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Bruce Folken's Biography

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Full Name:

Bruce A. Folken

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Debra; 2 Children: Jason, Alex

Birth Date:

04/18/1950

Birth Place:

Austin, MN

Home City:

Apple Valley, MN

Religion:

LUTHERAN

BS, Education, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1969-1973

AA, GENERAL, AUSTIN JUNIOR COLLEGE, 1970

Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 57A, 2014

Member, Dakota County Human Services Advisory Committee, 2010-2014

Member, Target Stores - Vendor Advisory Board, 2002-2004

Sales Executive, American Greetings, 2009-present

Director of Operations - Target Stores team, American Greetings, 1985-2014

Tax Preparer, H.R. Block - Burnsville,MN, 2011-2012

Director, American Greetings, 1985-2009

Director of Retail Merchandising, American Greetings - Cleveland, 1983-1985

Assistant Regional Manager, American Greetings - Los Angeles, 1981-1983

Regional Account Executive, American Greetings, 1979-1981

National Accounts Manager, American Greetings - Chicago, 1979-1981

Territory Manager, American Greetings - Ames, Iowa, 1978-1979

Sales Representative, American Greetings - Rochester, Minnesota, 1976-1978

Marketing Instructor, Red Wing Area Vocational Technical Institute, 1973-1976

Member, Apple Valley Rotary, 2012-present

Vice President/Head of Landscape Committee, Rodeo Hills II Association Board

President of Apple Valley Yellow Ribbon, American Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, 2011-2014

Member, Apple Valley American Legion, 2011-2014

Vice President, Apple Valley Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network, 2014

Member, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 2002-2014

Member, Minnesota Zoo, 2000-2014

Board Member/Vice President/Chair of Landscape Committee, Rodeo Hills 2 Townhouse Association, 2010-2014

Member, Sons of Norway, 2014

Awards:

Distributive Education Hall of Fame

American Greetings Legends in Lifetime

Names of Grandchildren:

Ashley, Harper

Number of Grandchildren:

2 grandchildren - ages 7 1/2 and 4 1/2

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