Hennepin County Commissioners
Commissioner Peter McLaughlin
Commissioner Gail Dorfman

Mayor of Minneapolis
Mayor R.T. Rybak

Minneapolis City Council Members
Council Member Robert Lilligren
Council Member Dan Niziolek
Council Member Dean Zimmermann
Council Member Gary Schiff

Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board
Commissioner Marie Hauser

Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Denny DeNarvaez , President

Target Corp.
Nate Garvis , Vice President Government Affairs

Payne-Lake Community Partners

Paul Fate, Executive Director

Midtown Greenway Coalition
Bob Corrick, President

Wells Fargo Bank
Kelly J. Gosz, President and District Manager, Twin Cities Banking

Xcel Energy
Dan Pfeiffer, Manager, Community and Local Government Relations

Lake Street Council

Julie Ingebretsen, Chair

Ryan Companies US, Inc.

Rick Collins, Vice President, Development

The Green Institute

Michael Krause, Executive Director

MCW Chair
Jim Campbell , Chairman and CEO, Wells Fargo (retired)

Counsel
Louis Smith, Smith Parker, P.L.L.P.

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Denny DeNarvaez is chief executive officer of Abbott Northwestern Hospital, a non-profit organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Born and raised in Canada where her family owned a golf resort, Denny moved at a young age to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she later attended Drake University earning a BA in accounting and graduating Magna Cum Laude. After completing her CPA degree, she accepted an accountant position with Coopers and Lybrand in Florida and quickly rose through the ranks to audit supervisor.

In 1983, Denny joined International Medical Centers in Miami as director of finance and later moved to Thomas J. Merlo & Company where she was audit manager. In 1985, Denny was recruited to join Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach as the administrator of financial services where she stayed for four years moving through several promotions and leading a successful multi-million dollar bond offering. Florida Medical Center recruited Denny in 1989 as their chief financial officer, and within four years, she had been promoted to chief executive officer and was running the medical center, which included more than 1250 employees, 459 beds and over $25 million in earnings.

In 1998, Denny and her family moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her son who was attending high school as a boarding student at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault. At that time, she joined Allina Health System working for Medica as director of contracting. Two years later, she accepted the position of operations vice president, cardiovascular services at Abbott Northwestern Hospital/Minneapolis Heart Institute. In October 2001 Denny served as interim chief operating officer of Abbott Northwestern Hospital and was promoted to chief executive officer of the hospital in March 2002.