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.

Tom Daniel (MURP ’98)
Tom Daniel is the Manager of the Economic Development Section of the City of Minneapolis' Department of Community Planning and Economic Development.  Tom began his employment with the City of Minneapolis in 2000 as a Project Coordinator for the MCDA.  He has worked on a variety of economic development projects with a focus on downtown, as well as department-level initiatives, organizational development, and cultural change.  Prior to joining the City, Tom was an active volunteer in his neighborhood association and served in several leadership roles.

Tom has a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration on community and economic development from the Humphrey School.  He is certified by the National Development Council as a Housing Development and Economic Development Professional.  In 2003, Tom completed the City of Minneapolis' Leadership Development Program.  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, and the Economic Development Association of Minnesota.  Tom was a member of the 1998 entering class.

Jennifer Godinez (MA ’97)
Jennifer Godinez joined Hope Community in 2005 as Fund Development Manager concentrating on individual donor cultivation and communications strategies to broaden the base of individual donors at Hope Community, Inc. For five years as Executive Director of the community-based organization, La Escuelita, Jennifer Godinez oversaw the development of over $700,000 in public and private grants towards youth development and after-school programming in the Latino community. Her innovative community work led her to a nomination and seat as a commissioner on the MN Youth Development Commission in 2004. She gained recognition for her work with La Escuelita and on behalf of Latino youth from the La Prensa community newspaper as “Community Leader of the Year 2004”.  From 2001 to 2003 she served as Chair of El Fondo de Nuestra Comunidad, a local Latino community fund and continues to volunteer on the development of the first Latino scholarship fund driven from the Latino business community of the Twin Cities. Jennifer has served on various boards including: Loring Nicollett Bethlehem community center, Achieve!Minneapolis, and the Urban Coalition. Education: B.A. in Sociology from Drake University and M.A. in nonprofit management from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Jennifer completed her graduate degree through a Woodrow Wilson Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship. 

Miriam Goldfein (MA ’88)
Miriam Goldfein is director of Best Buy's Market Analysis group at its Richfield headquarters.  Her Market Analysis team works closely with Best Buy's real estate staff and is instrumental in identifying emerging markets, helping locate individual stores and providing specialized regional and market-related evaluations for the company's property development. Prior to joining Best Buy in 1997, Miriam worked in the locational analysis area for Target Corporation as well as Lane Bryant.

  A Humphrey School graduate, her studies there emphasized land-use planning. While at the university as a graduate student, she co-authored the economic study "Trade Centers of the Upper Midwest."  Miriam has her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a regional science major. She is an active volunteer for the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery.

Katharine Hill (MPP/MSW ’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.

Charles E. Johnson (MA ’83)
Mr. Johnson serves as the assistant commissioner for Children and Family Services for the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). He is responsible for programs and policies that promote economic stability, child safety and permanency, opportunities for children to develop to their potential, and successful transitions for immigrant families. 

In his previous position as director of Transitions to Economic Stability, Mr. Johnson led DHS’ welfare reform efforts. He has been involved in the development of Minnesota’s primary welfare reform effort, the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), since its inception. Mr. Johnson has been with DHS for 16 years, and has spent all of his 21 years in state government working on policies and programs that support low-income families and children.

Bernadine Joselyn (MPA ’00)
Bernadine Joselyn is a graduate of the Humphrey School’s MPA program, 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 21^st century.  Bernadine is Minnesota born and raised and mother to a 6 year-old boy.  She is a small woodlot owner, and her hobbies include canoeing and cycling.

Sabrina Lau (MA ’95)
Sabrina Lau is a new business analyst with the CriMNet Program in the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, where she will facilitate data integration projects for the benefit of criminal justice agencies statewide. With CriMNet, she will be aiding in liaison work, assistance to local agencies, small jurisdiction integration planning, and project-specific business analysis. Previously, Sabrina has worked with Dakota County as an analyst, and with nonprofit organizations in the areas of economic development and sustainability, including two years with the Polish Ecological Club in Warsaw. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Davis. 

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.

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 Countyofficials.

Aaron North (MPP ’02) is a charter school specialist with Volunteers of American, MN.  He formerly was 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.

Kate Siggerud (MA ’85)
Kate joined 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.

Susan Von Mosch (MA ’79)
Susan Von Mosch is the Manager of Research and Planning for the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. She has held this position for three years.  Previously, Susan has worked as a program evaluator for the Office of the Legislative Auditor, a planner with the Metropolitan Council, and a policy analyst with Ramsey County. Susan is a Ramsey County Master Gardener and she volunteers for the Read Aloud program at St. Paul's Franklin Music Magnet School.