Katie Burns (MA '97)
Katie Burns worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for three years after completing her degree at the Humphrey School. She was a presidential management intern (PMI) and worked both in the Budget Office and in the Immediate Office of the Secretary on Medicaid, welfare and child support issues. Since moving back to the Twin Cities in November 2002, Katie has been employed at the Minnesota Department of Finance on health care and human service budget issues. Katie also volunteers with Project Foundation, an organization that provides emergency and longer?term assistance to homeless youth.

Steve Cramer (MA '97)
Steve Cramer is the Executive Director of Project for Pride in Living, Inc. (PPL) for a second time. PPL is a Twin Cities Community Development Corporation (CDC) dedicated to creating opportunities for lower income families by offering comprehensive programs in housing, employment and training, supportive services and youth development. PPL's programs reach 7000 people annually and include ownership/management of 700 units of affordable rental housing.

Mr. Cramer was the first Director of the Hennepin County Department of Housing, Community Works & Transit starting February 2002 through August 2003. Mr. Cramer served as the Executive of the Minneapolis Community Development Agency from 1999 to his appointment with the County. From 1994 through 1999, Mr. Cramer worked for Project for Pride in Living, Inc. (PPL) for the first time, serving as the Director of Housing and Development, Chief Operating Officer and finally President and Executive Director. Mr. Cramer was elected to the Minneapolis City Council and served as a Council Member from 1984 through 1993.

Mr. Cramer has served on the Twin Cities United Way Housing Impact Committee, the House Minnesota Advisory Committee, Fannie Mae National Housing Impact Advisory Committee, Catholic Charities Board of Directors, St. Joseph's Home for Children Advisory Board and as Vice-Chair of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. He is currently active in the Pearl Park Youth Athletic Association.

Katharine Hill (MPP '99)
Katharine Hill is a project coordinator at the Institute on Community Integration (ICI) at the University of Minnesota. She is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of a variety of state and federal research and evaluation projects in the areas of special education and disability policy. Katharine also completed a Master of Social Work in a dual degree program with the Humphrey School and is a 1994 graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bernadine Joselyn (MPA '00)
Bernadine Joselyn is a graduate of the Humphrey School's MPA, a 30 credit program for mid-career professionals. She is currently the Director of Public Policy & Engagement at the Blandin Foundation, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. As director, Bernadine is responsible for promoting rural perspectives in the realm of public policy in Minnesota. Her two major initiatives at the moment involve forestry and broadband. The Vital Forests/Vital Communities initiative aims to strengthen Minnesota's forests and forest based economies in ways which are both ecologically and fiscally responsible. The second major initiative is focused on making broadband telecommunications more accessible to rural communities, in the belief that this will allow rural economies to remain competitive into the 21st century. Bernadine is Minnesota born and raised and mother to a 5 year-old boy. She is a small woodlot owner, and her hobbies include canoeing and cycling.

Scott Leitz (MA '91)
Scott Leitz is the director of the Health Economics Program at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), where he also serves as the state health economist. Scott's program conducts research and analysis into Minnesota's health care marketplace, and provides assistance and advice to Minnesota's legislature and policymakers regarding health care cost and access issues. Prior to his work at the MDH, Scott worked for Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor and as an economic analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Scott is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, with a degree in economics and mathematics. He entered the Humphrey School in 1991, and completed his Masters in Public Affairs with an emphasis on policy analysis and quantitative methods in 1993.

Tim Marx (MA/JD '79)
Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed Tim Marx Commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in April 2003. Prior to his appointment as commissioner, he was with the law firm of Briggs and Morgan.

Tim began with Briggs and Morgan in 1986 and has extensive experience representing governmental, non-profit and private clients. In 1993, at the request of Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, he left Briggs and Morgan to serve as Saint Paul City Attorney. In 1997, he was named Deputy Mayor and served in this capacity until rejoining Briggs and Morgan in 1998. He has also served as general counsel to several non-profit organizations.

Tim is active in numerous organizations as board member or task force member including the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and its Political Action Committee, the Capital City Partnership, the Citizens League, the Saint Paul Board of Education, and the Minnesota Children's Museum. Tim is a frequent author and lecturer at legal and other seminars.

Jim Mulder (MA '82)
Jim Mulder is the Executive Director of the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC). He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Morris, with a Bachelor of Science degree and entered the Humphrey School in 1982.

Mr. Mulder has been the Executive Director for AMC for fifteen years. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Mulder served as the county coordinator for McLeod County. He worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a researcher, and as a committee administrator for the House Tax Committee.

The AMC is a voluntary association of all of Minnesota's eighty-seven counties. The Association provides a broad range of services that include lobbying the Minnesota Legislature, working with state departments and agencies and providing training and information to Minnesota County officials.

Aaron North (MPP '02) is director of the Minnesota Charter School Resource Center at the Humphrey School's Center for School Change. Previous to his academic and professional work at the Humphrey School, he taught high school English with Teach for America in North Carolina. After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1997, Aaron worked for Andersen Consulting and Sprint PCS. North does not enjoy circus clowns, playing the harp, or macramé.

Allison Rojas (MA '96)
Allison Rojas completed her Master's Degree at the Humphrey School in 1999. After graduation, Allison worked for the Minnesota HIV Services Planning Council and Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio before joining the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation as a Senior Consultant. This year, Allison joined three of her Wilder co-workers in establishing Community Consulting Group, an organization development company, where she now serves as a Partner. In addition to her work with CCG, Allison also runs her own consulting business, providing resource development and evaluation services to local and national government and non-profit agencies.

Kelly Scanlan (MA '95)
Kelly has worked for Congresswoman Betty McCollum in her Saint Paul District office for the past year and worked on her 2002 re-election campaign before being hired at the district office.

Prior to this, Kelly worked for a nonprofit organization called Common Hope for four years. Common Hope does development work with impoverished families in Guatemala. Kelly was the work-team coordinator and warehouse manager.

Kelly has previous board experience with the Hugh OBrian Youth Leadership Program (HOBY) as the seminar co-chair as well as several years of involvement as a volunteer with HOBY. (HOBY coordinates an annual leadership seminar for high school sophomores). Kelly received her undergraduate degree is from the College of St Benedict before entering the Humphrey School in 1995.

Kate Siggerud (MA '85) joins the alumni board as the Washington, D.C., representative. She works for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), where she directs GAO's work related to the U.S. Postal Service and federal highway and transit policy. Kate remains in close contact with the Humphrey School by recruiting Humphrey students for internships and permanent positions at GAO.