Heather Edelson, District 6

Hennepin County

• Resident Services, chair
• Administration, Operations, and Budget Committee, vice-chair
• Law, Safety and Justice Committee, vice-chair
• Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (HCRRA), vice-chair
• Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), member
• Hennepin Health, member
• Heading Home Hennepin, member
• Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC) Board, member

Other positions

• Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), voting delegate
• AMC General Government Committee, member
• Blake Station Redevelopment Subcommittee, member
• County Extension Committee, member
• Green Line Extension Community Works Steering Committee, chair
• Green Line Extension Corridor Management Committee, member
• Light Rail Transit Executive Change Control Board (ECCB), member
• Meet Minneapolis, member
• Metropolitan Emergency Services Board (MESB), alternate
• Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, member
• Partnership on Waster and Energy Issues, alternate
• Public Art and Community Engagement Southwest (PLACES), member
• St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board, member

This district serves:

• Deephaven
• Northern Eden Prairie
• Edina
• Excelsior
• Greenwood
• Hopkins
• Long Lake
• Minnetonka
• Minnetonka Beach
• Northern Mound
• Orono
• Shorewood
• Spring Park
• Tonka Bay
• Wayzata
• Woodland

Commissioner Heather Edelson comes to Hennepin County after having represented Edina in the Minnesota House of Representatives for six years. There, she was a champion for literacy as the Primary Author of the Read Act, worked extensively on the intersection of mental health and public safety and the complex human service needs of Minnesotans from recovery / addiction to disability policy and environmental laws working to protect our water and climate.  Heather served as an Assistant Leader at the Capitol for one term and the Vice Chair of the Ways and Means Committee– which oversees the state budget. 

Commissioner Edelson relied on county services as a child and knows first hand just how critical services like rental assistance and child, utility, and food support, and public transportation can be for the residents of Hennepin County. 

She has an B.A. from Hamline University in Legal Studies and master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and had a career as a clinical outpatient mental health therapist.

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