Amy Jensen Brown is a high-performing government employee with 31 years of public service experience. She has an in-depth knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, grant management, writing and reporting, researching, mapping, and project management at all levels. Amy knows procedures and knowledge of policies of the city; including data practices.

Performs advanced-level management and professional work managing the functions related to the development, preparation, and dissemination of crime data research, analysis, and related reports.

As the Executive Director of The Saint Paul Police Foundation, Kate connects and cares for the foundation’s mission: Preserving and strengthening public safety in St. Paul between citizens, corporations, residents and employees.

Currently chairing the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board, Kate’s former service includes Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for Catholic Charities, and as Catholic Charities, Director of External Affairs.

Prior to Catholic Charities, she served as the President/CEO of the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation directing and designing and putting on a world-class annual event, the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Her experience in the profit sector includes leadership roles at the Star Tribune, GL Ness Advertising, and Ecolab, Inc.

Kathy Lantry is the President of the St. Paul City Council and is currently serving her 5th term as a representative from Ward 7. During her tenure Kathy has been a leader on housing issues and the city’s budget. Her expertise on housing stems from her background in residential property management. Kathy’s experience and knowledge of the city’s budget have made her an advocate for long term financial planning and fiscal restraint.

Kathy is active on several other boards including the St. Paul Port Authority, the St. Paul River Centre and Visitors Authority and St. Paul Youth Services. She is a graduate of the College of St. Benedict, and is married with 2 grown children.

John Maher is in his seventh season as Vice President of Brand Marketing for the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild. In this role, Maher leads the management of brand, creative and content production efforts, as well as supervising staff responsible for game presentation, events, publications, Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (MSE) Creative Services and media production. The marketing group also works closely with the Marketing Intelligence, Ticket Sales and Fan Relations groups to target and attain sales objectives. John also oversees the team’s Broadcast Department.

John was named Senior Director of Creative Services in 2002 and Senior Director of Marketing in 2005. In 2004, he coordinated MSE’s launch of the Minnesota Swarm in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and was named NLL Marketing Executive of the Year in 2005. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism. A Bloomington, Minn., native, John and his wife, Linda, have two sons, Joe and Andrew, and a daughter, Lindsay. The family resides in Saint Paul.

Retired Sergeant Kevin Moore joined Saint Paul Police Department in 1979 and served in patrol, street crimes, K-9, special investigations, the gang unit, and several other units. A native of Woodbury, Minnesota, Kevin had a long history at the Saint Paul Police Department of seeing that well-deserving people were brought to justice. Whether it be deadly force encounters with known violent and wanted fugitives or supervising programs that end the constant annoyance of gang and tagger graffiti, Kevin had no equal. He used his relationships with both the law-abiding community and the criminal element to develop information that led to the arrest and conviction of the guilty.

Kevin received ten commendations from the department during his law enforcement career, as well as numerous thank-you letters from the public as well as from other law enforcement agencies. In 2010, Kevin was awarded the Rowan Award at the Saint Paul Police Foundation Gala. He is active in our community in several non-profit organizations, including Serve Our Troops where he has travelled to the front line to provide meals to members of the armed forces.

Chris is the Senior Manager of Geek Squad Risk Management for Best Buy including in store, service center and in home channels. In addition, Chris directs safety and business continuation planning efforts for Geek Squad across the United States and is part of Best Buy’s Enterprise Risk Management task force. Chris is also a member of the Richfield Minnesota Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Prior to joining Best Buy in 1992, Chris worked for two years as a sales manager for Dayton Hudson Department stores. He obtained his undergraduate degree from St John’s University. He has earned program management certifications including PMI Project Management Institute and Lean Six Sigma “black belt” process improvement.

He and his wife Angie currently reside in Maplewood with their three children.

Group Assets Protection Team Leader
Target Corporation / Minneapolis, Minnesota

Holly Parsons is a Group Assets Protection Team Leader for the Target Corporation. Holly oversees and is responsible for protecting Target’s team members and guests, protecting Target’s profits through shortage and theft reduction, and protecting Target’s reputation through crisis management by partnering with law enforcement and other emergency management organizations. Holly’s geographical area of responsibility consists of 62 Target stores stretching from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro area through southern Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. These 62 stores consist of nearly 3 billion dollars of annual sales, about 13,000 Target team members, and approximately 54 million guests annually.

Holly received her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. During Holly’s time outside of work she spends most of her time with her husband and two boys. As a former collegiate soccer player, Holly also loves sports. She is a huge footfall fan, and spends time snowmobiling in the winter and enjoying her horses year round.

David graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, and served as a police officer for the City of Berkeley for several years prior to joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While in the FBI, he worked a variety of areas in the United States and abroad. In the year 2000, as he was completing an assignment as the FBI’s Legal Attaché in Spain, 3M offered him a position in Minnesota, and shortly afterwards named him Director of Corporate Security. In that capacity, he leads a broad-based global security effort, providing counsel to the corporation on all security related matters.

David is active in a number of partnerships between the public and private sectors at the local and national level. He joined the Saint Paul Police Foundation Board in 2008, where he served as Vice Chair prior to his election of Board Chair in December of 2011.

Moe Sharif came to the United States in 1978 as an exchange student from Tehran, Iran. Initially attending college in San Antonio, Texas, Moe headed north and earned a degree from the University of River Falls in Agriculture and Engineering with a minor in Business. Upon graduation, Moe worked for various corporations throughout the Twin Cities – but, his entrepreneurial spirit took over and on April 16^th, 1988, the Downtowner Café at 253 West 7^th Street was born. His restaurant underwent major remodel in 2001 and was transformed into the beautiful Downtowner Woodfire Grill it is today. Recently, Moe also opened a new restaurant on West 7^th Street, “Burger Moe’s.”

Moe and his wife Nazie reside in Mendota Heights and are the proud parents of their son Eddy who attends St. Paul Academy. Moe loves Saint Paul and the small community the City offers. To him, Saint Paul is home. He enjoys running his businesses here, the many friendships he’s made over the years and when he has spare time, may even be seen catching a Wild game or two at the Xcel Center.

Chief Smith, a 23-year veteran of the Saint Paul Police Department, was appointed as Chief in 2010. He is a lifelong resident of Saint Paul with strong beliefs in community policing principles. He has a long history of working with the many diverse communities which serve as one of Saint Paul’s greatest strengths.

Chief Smith is a graduate of Metropolitan State University with a degree in Public Relations and St. Thomas University with a master’s degree in Education & Leadership. His education also includes instruction from the F.B.I. National Academy and the F.B.I National Executive Institute and the Wilder Foundation’s James P. Shannon Leadership Institute. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. Chief Smith also serves as a board member for the Saint Paul Police Foundation and CommonBond Communities.

Jeff Warner is married to Linda (Klein) Warner, they have five children and nine grandchildren. He resides in the Como Park neighborhood where both his grandfather’s and father’s families were raised. Jeff is a graduate of Saint Thomas Academy and attended UMD. Jeff is in his 39^th year of employment in his family’s business, Warners’ Stellian Co. Inc. Interests include Golf, American History, Gardening, Antiquities and Travel.