City Leadership

• 2016-Present: Mayor, Hopkins, MN
• 2012-2016: Hopkins City Council
• 2010-2012: Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission
• 2007-2010: Hopkins Park Board
• 2015-Present: Alternate Representative, Corridor Mgmt. Committee for light rail planning
• 2017-Present: Member, Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee
• 2014-Present: Challenge Team Leader, Empty Bowls

City Involvement

• 2017-Present: Regional Council of Mayors Executive Committee
• 2017-Present: National League of Cities Human Development Committee
• 2012-Present: Caring Youth Awards Committee and Presenter
• 2012-Present: Hopkins Noontime Lions
• 2011: Graduate, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• 2010-2014: President, Avenues Neighborhood Association
• 2007: Graduate, Hopkins Citizens Academy

Awards

• 2014: Lions Pride of Hopkins Award recipient for demonstrating “Exemplary Community Involvement, Leadership or Service”
• 2013: Lions Cub of the Year Award recipient “in recognition of Outstanding Service, Loyalty and Devotion to Lionism”
• 2001: Community Image Award

Volunteer Activity

• 2004-Present: Helping Paws, whose mission is to further the independence of people with disabilities and veterans with PTSD through the use of service dogs
• Six Years: Simpson Women’s Shelter
• Ten Years: Courage Center, a rehabilitation center for people with physical disabilities from preschool to adult to maximize independent living skills