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Joci Tilsen
Joci is one of the founders of Summer Tuesdays, and is currently the Director of Programs for the Minnesota Food Association. She was co-owner of The Valley Bookseller on Main Street from October 1998 - March 2008. Joci has served on the Boards of the Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Midwest Booksellers Association. During her twenty years of nonprofit management experience; thirteen of those were spent as Executive Director of two organizations specializing in child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention. Joci has double Masters degrees in Health and Human Services Administration and Management. She has a broad range of experience in direct service and administration.
Val Green
Val and her husband, Jim, have recently moved back to Minnesota after living away for twelve years. Talking with Joci Tilsen at a book club meeting sparked Val's interest in Summer Tuesdays as a way to become inovlved in the Stillwater community. As the newest at-large committee member, Val is still learning the hows and ways of Summer Tuesdays, but with an extensive background in corporate food service and catering, she brings strong creative and organizational skills to this exciting event. "We love being a part of the Stillwater community," she says.
Jill Roth
Jill has lived in the Stillwater area with her family for the past fourteen years. She is an active volunteer in the Stillwater School District. Having grown up in Saint Paul, she was a frequent visitor to Stillwater in her youth, and always enjoyed the small town feel of this close knit community. Jill created hand-crafted Summer Tuesdays sponsor recognition pieces for three past seasons, and returns to the Summer Tuesdays Committee for her third year as Event Coordinator.
Norman Steere
Norm moved to the Stillwater area in 1991 with his wife, Lyn, who died in 1999. Norm retired in 2000, and became active in the Stillwater community in 2001. In 2002 he was one of the organizers of Movies by the Bridge, predecessor of Summer Tuesdays. As one of the founders of Summer Tuesdays, Norm has played an active role except for two years when his wife Barbara Klemme was ill. One of Norm’s projects was the development and updating of the Downtown Directory for Stillwater, a map listing the categories and locations of all the retail businesses in the Historic District of downtown Stillwater. Impetus for the project was Larry Nelson’s statement that downtown Stillwater had more business “doors” than the Southdale Mall, but no directory. In 2003, Norm, Barbara Klemme and Mary Schmidt organized Theatre Associates of Stillwater, which has presented twenty-one live performances since then, most in downtown Stillwater. Norm would like to see the downtown enriched with a broad array of public art, and a cultural center on Main Street with space for live theatrical performances, movies, exhibits, and space for related cultural organizations such as Franconia Sculpture Park, Arcola Mills, the National Park Service and St. Croix River groups. Jenn Severson
Jessica Pack
Trista Boe
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