Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Center for Rural Policy and Development provides high quality, objective and non-partisan research to examine and advance policy and decision-making, rural advocacy, and civic engagement for greater Minnesota's development.
To provide statewide rural policy research and analysis.
A statewide resource for research and analysis on rural policy. In 2020, the Center published: State of Rural Minnesota 2020; Impact of Minnesota's farm economy on Greater Minnesota; Integrating rural into the new reality of healthcare; Cost of living and wage comparison online tool; Transit for healthcare: Volunteer drivers in aging rural Minnesota; the updated Atlas of Minnesota, weekly blog/podcasts on rural issues and our research; explainer videos looking at rural issues; and several webinars on our research. We also hosted a webinar with state officials early in the pandemic to discuss its impact on the rural economy, and partnered on several other webinars discussing rural issues of the day.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Julie Tesch | President and CEO | 40 | $147,049 |
Steve Wenzel | Former Chair | 1 | $0 |
Mark Phillips | Director | 1 | $0 |
Jennifer Peterson | Director | 1 | $0 |
Kevin Paap | Director | 1 | $0 |
Dr Matthew Loayza | Director | 1 | $0 |
Rep Todd Lippert | Director | 1 | $0 |
Dave Ladd | Director | 1 | $0 |
Sen Mary Kiffmeyer | Director | 1 | $0 |
Sue Grafstrom | Director | 1 | $0 |
Richard Davenport | Director | 1 | $0 |
Santo Cruz | Director | 1 | $0 |
Patrick Costello | Director | 1 | $0 |
Martha Castanon | Director | 1 | $0 |
Christina Bowstring | Director | 1 | $0 |
Eunice Biel | Director | 1 | $0 |
Reed Anfinson | Director | 1 | $0 |
Tim Houle | Secretary/Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
Tim Velde | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
Anna Boroff | Chair | 1 | $0 |
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