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    • Honored for service
    • Respect for sacrifice
    • Struggling with Trump remarks
    • The Moving Wall
    • Workplace Fairness
    • On honoring vets
    • ​Pentagon Spending vs. Education
    • DNR Parks &Trails
    • Osama bin Laden
    • Peace Front
    • Peace's Face
    • Best Politician 2007
    • Becky Lourey Wants You
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    • Health Care Security Plan
    • Education
    • Fiscal Policy
    • Immigration
    • Arts Recommendations
  • Speeches
    • Soldiers' Honor & Duty
    • Veterans for Peace
    • A Mother's Approach to Peace
    • Positive Impact of Women in Politics
    • A Safer World
    • Duluth Gay Pride
    • HHH Institute: Fiscal Policy
    • St. Scholastica Graduation
  • Press Releases
    • Lourey Health plan praised
    • No new taxes, no tax reform
    • Grow economy by fixing health
    • Touting clean energy
    • DFL vets endorse
    • Appropriate National Guard Use
    • Mn NOW endorsement
    • Rise in uninsured children
    • Funeral Protest Vote
    • Immigration Plan unveiled
    • Cheney's Halliburton
  • Personal
    • Lisa runs her 50th for Matt
    • Nick, Shana, Quentin - and Samara
    • Dal's dreams came quietly
    • Honoring Gene Lourey
  • About
    • Resumé
    • Personal Biography
    • Legislative History
    • Philosophy
    • Nemadji - a technology company
    • Professional History
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​Becky Lourey
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51752 Oak Leaf Road, Kerrick, Minnesota 55756-9705
Phone: (218) 496-5528
Occupation:
Business Owner: Nemadji Research Corporation, Bruno, MN / Activist / Homemaker
Education: 
Asbury College, KY; University of Minnesota
Elected: 
Minnesota State Senate, 1996-2006 (served 3 terms)
Minnesota House of Representatives, 1990-1996 (served 3 terms)
Ran for DFL endorsement for Governor in 2002 and 2006
Legislative Commission and Committee Experience
  • Chair, Health and Family Security
  • Health, Human Services and Corrections Budget Division
  • Environment and Natural Resources
  • Agriculture, General Legislation and Veterans Affairs
  • Commerce
  • Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women
  • EMS Regulatory Board, MN Senate Representative
  • Health and Human Services Committee of the Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments.
  • Health Committee of the National Conference of  State Legislatures Assembly on Federal Issues
  • Legislative Commission on Health Care Access
  • Indian Affairs Council
  • Member, IRRRB Board

Policy Development Experience
  • Minnesota Health Care Access Commission Commissioner
  • Minnesota Public Health Association Legislative Liaison; Co-Chair, Public Affairs
  • Rural Health Advisory Committee on Health Care Reform
  • Pine County Aids Task Force Member
  • Mother’s Camp, Mental Health Association Resource Person
  • East Central Solid Waste Commission Recycling Task Force Member
  • Member of the Northern Lights Tourism Alliance Septic Symposium
  • Neighborhood Association Organizer
  • Pine County Democratic Farmer-Labor Party Co-Chair, 1984-89
  • Minnesota Farmer’s Union Member, State Delegate
  • State Director, WILL/WAND
  • Greater MN Project Advisory Board, MinnPost
  • Honorary Board Member, Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
  • Political Power Working Group, Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota - Women’s Foundation; Center on Women & Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Work History
  • Business Owner, Nemadji Research Corporation
  • Farmer, Kerrick, MN, 8 years
  • Graphic Artist, Self-Employed
  • Instructor, Community Education Program, 6 years
  • Administrative Assistant, Northern Lakes Health Care Consortium, 1984-85

Volunteer Experience
  • Board Member, Family Pathways
  • Carlton County Guardian Ad Litem Program Child Advocate
  • Children’s Home Society of Minnesota Board of Directors
  • Pine County Developmental Achievement Center Board of Directors
  • Special Education Mainstream Project Volunteer
  • Pine County CARE Council
  • Women's Foundation - Center on Women & Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Political Power Working Group, Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota
  • Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Honorary Board Member
  • MinnPost, Greater Minnesota Project Advisory Board
  • Women Legislators' Lobby / Women's Action for New Directions (WiLL/WAND), State Director 
  • Minnesota Mental Health Association Conference Coordinator
  • Great Books Instructor
  • Parent-Teacher Association - Secretary
  • Nursery School Organizer
  • Sunday School Teacher
Current:
  • Blandin Foundation Community Broadband Resources accelerated program initiative for Pine County 
  • Minnesota Rural Broadband Coalition, Board member representing Nemadji Research Corp.
  • Minnesota Forest Resources Partnership, member of Board of Directors
  • Board member, Central Minnesota Workforce Development Board (CMWDB) - Secretary
  • Arrowhead Chefs
  • GPS: 45:93 - representing Nemadji Research Corp. - Local Economic Development Board for Pine, Isanti, Chisago and Kanabec counties 

Family
Becky (born 9/24/1943) and her husband of 46 years, Gene (deceased-2008), are parents of 12 children, (three deceased). They built their family by both birth and adoption. They have 18 grandchildren.

Awards
  • Recipient of the Governor’s Marvelous Minnesota Woman Award - 1989
  • Received the prestigious B. Robert Lewis Award from the Minnesota Public Health Association
  • Recipient of Charlotte Striebel Long Distance Runner Award, National Organization of Women (NOW)
  • Recipient of the Lucy Hahn, Burbara Stuhler Political Courage Award
  • Voted one of the top five Senators in a reader's survey by the Legal Ledger
  • Recipient of the Congressional Award, "Angels in Adoption" - 2001
  • Voted Minnesota Senate Pages' Favorite Senator - 2001, 2002
  • Minnesota Women’s Press, selected as one of the “most admired” persons in public service - 2005
  • Recipient of the Joan and Walter Mondale Award for Public Service - 2005
  • Best Politician by City Pages (Minneapolis/St.Paul) - Best of 2007
  • Political Excellence Award, Women Candidate Development Coalition – 2008
  • Woman of Distinction, Minnesota DFL Women’s Hall of Fame - 2009
  • Minnesota Tree Farmer of the Year - 2020

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  • Home
  • News
    • Honored for service
    • Respect for sacrifice
    • Struggling with Trump remarks
    • The Moving Wall
    • Workplace Fairness
    • On honoring vets
    • ​Pentagon Spending vs. Education
    • DNR Parks &Trails
    • Osama bin Laden
    • Peace Front
    • Peace's Face
    • Best Politician 2007
    • Becky Lourey Wants You
  • Policy
    • Health Care Security Plan
    • Education
    • Fiscal Policy
    • Immigration
    • Arts Recommendations
  • Speeches
    • Soldiers' Honor & Duty
    • Veterans for Peace
    • A Mother's Approach to Peace
    • Positive Impact of Women in Politics
    • A Safer World
    • Duluth Gay Pride
    • HHH Institute: Fiscal Policy
    • St. Scholastica Graduation
  • Press Releases
    • Lourey Health plan praised
    • No new taxes, no tax reform
    • Grow economy by fixing health
    • Touting clean energy
    • DFL vets endorse
    • Appropriate National Guard Use
    • Mn NOW endorsement
    • Rise in uninsured children
    • Funeral Protest Vote
    • Immigration Plan unveiled
    • Cheney's Halliburton
  • Personal
    • Lisa runs her 50th for Matt
    • Nick, Shana, Quentin - and Samara
    • Dal's dreams came quietly
    • Honoring Gene Lourey
  • About
    • Resumé
    • Personal Biography
    • Legislative History
    • Philosophy
    • Nemadji - a technology company
    • Professional History