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- 2075775234 Plan for Administration of Tobacco Litigation Consent Judgment Funds Court File No. C1-94-8565 (C1-98-4959)
- 2075775235-5238 State of Minnesota, by Hubert H. Humphrey III, Its Attorney General, Et Al V. Philip Morris Incorporated, Et Al, Court File No. C1-94-8565 Report of Activities - Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco
- 2075775261-5264 Articles of Incorporation of Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco
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A_ STUART HANSON
President, Minnesota Coalition for a Smoke Free Society 2000
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Since 1971, Dr. Hanson has had a private practice in Intemal Medicine,
subspccializing in.lung disease, at the Park Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Dr. Hanson is the President and CEO of the Institute for Research and
Education Health System Minn.esota Ho is also the current President of the
Minnesota Coalition for a Smoke Free Society 2000, havi ag served as its first and
founding President in 1984. During the 1980s and early 1990s Dr. Hanson lead
the Minnesota Smoke Free Health Care project, and Dr. Hanson served as
President and Chair of the Smoke Free Generation - Minnesota effort from 1984 to
1990. He has been an advocate for tobacco control in many public policy forums,
including regional health boards, organizedd medicine, and state and national
legislative processes. In addition to his work for a smoke free environmeat, Dr.
Hanson has served as President of the Minnesota Medical Association, chair of the
Minnesota delegation to the American Medical Association House of Delegates,
vice chair of the Minnesota Health Data Institute, and chair of the Committee on
Workplace Violence, Minnesota Healthcare Coalition on Violence. Dr. Hanson is
a graduate .of Dattmouth College and received his MD from the University of
Minnesota School ofMedicine.
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GERALD W. CHJ.tIS1'ENSON
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, UDiversity of St Thomas
Dr. Christenson served as Chancellor of the Minnesota Community College
System from 1983 until his retirement f'rom that position in 1992. As tha chief.
executive officer of the Minnesota Community College System, Dr. Christenson
directed the operation of twenty-one campuses with total enrollment of over
56,000 students, 4,000 employees and an annual budget of $150 million. During
his tenure there, he worked toward a smoke-free environment on all campuses, and
Christenson's frequent attendance at the Minnesota tobacco trial attests to his
interest in reducing the human and economic consequences of tobacco use. Under
his leadership, enrollment in Minnesota's Community Colleges increased by 50
percent, the number of minority students tripled, services to non-traditional
students were vastly expanded, and the Legislature authorized over S 140 million
in construction projects on com*r+t+nity college campuses. Following his
retirement as Chancellor, }?r. Christenson accepted an appointment as
Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas. Prior to his
service to the Minnesota Community College System, Dr. Christenson held a
number of high level positions in Mmnesota state governm.ent, including
Commissioner of Finaace, State Planning Director, and Legislative Auditor.
Christenson holds a BA from St. John's University and an MA and Ph.D. from the
University of Minnesota.
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JOHN R GARR.iSON
Managing Director, American Lung Association
John Galrison has served as Managing Director of the American Lung Association
since 1990. The Lung Association, founded in 1904, speaks with a strong voice .
on national health issues as well as involves hundreds of thousands of volunteers
in fighting to prevent lung disease and promote lung health through more than 90
affiliates across the U_S. Under Garrison's leadership, the Lung Association has
stood fixnl in its opposition to any Congressional action on tobacco that fails to
achieve meaningful public health protections or that gants the tobacco industry
any special legal protections. Garrison and ALA asked Congress and President
Clinton to scrap the inadequate deal presented by the industry in 1997, and worked
effectively with organizations across the country to strengthen federal tobacco
legislation considered in 1998. Prior to his work with the Lung Association, Mr.
Garrison served for more than a dccade as President and Chief Executive Officer
of the National Easter Seal Society. He has also served as Deputy Conmmissioner
for Administration inn the New York State Department of Health, and spent seven
years on health and social welfare policies inn the office of New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller. In 1990,.Mr. Garrison was recognized by Business ffieek as
one of American's five top social service executives. Mr. Garrison did his
undergraduate work at Haazvard College, and earned his Masters in Public
Administration at New York University.
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L EE GBEENFIELD
Chair, Health and Human Services Finance Division, Health and Human
Services Committee, ivuinnesota House of Representatives
Lee Greenfield was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1978.
He is chair of the Health and Human Services Finance Division of the Health and
Human Services Committee, a position he has held since 1987_ He is also Co-
Chair of the Joint Legislative Commission on Health Care Access. He was one of
the Healthlii.gh.t's "gang of seven," the group of seven legislators who developed
the bipartisan agreement on health care reform in 1992 (now Imown as
"Minnesota Care"), He is a member of the steering committee and past chair of
the Reforming States Group, a member of the Health Committee of the National
Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), and a member of the steering committee
of the National Academy of State Health Policy's Managed Care aind Purchasing
Sirategies. Lee is also on the advisory committees of the Intergoverrrunental
Health Policy Prqject of NCSL and the Center for Studying Health System
Change. Greenfield supported fimd; ro for tobacco control and was also a sfrong
supporter of the three year effort to pass Minnesota's landmark youth access
tobacco Iegislation; as well as any Iegislationpresente8d to the House to strengthen
clean indoor air measures. Representative Crreenfield holds a BS in Physics from
Purdue University and has done graduate studies in the history and philosophy of
science at the University of Minnesota.
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C_ EVERETT KOOP
Former Surgeon General, United States of America
Dr_ Koop earned a reputation as a skilled clinician, brilliant researcher and
outstanding surgeon during his lengthy career as a medical practitioner. Koop is
credited with helping to significantly lower infant mortality by improving pre and
post operative'care for children and by developing dozens of new surgical and
diagnostic procedures, some of which corrected birth defects that had previously
been considered uncorrectable_ Koop established the nation's first neonatal
intensive surgical imit, as well as a total-care pediatric facility, at Philadelphia
Children's Hospital, where he was natned stageon-in-chief at the age of 32_ After
Koop's confirmation as the first full-tixne Surgeon General in over a decade, Dr.
Koop went on to become the most respected public health leader in living memory
and the nation's leading voice for tobacco controL Dr_ Koop served as Surgeon
General for eight full years under Ptesidents Reagan and Bush and has continued
to be a force for public health and health education on many fronts, working from
his base as senior scholar at the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartrnouth,
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RANDY JOHNSON
Chair, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
Randy Yohnson was 5rst elected to the Hennepin County Board of Commissionecs
in 1978. As a first-year Board member nearly 20 years ago, Jobnson introduced
the first resolution seeking to safeguard the public and employees from tobacco
smoke by making Hennepinn buildings smoke-free. Since then he has introduced
or co-authored every resolution on tobacco control considered by the Board,
successfvlly making all 99 county buildings sm.oke-free, sponsoring smoldng
cessation programs for employees, and supporling Send The Camel Packing and
other droundbrealdng public information programs sponsored by County
Comrnunity Health staff. Johnson is the immediate past President of the National
Association of Counties (NACo), representing more than 5,000 Counties across
the U.S_ As President of NACo he has been an outspoken proponent of strong
local government tobacco control efforts throughout the nation and for fedesal
policies that.vill aid in these efforts. Recently Johnson meet with White House
officials to urge the President to oppose the proposed tobacco settlement. In
February 1998, Johnson presented a "Statement on the Proposed Tobacco
Settlement" at the National Press Club in Washington D_C. Johnson receivedbis
BA from-Macalester College and his JD from the University of Minnesota Law
School.
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ARLA JOHNSON
Chair, Advocacy Group - American Cancer Soeiety,ll?innesota Council
Arla Johnson has been a volunteer with the American Cancer Society for 29 years,
serving in several leadership roles, including MinD.esota Division Chairman of the
Board, Tobacco Control Subgroup Chaiz and, most recently, Chair of the
Advocacy Group at the state level. She has represented ACS on Minnesota
ASSIST's Executive Committee and is also a member of the ACS National Public
Issues Committee, which determiaes tobacco policy at the Congressianallevel.
Johnson represents Minnesota on the National ACS Assembly, as well as the new
ACS Midwest Division Board of Directors. Arla began her involvement in the
tobacco control arena 20 years ago when she conducted ACS Quit Smoldng
programs for adults who needed help quitting. That experience led to tobacco
control leadership responsibilities at the ACS state level and eventually to her
maj or role in ensuring passage of the 1992 Tobacco Free Schools Bill. She was
actively involved in the long struggle to pass Minnesota's landmark Youth Access
to Tobacco bill, which became law in 1997. Last year Arla also helped pass a
local youth access ordinance in her own part of the state. Johnson owned and
managed a retail business.for 14 years, supervising astaff of S to 10 employees,
and has served on the Board of her local Chamber of Commerce. Johnson
attended Manlcato State University and Metropolitan State Uaiversity_
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RICHARD D. HURT
Director, Mayo NicotSne Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Doctor Richard Hurt is the Director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the
Mayo Clinic and Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester,
Minnesota. Doctor Hurt and colleagues at Mayo have developed a treatment
program for nicotine dependence based on behavioral treatment, addictions
treatment, pharmacologicax treatmwit, and relapse prevention. Since its inception
in April of 1988, the Nicotine Dependence Center has treated over 16,000 patients
with services including individual connseling; group programs, telephone
counseling aad an intensive residential treatment program. The Center also
provides educational services for medical students, residents, trainees, and fellows
and has developed a training program for health care providers who want to
provide clinical services to patients with nicotine dependence. The research
activi ties of the Center have included randomized clinical trials with
pharmacological agents in addition to outcomes research, epidemiological studies,
and basic science research. The goal of the Center is to enhance the quality of life
for patients withh nicotine dependence by providing the best treatment possible
through a prograut that fully integrates practice, education and research. Dr. Hurt
has writtea and spolceia widely on addiction and addictaon treatment, and serves as
a scientific reviewer for numerous journals and research study sections. Dr. Hurt
earned his 8A at Mulxay State University, and his MD at the University of
Louisville.
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JAN MALCULM
Vice President, Public Affairs & Communicatioas, Paliina Sealth System
As systera vice president of public affairs for A11ina Health System, Malcolm is
responsible for development ofpublic policy positions, government relations,
corporate communications and public relations. In that role, Malcolm has played
a key part in Allina's active support of Minnesota's landmark Youth Access to
Tobacco legislation, in its sapport for the tobacco litigation, in the Allina system's
research into cessation approaches in various health care settings, and in AIlina's
decision to undertake its own suit against the tobacco industry. Malcolm was also
instrumental in Allina's decisions to actively oppose the June 20th Settlement
Proposal to Congress, aad to work within national managed care organizations to
encourage the indust.ry to become more active in tobacco control matters. Prior to
joining A11ina in 1994, Malcolm was senior vice president for government
relations and public programs at HealthPartners. She has served in similar roles at
MedCeaters and Partners National Health Plan, and began her health policy career
at lnterstudy. Malcolm has played leadership roles in numerous professional and
community organizations, and currently serves as President of the Minnesota
Council of Health Plans. Malcolm obtained her BA from Dartmouth College.
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PEGGY LEPPIK
State Representative
Peggy Leppik, co-author of Minnesota's ground-breaking 1997 youth access to
tobacco legislation, was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in
1990. She sits on the Education; Higher Educalion Fiasnce; Environmental and
Natural Resources; Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs Coznrcrittees, and
also serves -as Chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee on Reform, and as
Vice Chair of the Select Comrnittee on Technology. Deeply involved in her
co,n.mm,ity, Representative Leppik is a long-time resident of Golden Valley and a
past member of Golden Valley's Planni.ng Commission, its Board of Zoning
Appeals and its Civic Center Task Force. She currently co-chairs the Success by
Six Northwest Public Awareness Committee, serves on the Advisory Ce**+**+Ittee
of the Independent School District 281 Ridgedale Alternative Progratq and the
Advisory Council of the Children, Youth & Family Consor(ium, is a member of
the Board of Directors of Minnesota Project Innovation and of the City Tree
Project, and volunteers at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Representative Leppik has worked as an editorial consultant for a medical
periodical and as a research assistant in biochemistry. She received her BA from
Smith College and did post-graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.
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CHI2IS TQT.L+` l3 _ RICE
Former Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota DeparYment of Iiealth
Ms. Rice held high-level positions with the Minnesota Department of Health
(LvD7H) through 1997. As Deputy Commissioner, Ms. Rice was second in
command at NIDH, responsible for regulatioa and policy oversight of most 3vIDH
operations. Ms. Rice paid particular attention to NIDH legislative initiatives
during this time, as well as the representation of MDH as a board member with the
Min.nesota Health Data Institute. Prior to becoming Deputy Commissioner, Ms.
Rice served as an Assistant Colmmissioner at 1VII]H. In that role, Ms. Rice
managed the Bureau of Health Protection, which divisions included disease
prevention and control, environmental health, and public health laboratories_ Ms.
Rice's MDH experience also included a two-year stint as Director of PublIc and
Legislative Affairs. Ms. Rice received her BA from the University of Wisconsin
in 1971.
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GRETCHEN MUSICANT
Vice President, Community Health, Minnesota Hospital 8c Healthcare
Partnership
(3retchen Musicant is vice president, community health, Minnesota Hospital and
Healthcare Partnership_ Musicant is responsible for overseeing and coordinating
MHHP's efforts to build healthier communities through partnering activities
among MIIPIP's members, public health and social service agencies, and other
organizations so that co**+mity health issues may be addressed in a collaborative
manner_ One important focus of her work has been to support and encourage
Minnesota's hospitals and health systems to address tobacco use among youth.
She has helped shape the association's advocacy positions on tobacco related
legislation and in 1996 oversaw the creation of the STAT! Canapaigvn which
successfully involved local hospitals and health systems in efforts to pass city and
county tobacco cont<ol ordinances. As a result of the STAT! Campaign seventy
health care institutions made a conssnit.ment to this goal and more ordinances were
passed in 1996 and 1997 than in any previous year. The network established
through the STAT! Campaign helped to pass state-wide legislation in 1997 and
supported local efforts to pass stronger local ordinances in 1998_ _ Musicant will be
a speaker at the National Tobacco Control Conference in Minneapolis October 26,
1998. Currently she is Co-chair of the Smoke Free 2000 Public Policy and
LegisIative Committee. Musicant earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a
Masters of Public Health fr' om the University of Minnesota She also holds a
Bachelor of Arts in Biology from St. Cloud State University.
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LAWRENCE M. REDMOND
President,l2edraoad Associates, Tnc. .
Lawrence M, Redmond is president of Redmond Associates, Tnc., a public affairs
consulting firm founded in 1977. Mr. Redmond advises a variety ofnon-profit
and commercial organizations on governme.ntal and political trends and policies_
Redmond Associates additionally provides representation for these organizations.
at the federal, state and local levels of government. In recent years Mr. Redmond
has been active in efforts to secure state and federal legislation concerning tobacco
abuse. He has been particularly active in regard to Minnesota legislation
concerning youth access to tobacco products. Over the past 25 years Mr.
Redmond has been involved in the following community projects- Minnesota
Mental Health Association, board member; Minnesota Board on Judicial
Standards, chaitrnan; Deafness Education and Advocacy Foundation; hTinnesota
Citizens League; St Louis Park Charter Commission; Governor's Open
Appointments Coarmission; President Mikhail Gorbachev'Visit Committee;
Advisory Committee to Review the American Bar Association Model of Judicial
Conduct and the Rules of the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards, appointed
by the Chief Justice. Mr_ Redmond has also been a leader in his professional
association. He has served as a board member of the Minnesota Governmental
Relations Council and has chaired both their ethics and legislative cornmittees.
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ANNE JOSEPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School;
General Internist, VA Medical Center
Dr. Joseph has worked almost exclusively in tobacco control since the mid-
1980's. Under her icadership, the Minn.eapolis V_A. was one of the first acute care
hospitals in the nation to become smoke-free. Joseph was also instr.tunental in
developing and implementing the national Department of Veterans Affairs smoke-
free policy. Dr. Joseph's clinical activities include supervision of smoking
cessation services at the Minneapolis VA and design of national standards for
smoking cessation intervention for veterans. Her teach9ng activities include
education about nicotine dependence inn the University of Minnesota Medical
School and Intemal Medicine training program. She has conducted research on
public policy approaches to tobacco control, including work site smoking policies
and their effect on employee smoking, and the epidemiology of smoking among
U.S. veterans. Dr. Joseph has also studied smoking cessation interventions for
special populations; in particular patients with cardiac disease, and she is eurrentSy
Principal Investigator on two studies: an examination of optixnal intervention for
patients with concnrrent nicotine and alcohol dependence, and strategies to
implement the AHCPR Smoking Cessation Clinical Practices Guideluies in 20
V.A. hospitals around the U.S. Dr. Joseph earned her BA and MD at the
University of Michigan and eamed her Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology
from the University of Minnesota
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TERRY ST.USS
Commissioner, Crow Wing County & Chair of the Crow Wing County
Tobacco Ordinance Committee
Terry L. Sluss began teaching in 1976 and for the past eight years has specialized
in "at-risk" emotional and behavior disorders and crisis intervention. In addition
to duties in the Brainerd Public School District, he was elected Crow Wing
County Commissioner in 1996, representing Brainerd and Baxter, Minnesota.
Sluss has significant specialized experience worldng with youth in crisis and
youth vulnerable for becoming future tobacco, users. F3e is chair of the Crow
Wing County Tobacco Ordinance Committee whieh developed and is currently
enforcing a county wide ordinance more restrictive than the minimum state
requirements. Sluss is a member of the County Health Board as well as an
altcmate member of the Minnesota State Commun+ty Health Service Advisory
Committee. Sluss is also active with the Minnesota Education Association,
having participated in statewide discussions to bring school districts and education
organizations together. He has held numerous leadership positions in his
profession as well as chaired or participated many community committees. Slnss
is a panel member at the 1998 Con+*+anity Z3ealth Conference Tobacco Early Bird
Session entitled "Lessons Learned From Looal Tobacco Preventiori and Control
Efforts" at the annual statewide meeting of Minnesotaa county health officials.
Sluss holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St Cloud State University, and will
be awarded his Master of Alts in Special Education by St Cloud State.
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MA1-K1lEw R eMA7]AN
Executive Director, Northside Residents Redevelopment Council
CM022/083
Matthew Ramadan was a founding boardd member ofthe Community Prevention
Coalition (CPC), whose main goal is to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug
problems in Hennepin County. During his four year involvement with the
coalition, he co-chaired the Public Awareness/Med.ia Action Group and initiated a
number of adolescent mentoring programs in the comrm+;ty for African
American youtlL During Ramadan's tenure, CPC developed the innovative Send
the Camel Packing and Young Rebels pioj ects targeted at reducing youth tobacco
use and creating awareness of how insidious andd pervasive tobacco advertising is
with our youth. He has a history of championing issues that affect his community
and the lives of young people, andd is a strong advocate of population level health
strategies_ Currently, Ramadan is the Executive Director of the Northside
Residents Redevelopment Council, which improves and rehabilitates single family
homes in north Minneapolis £or ownership. Ramadan also acts as the Resident
Imam at the Masjid An-Nur. Raa3adan has served on many boards, including
Turning Point and the Minneapolis Foundation, has been appointed to two
Governor's Task Forces, and currently chairs the American Muslim Council -
1Vfinnesota Chapter. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota and has
paliicipated in numerous oontinuing education institutes, including several
focused on multi-cultural substance abuse prevention.
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JEAN L. SElRRIS
Mayor, Eden Prairie
Chair, Health Subcoramittee, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Since she was a young woman, Dr. Jean Harris has waged a personal crusade
against environmental tobacco smoke and has advocated for smoke free rooms in
public buildings. As a local government official, Harris has worked for and
passed one of the first and toughest local ordinances against youth access to
tobacco in Minnesota. The Eden Prairie tobacco control ordinance became a
model for other communities in the state when enacted over six years ago. As
Mayor, Harris has set the tone for aggressive enforcement of the provisions of the
ordinance. As Chair of the Health Subcommittee for the U.S_ Conference of
Mayors, Harris was instrumental in perstiading that body to pass a resolution
supporting tobacco control. She is currently worldng with the national office of
USCOM on strategies for greater involvement of cities in tobacco control alld
prevention activities. For the past year, Harris has functioned as a consultant to
the Minnesota Department of Health on tobacco related issues and is currently co-
chair of the Department's MHIP tobacco task force. In her long and distinguished
years of public..service, Dr. Harris has served as Director of Medical Affairs for'
the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics; as President and CEO of the
Ramsey Foundation, the medical education and research arm of the St. Paul
Ramsey Medical Center; as Secretary of Human Resotirces for the State of
Virginia; and as a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development,
the National Institute of Heaith, the U.S. Deparuaent of Health and Human
Services, and the U.S, Congress. Dr. Harris was appointed to Task Forces by both
Presidents Carter and Reagan. She is currently a member of the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of Scienees. She attended Virginia Union
University for her BS in chemistry and holds an MD from the Medical College of
Virginia, earning the distinction of being the fist black to graduate from the
University of Virginia Medical School. Harris also holds a Ph.D. in science from
the University, of Richmond.
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Mr- Whitney has been the managing general partner of the Gideon $ixon Fund,
Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1990. In his role with the Gideon Iiixon Fund, Mr.
Whitney is the manager and sole invesiment officer for a $20 million private
venture capital partnership specializing in early stage informauon service and
health care service companies_ Since 1992, Mr_ Whitney also has been a member
of the Advisory Coxnxnittee of PSF Healthcare, a venture capital fund specializing
in health care services and medical products. In his previous legal career with the
Minneapolis law firm of Popham, Haik Schaobrich & Kaufman, Mr_ Whitney
represented clients in the aress of health care, cable television and other regulated
industries. In addition to Mr. Whitney's involvement with the health care
industry, Mr. Whitney has been a Director of the Whitney Foundation since 1988_
The Foundation is involved extensively with programs designed to reduce and
combat substance abuse. Mr. Whitney himselfis a recovering cigarette smoker,
having fought his addiction for almost two years through Smokers Anonymous
and the Hazelden Foundation before quitting completely. Mr. Whitney received
his BA in Urban History, Magna Cun Laude, from Vassar College in 1982_ In
1987, Mr. Whitney received his JD, Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif,
from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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M"innesota ASSIST, Scott Connty Coordinator
Julie Woodruff has been the Scott County Coordinator for Minnesota ASSIST
since 1994. In that rolo; she has been instrumental in mobilizing community
members, health organizations, educators and law enforcement officials to
successfully advocate for the adoption of strong tobacco ordinances. The majority
of these ordinances contain provisions that surpass the minimum standard set by
the 1997 Minnesota Youth Access Law. This fall, Julie will be collaborating with
the Scott County Attorney's Office to facilitate diversion classes for Scott County
youth who have been charged with using, possessing or purchasing tobacco
products- In addition, Julie will be a panelist for two workshops at the Fourth
Annual Conference on Tobacco and Health in St. Paul and a co-presenter for an
Allina symposium at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association in Washington D.C. Julie has been Co-Chair of the Minnesota
ASSIST Coordinating and Advisory Committee and a member of the ASSIST
Executive Committee since December 1994. She is also Unit Tobacco Control
Leader on the Scott County Board of the American Cancer Society, the Scott
County Coordinator for Tobacco-Free Communities for Children, and a consultant
for the University of Minnesota Research Team for Tobacco-Free Future. Julie is
also a charter member of the Healthy Communities Coalition of Scott County.
Her background includes 14 years as both a practicing nurse and as a teacher of
nurses_ As CZinical Nurse Specialist at the Mayo Medical Center in Rochester, '
Julie was a member of the Mayo Center for Nursing Research Coxnmittee and the
Smoke-Free Task Force for the Mayo Department of Psychiatry_ Woodruff holds
a Masters of Science in Nursing fromm the University of Wisconsin_
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Laura Waterman Wittstock. a member of the Seneca Nation, is President of
MIGIZI Comrnunicatioxls, a Minnesota nonprofit serving the American Indian
commlmity locally and nationally througbh cornmunications-based educatiorL Her
columns appear in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and numerous community
newspapers_ She serves on the boards of the Minneapolis Foundation, Abbott
Northwestern Hospital, Twin Cities Public Television and American Ind.ian
Business Development Corporation, and chairs the Communities of Color Institute
in Minneapolis and Independent Television Service in San Francisco. In 1992,
Wittstock received the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Award for twenty
years of work in alternative medis coverage of American Indians and free
expression. As a member of the Minnesota Smoko-Free Society 2000 Coalition,
Wittstock helped recommend legislative changes to Iimit the use of tobacco by
minors. Her proposal for limiting smoking sections in restaurants to those over 18
years of age has not been adopted, but she has campaigned for its inclusion after
seeing infants inn stnoking sections of.restalurants forced to inhale not only their
parents' smoke, but that of others in the area. Wittstock is currently a member of
the Minnesota Minority Health Advisory Comtnittee to the Minnesota Department
of Healtla, and of the Minnesota Health Improvement Partnership Tobacco Work
Group, which is advising the Commissioner of Health on tobacco issues. Her
children's book, Ininatig's.Giff ofSugar- Traditiona(Native Sugarnzakzng, was
published in 1993 andd nominated for a Minnesota Book Award_ Her second book,
Changing Communities, ChangingFoundations: The Story of the Diversity Efforts
ofTweniy Community Foundations, is in publication.
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JEANNE WEIGUM
President, Association for Nonsmolcers - Minnesota (A1vSR)
Jeanne Weig,**m has been a volunteer working on reducing the ill e$ects, of
tobacco use since 1975. Weigiun was named 1998 Minnesotan of the Year by the
Minnesota Monthly for her untiuing and successfnll activism to improve public
health through tobacco control. Weigum has also spent twenty years in
corrections as a mental health professional. She has served as President of the
Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota Board of Directors; founding director,
North Suburban Tobacco Task Compliance Project; director of the American Lung
Association of Minnesota and Minnesota Coalition for a Smoke-Free Society
2000; member of the Technical Advisory Committee on Nonsmoking and Health
for the Minnesota Department of Health; and has served on various committees
for the Hennepin County Department ofHealflz, the American Lung Associations
of Minnesota and Hennepin County, and the Minnesota Department of Health_
Weigum is founder of the Fire Safe Cigarette Committee and the Ad-hoc
Cornmittee on Smoke-Free Day Care and has been a tireless volunteer lobbyist on
various tobacco issues before local units of government and the Minnesota
legislature. Weigum is in demand as a speaker, having presented, for example, at
the 5th and 6th World Conference on Smoldng and Health; Tobacco Use
Prevention Sutnmer Institute, 1995-1997; Tobacco Prevention: The Next
Generation, 1995; -Cotnrnunities for Tobacco-Free Kids: Drawing the Line 1996;
and Reducing Youth Access to Tobacco (several presentation sites statewide)
ASSIST meetings. Weigum's areas of expertise include: youth access to tobacco,
tobacco restrictions in the work site, smoke-free housing, clean indoor air
restrictions, community ora *++z+ng, public policy approaches to tobacco control,
tobacco industry tactics, history of tobacco control in Minnesota, grass r-oots
community action, fire-safe cigarettes, media advocacy, and small nonprofit o
management- Weigum holds a BA from Bethel College and earned her Masters of -4
Social Work at the University of Minnesota. ~
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