesota
- Val Vargas, CEO, Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Lee Pao Xiong, Director, Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia