About Michael
Over the last 30 years, Michael's passion for social justice and public service has led to his involvement in many areas:
At the Capitol
- Elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 64B in 1996
- Chair, House Public Safety Finance Division
- Member, House Finance Committee
- Member, Public Safety Policy Committee
- Member, Crime Victims/Criminal record Division
- Past Chair, St. Paul Delegation - Minnesota House of Representatives
- Past Chair, Metro Caucus - Minnesota House of Representatives
- Member, Council of State Governments Public Safety and Justice Task Force
- Member, National Conference of State Legislatures Committee on Law and Justice
In the Community
- Community Advisory Board, Junior League of St. Paul
- Former Board Member, Clearway Minnesota
- Former Board Member, Eastern European Medical Society
- Former Board Member, Scenic Minnesota
- Former Commissioner on the Saint Paul Charter Commission
- Former social worker and teacher
- Member, GreenPeace, Sierra Club, Amnesty International, ACLU
- Member, Jewish Community Action
Employment & Education
- Master of Public Administration, Hamline University
- Bachelor of Arts in Education and History, College of St. Scholastica
- Resource Specialist, Battered Women's Justice Project (current)
- Author of two books on domestic violence
- Co-founder, Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
- Consultant with the Open Society Institute - assisting countries in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in crafting domestic violence laws and policies for police the courts, and human service providers
- Former member, Duluth City Council
- Former adjunct professor, University of St. Thomas
- Former consultant, County of Los Angeles Probation Department
- Former director, Dakota County Domestic Violence Project