Governor Mark Dayton announced his appointment for the newest Commissioner of the Metropolitan Airports Commission board, Steve Cramer, representing District D. Cramer previously served on the MAC from 1994 – 1999, having been appointed by then-Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton.
Mr. Cramer is the president and executive director of Project for Pride in Living, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering low-income people to become self-reliant through integrated services. Previously, he served as director of the Hennepin County Department of Housing, Community Works and Transit, and as the executive director of the Minneapolis Community Development Agency. Mr. Cramer served on the Minneapolis City Council for ten years from 1984 – 1993.
He received his M.A. in Public Affairs from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and his B.S. in Urban Planning from the University of Tulsa.
Currently, he is chair of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority and serves on the board of the Twin Cities Community Land Bank, and as a member of Twin Cities LISC Local Advisory Committee, the Southwest LRT Corridor Community Advisory Committee, and the Northside Achievement Zone Committee of Managers.
He has also served on the Greater Twin Cities United Way Housing Impact and Basic Needs Committee, the board of directors of the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers, Minnesota Multi-Housing Association and Catholic Charities, on the St. Joseph’s Home for Children Advisory Board, as chair of the Sustainable Resource Center’s board, and as a member of the Minnesota House Advisory Committee, Fannie Mae National Housing Impact Advisory Committee, and Minnesota Task Force to End Homelessness.
