Rotary Club of Edina to hold joint meeting with EMRC Tuesday, April 8
The Edina Morningside Rotary Club (EMRC) will welcome the Rotary Club of Edina to its Tuesday, April 8, meeting at the Edina Country Club at 7:30 a.m. The joint meeting will feature program speaker Katie Clark Sieben, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
There will be no usual Thursday Rotary Club of Edina meeting this week. No meeting on April 10. After the joint meeting on April 8, the next Rotary Club of Edina meeting will be Thursday, April 17.
The Rotary Club of Edina will join the EMRC for its annual joint meeting on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 a.m. at the Edina Country Club. The program speaker for the meeting will be Katie Clark Sieben, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
Clark Sieben was appointed DEED commissioner in October 2012. Prior to that, she served as executive director of the Minnesota Trade Office (MTO). MTO promotes the creation and retention of jobs and economic prosperity of the state by assisting Minnesota companies to export manufactured goods and services and attract foreign direct investment. As executive director, Katie was responsible for managing the overall strategic direction of the MTO which includes promoting the State of Minnesota and its companies in the global marketplace, introducing Minnesota companies to foreign buyers and investors, building diplomatic relationships with international delegations and managing a staff of international trade representatives.
She brings years of experience in business development and recruitment in the private sector, including with one of Minnesota's largest corporations, Target Corporation. She has managed large-scale, multi-million dollar operations; built strategic partnerships at the highest levels of business and philanthropy; and created and implemented nationwide marketing campaigns.
Clark Sieben serves on the board of SIDO, the State International Development Organization. She also serves on the advisory boards for the University of Minnesota's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), the University of Minnesota Carlson School Global Institute, and the Minnesota Department of Education Global Competencies Advisory Board.
She graduated from the University of Minnesota and was a recipient of the 2012 MSP Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" Award.
DEED is the state’s principal economic development agency. DEED programs promote business recruitment, expansion, and retention; international trade; workforce development; and community development.