Commissioner Gail Dorfman

Hennepin County

Gail Dorfman became a Hennepin County Commissioner in 1999.  Prior to that, she was Mayor of St. Louis Park, MN for 3 years and served as a City Council member in St. Louis Park for 3 years. Commissioner Dorfman is involved with Community Action for Suburban Hennepin; Perspectives, Inc; ARC PAC of MN; MN Center for Women in Government; Jewish Children and Family Services ACT Program; Reading Rx; Clean Water Partnership; League of Women Voters; Lake Forest Neighborhood Assn; Nat’l Council of Jewish Women; and the DFL Central Committee. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University; Humphrey Institute Fellowship, Mondale Policy Forum; a BA in Political Science from Ohio State University; and is a graduate of the Twin West Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program.