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| General Membership Meeting |
‘Refocus:’ Local officials to present annual State of the Community
Join
Edina Mayor James
B. Hovland, City Manager Scott H. Neal and Edina
Public Schools Superintendent Ric Dressen will
present the “2012 State of the Community”. The men will speak about current
affairs in Edina. Neal will talk about his recent
reorganization of City departments. Dressen will
talk about the school district’s strategic plan.
Neal and Dressen will also discuss partnerships
between the City and school district. An attorney, Hovland joined the
Edina City Council in 1997 and has been Mayor since
2005. Among other things, as Mayor he is a member of
the Regional Council of Mayors, I-494 Corridor
Commission, Transportation Advisory Board to the Met
Council, University of Minnesota’s Center for
Transportation Studies, GEARS Board for Counties
Transit Improvement Board, Highway 169 Coalition
Steering Committee, Southwest LRT Management
Committee, Southwest LRT Community Works Steering
Committee, Regional Innovation Cluster Team, MSP
Export Initiative and Mileage-Based User Fee Study
Team.
Neal began work as City Manager in 2010. Prior to
joining the City staff, he
served as City Manager of Eden Prairie since 2002.
He also has held the positions of City Administrator
for the communities of Northfield, Minn.; Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa; and Norris, Tenn.
Dressen has been superintendent of
Edina Public Schools since July
2006. Prior to this position, he
served as superintendent of
Alexandria Public Schools. In 2011,
he was a member of the Minnesota
Department of Education
Commissioner’s working group on
school funding.
He is currently a member of
the Board of Governors of the
University of St. Thomas School of
Engineering, Fairview Southdale
Hospital Board of Directors, and the
Edina Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors.
He is also an adjunct
professor at St. Mary’s University
of Minnesota.
Cost: $25 members |
