He served six terms in the House representing St. Paul. He was also an assistant Hennepin County attorney and an assistant attorney general for the State of Minnesota. He was founder and senior fellow at Minnesota 2020 – a Minnesota think-tank. He serves on the Augsburg College Board of Regents and was an adjunct instructor at St. Mary’s University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College, a diploma in Legal Studies from Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and a juris doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He will visit the campus of North Hennepin Community College on Wednesday, April 29.