Expertise
State and local finance, land use planning, civil rights, state and local government, legislative process
Background
Current Positions
Executive Director, Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota; Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota; President, Ameregis Corporation
Past Positions
Senator, Minnesota State Senate (2001-2002);Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Research Corporation (1994-2001);Representative, Minnesota House of Representatives (1991-2001);Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities;Policy Council, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management;Directorate, American Planning Association's Growing Smart Project
Education
J.D., University of Chicago, 1987;B.A., University of Minnesota, 1983