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Connie
and husband Mark
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children Matthew and Rebecca
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Meet
Connie Doepke
Connie lives in Orono with her husband, Mark, and their
two children, Matthew and Rebecca. Mark, is a property/casualty
actuary and owns his own consulting practice located in Minneapolis.
Both children are graduates of Wayzata High School. Matthew,
23, is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota.
Rebecca, 18, is a freshman at Iowa State University.
Connie is a graduate of Michigan State University, with
a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts.
Connie spent 20 years as an executive in the direct marketing
industry and was an officer of a Fortune 500 company. Connie
lived in Chicago and New York City before moving to Wayzata
in 1993 to become Vice-President of Fashion Merchandising
for Fingerhut Companies, Inc. Eight years ago she resigned
from her full-time corporate job in order to concentrate
more time to her family and public service.
Connie has served two terms as a member of the Wayzata School
Board, holding the offices of Chair, Vice-chair, and Treasurer.
She also chaired both the Citizens Financial Advisory Committee
and Wayzata’s Legislative Action Committee during her
term.
For the past 7 years, Connie has become an advocate for
small businesses as an active member of the TwinWest Chamber
of Commerce, being elected to their Board of Directors in
2007. She serves as co-chair of the Business/Education Partnership.
In 2007, Connie was appointed by Gov. Pawlenty to serve
on the Board of the Minnesota Humanities Center where she
is a member of the Finance Committee.
She continues to serve on the Citizens Financial Advisory
Committee for Wayzata Schools and is an active member of
the Minneapolis Chapter of Fashion Group, International.
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