Trustee Louise Sundin
Congressional District #5
Legislative District #
Term Dates: July 2, 2008, through June 30, 2014
5216 Vincent Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55410
Work: 612-868-6042
E-mail: lsundin@mft59.org
Louise Sundin, Minneapolis, is executive vice president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, representing more than 80,000 organized workers in the nine-county west metropolitan area. She chairs Working Partnerships, a labor-community services program dedicated to improving the lives of working families and promoting economic justice in Minneapolis and the west metro area.
A career ninth-grade English teacher, Sundin served 25 years as a national vice president of the American Federation of Teachers and 22 years as president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. She serves on the national boards of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Holmes Partnership, as well as local teacher preparation programs. She is a co-founder of TURN, the Teacher Union Reform Network, which works to transform unions into agents of change, and a founding member of the Mooney Institute for Teacher Union Leadership.
Sundin created a union masters degree program in which more than 500 teachers earned their master’s degrees or education specialist degrees. She holds bachelor’s degrees in language arts and speech and English from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of St. Thomas.
Sundin serves on the Minnesota Board of School Administrators. She is founder of Math Online, a unique and free homework helpline to assist students in doing their math homework via computer. She served 20 years on the United Way Board.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed Sundin to the Board of Trustees in 2008 for a six-year term expiring June 30, 2014.
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