Thank you for your incredible support on November 7th.
I am honored to be elected to the Minnetonka School Board. I am looking forward to working towards future success for our children and community. Congratulations to Paul Luehr, Lisa Wagner and Cal Litsey!
Thank you as well to the other candidates who stepped forward as well to run: Doug Anderson, Alice Everett, and Bill Wenmark. Bill, thank you for the 8 years of service.
There is a very positive and bright future ahead for the Minnetonka School District and we could not have gotten here without the work and dedication of past board members. Judy Erdahl and Peggy Stefan will definitely be missed for their vision, collaboration and dedication.
I look forward to serving the children, families and community. Again, I appreciated everyone’s support during the campaign and at the polls! Karen Walkowski
School District Involvement
2000- present Member Citizens Finance Advisory and Audit Committee
2000- present Psychology Class-Community Member on Review Panel
2000-2001 Bravo Music Curriculum Classroom lead (3rdgrade class)
2003 Action Team Lead-Strategic Plan
2006 Action Team member-finance action team
2007-2008 Team Parent-MHS Gymnastics Team
Community Involvement
2005- present Member, Board of Directors, Children's West-an affiliate of Childrens Hospitals of Minnesota
2002-present Member, Wooddale Church
2000-2006 Volunteer, Bennett Family Park
2004-present Minnetonka Diamond Club
Professional Career
1984-1994 Various positions involving assessing community needs for health and social services, developing new programs and services and building coalitions of service providers in Northern California
1994-1999 Director, New Business Development Redwood Health Services Santa Rosa, California
2001-2005 Executive Director WAMSO-Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association
- Developing new board roles, responsibilities and board development training
- Managed over 500 volunteers
- Managed music education programs serving over 8,000 students each year
2005-present Manager, Cardiac Services UnitedHealthcare
- Developing new programs with the goal of improving the quality and consistency of cardiac care across all national markets
Education
Bachelors of Arts, Political Science - Grinnell College, 1981
Masters, Hospital Administration - University of Minnesota, 1984
Family
Married to Bill Walkowski
Son, Ian graduated from Minnetonka High School in 2007 after attending MME. Now attending St. Cloud State University. Daughter, Leah, is a sophomore at Minnetonka High School after attending Scenic Heights and MME.
I was born and raised in Minnetonka/Hopkins and graduated from Hopkins Lindbergh High School.
After living in northern California for 15 years, I returned to Minnetonka with my family in 1999.