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♦ Indian Education Division and Office of Equity — Represented commissioner to the nations and bands m <br />Minnesota and oversaw legal and policy work related to equity in education programming. <br />* Personnel Licensing — Negotiated technical contracts, provided policy and operations direction to staff that <br />licensed educators and affiliated boards. <br />Maior le�al accomplishments: Management of litigation resulting from closure of Bemidji office of Indian Scholarship <br />Program; Crisis management related to scoring error by testing vendor; Enforcement of accountability measures for <br />technical contracts; Consolidation of requests for legal services; Standardization of investigation protocol for human <br />resources matters and Maltreatment of Minors investigations; Centralization of data practices matters. <br />Acting Deputy Commissioner. <br />Director of Government Relations. <br />Office of the Minnesota Attorney General <br />3-5/00 <br />1-8/99 <br />��h���-�rt�� <br />Assistant Attorney General. Trial work and client ad�ice for state agencies [Commerce, Revenue, Finance, Human <br />Services, Administration] through the Collections Litigation Division of the Attorney General's Office. Co-drafted and <br />lobbied the passage of the Minnesota Debt Collections Act. Significant publications: Unclaimed Property Prograrns in <br />Mimzesotct a►1d Other Stutes: An Analysis attd Recontmertdntions for Chtir►ge �12/1996}; Metlicnl Mctlprnctice Reform <br />attd HealtTzcare Costs [1/1996]; Child SupportRefo�m � We ON�e it to our Childr•en �2/1994]. <br />Director of Children's AdvoCaCy. Formulated policy initiatives designed to improve the lives of Minnesota's <br />children and families. Responsibilities included substantial writing, legislative drafting, coalition formation, information <br />dissemination, public testimony, media support and necessary program implementation. Significant achievements <br />included: <br />� Improvements to the State's child support enforcement system, including Pay It or- Park It drivers license <br />suspension program, and New Hire Reporting. <br />♦ Learn and Ear�a Graduation Achievement Program, an investment in the educational success of at-risk high <br />school students. <br />♦ Publication of a special interest newsletter: The Children's Age�zda. <br />Children's Defense Fund! Minnesota <br />'_-1��43 <br />Consultant. Coordinated the Minnesota effort of a national campaign designed to increase federal funding for the <br />Head Start Program. Project involved compiling statewide data, organizing grassroots support and generating media <br />attention. <br />Best & Flanagan, LLP <br />� �8�-6�,� <br />Litigation Partner. Ad�ised clients and managed a litigation practice in the areas of products liability, personal <br />injury, medical malpractice, employment law, real estate and contract disputes. Tried cases to the court and to juries in <br />both federal and state courts. Substantialappellate practice in both state and federal courts. <br />Criminal ProseCUtor. Prosecuted misdemeanor offenses on behalf of the City of Golden Valley, Minnesota �1983- <br />19861. <br />