Stephanie Klinzing was first appointed to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) Board in 2011 and is MHFA’s representative to the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Board of Directors. She was appointed to the Minnesota Board on Aging in 2016 and continues in that position. She currently serves as a member of the ECM/Adams Publishing Editorial Board. Ms. Klinzing lives in Elk River (Sherburne County). She is a member of the Lac Courte Oreille Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa. Ms. Klinzing served for 12 years as Mayor of Elk River, and also served in elected office in the Minnesota House of Representatives and on the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners.