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St. Cloud Minnesota Downtown Council
820 W St. Germain St.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 257-8600



OUR 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD CHAIR
Rob Ruprecht

Rasmussen College
226 Park Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 251-5600
Rob.Ruprecht@rasmussen.edu

Ken Gorrell
Arts Co-op
619 West St. Germain St.
St. Cloud, MN  56301
(320) 252-3242
ekgorrell@juno.com

John Bestgen
Bachman Jewelers on 7th
21 South 7th Avenue
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 251-8303
John@BachmanJewelers.com


BOARD VICE CHAIR
John Herges
Falcon National Bank
1010 W. St. Germain St.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 257-6300
JHerges@FalconNational.com

Andy Barth
CruWine Specialists
22 South 5th Avenue
St. Cloud, MN  56301
Andy@CruWineOnline.com

Sonja Gidlow
Greater St. Cloud Development Corp.
1010 W. St. Germain St, Suite 250
St. Cloud, MN  56301
(320) 259-0300
SGidlow@greaterstcloud.com




Penny White
Community Volunteer / Resident
St. Cloud, MN 56303
(320) 309-2994
penwhite@charter.net


BOARD TREASURER & Finance Chair
Paul Thompson

Bremer Bank
PO Box 847
St. Cloud, MN 56302
(320) 255-7129
pethompson@bremer.com


Kate Hanson
Granite City Real Estate
58 South 10th Avenue
Waite Park, MN  56377
(320) 253-0003
katieh@granitecityproperties.com

BOARD SECRETARY
Paul Harris
CentraCare Health System
1406 North 6th Ave
St. Cloud, MN  56303
(320) 255-5724
harrisp@centracare.com

Lindsay Latterell
Kelly Inn
100 4th Ave. S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 253-0606
llatterell@kellyinns.com

Bob Leighton
Leighton Broadcasting
619 W. St. Germain Street
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 251-1450
bleighton@leightonbroadcasting.com





Tami DeLand
Minnesota School of Business
1201 2nd St. S.
Waite Park, MN  56387
(320) 257-2006
tdeland@msbcollege.edu


Jeffrey Peterson
Gray Plant Mooty
1010 W. St. Germain St., Suite 500
St. Cloud, MN  56301
(320) 252-4414
jeffrey.peterson@gpmlaw.com

Ex-Officio Members:

Patrick Jacobson-Schulte

Associate VP for Financial Management & Budget
720 4th Ave. South, 205 ASB
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 308-3914
plschulte@stcloudstate.edu

Ex-Oficio Member
Julie Lunning

Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
525 Hwy 10 South Ste. 1
St. Cloud, MN 56304
(320) 202-6711
julie@granitecountry.com

Ex-Officio Member
Mayor Dave Kleis

City of St. Cloud
400 South 2nd St.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 255-7201
dave.kleis@ci.stcloud.mn.us