Leading for Minnesota's Future: Public Forum with Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher

The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance hosted a series of public talks by prominent government leaders as part of our ongoing commitment to fostering informed and substantive discussion on important matters of public policy. This series will allow Minnesota's elected officials the opportunity to rise above the talking points and fractious back-and-forth of the legislative process to make substantive statements about issues of importance for Minnesotans. Margaret Anderson Kelliher is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 60A. First elected in 1998, she represents portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. She is the current Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was the DFL-endorsed candidate in the August 2010 primary election.Beginning in January of 2011, Kelliher will serve as the president of the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA).Kelliher earned a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and was a Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in political science with a concentration in history