Jay Kiedrowski

Areas of Expertise

Financial management; federal, state, and local budgeting and deficits; organizational development; leadership; public and nonprofit management; innovative reforms for public and nonprofit organization; state and local government

Biography

Jay Kiedrowski is a senior fellow with the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He teaches courses in public management, leadership, and financial management.

Kiedrowski has decades of experience in public service and the private sector. He joined Norwest in 1987 as a vice president of mutual funds. One year later, he was named senior Vice president of personal trust and, in 1991, was named executive vice president of Norwest Investment Management and Trust. In 1996, he was chosen as president of Norwest Investment Management, Inc. and, in 1998, assumed his final position as executive vice President and manager of the Institutional Investments Group in the merged Norwest/Wells Fargo organization. He retired from Wells Fargo in 2004.

Before joining Norwest, Kiedrowski was Commissioner of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the State of Minnesota under Governor Rudy Perpich. Prior to that, he was the Budget Director for the City of Minneapolis under Mayors Hofstede and Fraser. He started his career working for the Minnesota Senate in urban and tax research.

Kiedrowski holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical/industrial engineering and a master's degree in public affairs, both from the University of Minnesota. He also completed Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management executive development program and Columbia University's financial strategies program. He earned a Doctor of Education in Leadership from St. Mary's University of Minnesota in June 2005.

He serves as an advisory board member of the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Carlson School of Management, a member of the Minnesota State Board of Investment Advisory Council, a director of Project for Pride in Living, Inc., a member of the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation, and treasurer of the Guthrie Theater Board. Kiedrowski also has been active in the Twin Cities United Way Campaign.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Courses Taught

For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to Stacey Grimes, Humphrey Institute Office of the Associate Dean (grime004@umn.edu).

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No Fall 2009 courses.