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Kathy Sheran

Senator Kathy Sheran's Biography

Full Name: Kathy Sheran
Office: State Senate (MN) - District 19, Democratic/Farmer/Labor
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Dean Doyscher; 3 Children
Birth Date: 05/18/1947
Birth Place: Mankato, MN
Home City: Mankato, MN
Religion: Catholic

MS, Mankato State University
BS, Nursing, College of Saint Teresa

Senator, Minnesota State Senate, 2006-present
Majority Whip, Minnesota State Senate, 2006-2011
Former Mayor, City of Mankato
Former Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Mankato
Former President, Mankato City Council

Member, Transportation Committee, National League of Cities, 1999
Member, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, National League of Cities, 1998
Chair, City Youth Asset Commission
Founder, City Youth Asset Commission
Member, Civic Center and Downtown Redevelopment Committee
Member, Chamber Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee
Member, Community Health Action and Promotion Project
Member, Judicial Selection Committee
Member, Task Force on Electric Deregulation, League of Minnesota Cities
Former Member, Civil Service Commission, City of Mankato
Former Member, Human Rights Commission, City of Mankato
Former Member, Minnesota Governor's Judicial Selection Commission

Equity Partner, Security Management & Realty, present
Nurse
Former Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Allied Health and Nursing, Mankato State University

Member, State Advisory Council on Mental Health, 2010
Member, Citizens' Voices
Member, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
Host, Community Conversations
Co Chair, Generations of Care
Member, Board of Directors, Immanuel Saint Joseph's Hospital/Mayo Clinic Health System
Member, Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
Member, League of Minnesota Cities
Chair, Mankato Housing Redevelopment Authority
Member, National League of Cities
Board Member, Summit Senior Center
Member, Youth in City Government
Former Member, Economic Development Authority, City of Mankato
Former Member, Highway 14 Partnership
Former Member, Housing Redevelopment Authority, City of Mankato
Former Member, Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
Former President, Minnesota Women in City Government
Former President, South Eastern, South Central Initiative Foundation

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Contact Information

Capitol Email
sen.kathy.sheran@senate.mn

Capitol Website

Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Capitol, Room 120

Saint Paul, MN 55155-1206

Phone: 651-296-6153

District
317 North Broad Street
Mankato, MN 56001

Phone: 507-344-2155

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