Marion Greene was first elected State Representative for Minnesota’s District 60A in November of 2010. Her Minneapolis district includes the Loring Park, Elliott Park, Lowry Hill, East Isles, Kenwood, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Bryn Mawr, and Wedge (Lowry Hill East) neighborhoods of Minneapolis, as well as part of the Calhoun Area.
Marion’s focus at the legislature has been on early childhood education, as well as efforts to stave off attacks on equality (the anti-marriage amendment, attempted repeal of parts of the equal pay act), democracy (voter suppression through burdensome voter ID requirements) and the accessibility of higher education (massive cuts to the University of Minnesota and MNSCU systems). She serves on these committees: State Government Finance, Government Operations and Elections, and the Legacy Fund.
In November of 2011 Marion was invited to be part of the bipartisan, bicameral Minnesota Legislative Leadership Institute on Child Development Research and Policy.
In addition to her role as a legislator, Marion monitors health policy and payment reform for St. Jude Medical (the Fortune 500 medical device company based in St. Paul), advising company leaders on how Medicare pays hospitals and physicians. Prior to this job she worked at Boston Scientific, and before that in marketing for General Mills.
Marion continues to volunteer at the Neighborhood Involvement Program’s evening clinic. She is to married Bart Cannon, and is proud stepmom to his two fabulous daughters. Bart is a 15-year member of Education Minnesota and teaches 8th grade English at Maple Grove Junior High. Bart grew up in House District 60A, and together he and Marion make their home in the Uptown neighborhood.
Marion earned her B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1992, and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, after which she joined her extended family in the Twin Cities, attracted by Minnesota’s history of civic involvement and long-standing investment in education and the arts. Marion grew up outside the United States (her parents served in the U.S. Foreign Service), an experience which indelibly shaped her dedication to community and diversity.