Connect with IGR Staff

Meet the League’s Intergovernmental Relations Staff

The League’s Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) staff work on legislative issues that matter to cities. Feel free to contact our IGR staff members with any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding legislative issues.

IGR staff members and legislative issues:

Anne Finn

Intergovernmental Relations Director
(651) 281-1263
afinn@pinsun002.com
www.twitter.com/annemfinn

Legislative issues:

• Emergency management
• Employment and Human Resources
• Public safety
• State bonding
• Transportation
• Workers’ compensation

Ted Bengtson

IGR Administrative Coordinator
(651) 281-1242
tbengtson@pinsun002.com
www.twitter.com/tbengtsonLMC

Legislative issues:

• General
• Member relations

Brooke Bordson

Intergovernmental Relations Representative
(651) 281-1260
bbordson@pinsun002.com

Legislative issues:

• Building codes
• Civil liability
• Data practices and Open Meeting Law
• Elections
• Land use and zoning

Nathan Jesson

Intergovernmental Relations Representative
(651) 281-1262
njesson@pinsun002.com
www.twitter.com/nathanfjesson

Legislative issues:

• Aid to cities
• Cannabis regulation
• Local government aid (LGA)
• Public finance
• Regulated industries
• Taxes
• Tax increment financing (TIF)

Craig Johnson

Intergovernmental Relations Representative
(651) 281-1259
cjohnson@pinsun002.com
www.twitter.com/cajohnson_1

Legislative issues:

• Energy
• Environment
• Land use and annexation
• Local/tribal relations
• State bonding
• Sustainable development
• Wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater

Daniel Lightfoot

Intergovernmental Relations Representative & Federal Relations Manager
(651) 281-1295
dlightfoot@pinsun002.com
www.twitter.com/DFLightfoot

Legislative issues:

• Broadband
• Cable/franchising
• Economic development
• Federal relations and advocacy
• Housing
• State bonding
• Telecommunications, information technology, and wireless infrastructure