Speakers for the Higher-Ed Conference
Deborah Swackhamer, Co-Director Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota
Julia Nerbonne - Environmental Sustainability program director,
Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA)
Speakers for Symposium on Small Towns
Keynote:
Lois Quam, Managing Director of Alternative Investments at Tysvar
Bill Glahn, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and
Director of the Minnesota Office of Energy Security
Energizing Local Economies:
Ken Meter, Crossroads Research Center
Mary Hammann-Roland, Director, League of Minnesota Cities
Educating and Motivating:
Blaine Hill, City Manager, City of Morris
Patrick Moore, Director, Clean up the River
Robert Palmer, Willmar Schools -invited
Capitalizing on Political Change:
Senator Gary Kubly
Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen
Representative Andrew Falk
Representative Bill Hilty -invited
Representative Torrey Westrom
Representative Kate Knuth -invited
Linda Fantin, Director, Center for Innovation in Journalism at Minnesota Public Radio - moderator
