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