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Gary Grefenberg 91 Mid Oaks Lane Roseville, Minnesota 55113 Phone: 6511645 -6161 Web: ggrefenberg@,comcast.net PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Barnes & Noble Bookstores: Bookseller and Community Relations Coordinator, October 1996 - -May 2003_ + Responsible for information services and research, business seminars and book discussions, author signings, and other promotional events, as well as assisting in ordering new non - fiction _ 15 9 c Planning 3 r- Directofokra _ ZE L Area Board is also responsible for the development of a capital improvements program and implementing various research and planning projects as authorized by the Governor and Legislature. As its first employee took a fledgling state agency and made it effective and credible in achieving excellence in public design and urban planning. ¢ Responsible for gaining support from business and community groups, neighborhood organizations, and city and legislative officials on Capitol Area development, Responsible for recruiting and managing a consultant staff ranging in size from three to seven professionals, and coordinated their activitieswith public and private agencies and developers, Led community efforts to achieve a public profile for Minnesota's Capitol Building and grounds Minnesota State Senate: Administrative Assistant to the Senate Committee on Taxes and Tax Laws. Office of Student Affairs, Universitvof Minnesota: student program development, including small'1rcxir, discussions and seminars. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Graduate work in American History, University of Minnesota. Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota BA in Philosophy, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE Active in the Roseville Community Visioning process and co -chair of its Community Life &Civic Engagement Subcommittee. Roseville Election Judge St. Paul Mayoral appointee to the Riverfront Corporation Board of Directors, 1994 to 1998, and member of the Saint Paul Planning Commission Task Force on Riverfront Development Framework, 1995 -1997. Board of Directors St. Paul Downtown Community Development Council 1987 -1991 Member of the Board of Directors Public Art Saint Paul, 1987 to 1995, and the St. Paul Capital City Cultural Resources Commission 1992 -3993. St. Paul Downtown Partnership Board (City & Chamber of Commerce) 1990 -1993 Chair of the Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights 1980 -1985. Founder of the Minnesota DFL Lesbian /Gay Caucus 1980. Cofounder of Gay Community Services in 1973.