Trustee Ruth Grendahl

Board of Trustees Vice Chair Congressional District #2 Legislative District #37A Term Dates: January 26, 2005, through June 30, 2010 13685 Pennock Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Home: 952-432-3828 Fax: 952-997-2327 Email: grendahl@charter.net

Ruth Grendahl, Apple Valley, is an owner of RnD Products, a business that markets electrical construction products nationally. From 1991 to 1999, she served as deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Service. She has been a member of the Apple Valley City Council since 1997. In 2004, she was appointed chair of the Minnesota Livable Communities Advisory Committee by the Metropolitan Council, and she has served as commissioner, treasurer and finance committee chair of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority. Previously, she served on the College of Science, Engineering and Technology Industrial Advisory Board at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

She holds bachelor's degrees in political science and urban and regional studies and a master's degree in public administration from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed Grendahl to the Board of Trustees in January 2005 for a six-year term expiring June 30, 2010.