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ULI Minnesota Inside the Leadership Studio: R.T. Rybak
We are reviving our 2010s-era program Inside the Leadership Studio for a new decade, offering a platform for robust, enlightening discourse with regional leaders. Host Jessica Houlihan, CEO of Onyx Strategic Partners, will invite guests to share insight and inspiration on their leadership journeys, highlighting their challenges and vulnerabilities along with their successes.
Program includes networking time with hors d'oeuvres and drinks.
Our first session features R.T. Rybak, President and CEO of the Minneapolis Foundation.
He has led the Foundation since July 2016, deepening its community impact, significantly growing its donor base and contributions, and launching a strategic framework that more directly focuses on using multiple impact levers to dismantle inequities. A Minneapolis native, R.T. spent 30 years in journalism, publishing, marketing, and the Internet before serving as Mayor of Minneapolis from 2002 to 2013. His most significant career focus has been developing equitable career paths for youth of color. That work has included being a founding partner of: Step Up, which has provided summer jobs to 20,000 high school students; Urban Scholars, its companion program for college students; the Power of YOU, which provides free community college tuition; ConnextMSP, an alumni association helping participants of high-performing programs serving youth of color connect to careers; and Generation Next, a coalition of civic, business, and school leaders focused on racial equity, where R.T. served as executive director from 2014 to 2016.
Video sponsor: Onyx Strategic Partners