Politics we can be proud of
Leadership
Board of Directors
Keith Franke
Keith Franke is a small business owner, nonprofit leader, and the current Mayor of St. Paul Park.​ He is the owner of the Park Cafe and Franke's MORE
Board of Directors
Jim Hoolihan
Jim Hoolihan is the CEO of Can-Jer Industrial Lubricant Company. He also served until 2017 as the CEO of Industrial Lubricant Company MORE
Board of Directors
Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins is an active citizen who has represented east metro residents on commissions and working groups engaged in park planning, transit, MORE
Board of Directors
Mary Maus Kosir
Mary Maus Kosir is a driven and passionate professional with over 30 years of experience in non-profit and higher education administration. MORE
Board of Directors - Chair
Sandy Layman
Sandy Layman has 35 years of experience advocating for communities from a Greater Minnesota perspective. As a member of the Minnesota MORE
Board of Directors
RaeAnna K. Lee
Minnesotan through and through, RaeAnna currently serves as the Legislative & Coalitions Director for the Americans for Prosperity chapter in Minnesota. While MORE
Board of Directors
Jerad Moray
Jerad leads initiatives that heal divides, scale civic engagement, and build institutional partnerships -- especially where faith and democracy meet. He is a MORE
Board of Directors - Past Chair
Aaron Pearson
Aaron Pearson is a marketing and communications consultant with Narratio Marketing & Communications. Aaron specializes in helping B2B companies MORE
Board of Directors - Treasurer
Steve Wise
Since 1979, Steve Wise worked in the “family” business, Cass Precision Machining. While there he drove truck and was a machinist while MORE
Board of Directors - Secretary
Jim Schimelpfenig
Jim Schimelpfenig is an experienced educator and has been teaching in Minnesota public schools for over 30 years. Jim started his career in MORE
Board of Directors
Dan Wolter
Dan Wolter is a public affairs and strategic communications professional with more than
30 years of experience in business, government, and politics. A native of MORE
Board of Directors - Vice Chair
Ed Zabinski
Ed helps organizations plan for growth, manage their people, and more effectively communicate with their key stakeholders. He has done MORE
Board of Directors
Cami Zimmer
Cami Zimmer is Chief Business Officer at Glympse, a pioneer in real-time location-sharing technology. For more than eight years, she has led the MORE
Founder & Executive Director
Shannon Watson
Shannon Watson is the Founder and Executive Director of Majority in the Middle.​ She has worked in policy and public affairs roles for the MORE