Build Better Cities with the 2024 Annual Conference Keynote Speakers

Leaders throughout Minnesota have built up their cities during good times and mended their cities’ foundations during tumultuous times. At the 2024 League of Minnesota Cities Annual Conference, we want to expand on what city leaders have already accomplished so our cities can continue to get things done. 

Please get to know our keynote speakers, 阿曼达边缘主义者 and 理查德·科菲, before joining us for the conference in Rochester where Brinkman and Coffey—both current Minnesota residents—will share leadership and 连接ivity tools. 

Help Your Community Thrive with 阿曼达边缘主义者

作为创造者, 生产商, and host of the Emmy-nominated series “Small Business Revolution,” 阿曼达边缘主义者 knows a thing or two about creating thriving communities. “Small Business Revolution” has taken Brinkman to cities around the country, and her inspiring show has assisted communities of all sizes in revitalizing their economic development while helping people and places transform, 连接, 并蓬勃发展. 

Brinkman will share stories of working with small businesses, 澳门网络娱乐游戏平台, and people on main streets throughout the United States during her opening keynote address on Wednesday, 6月26日. 除了, she will give actionable advice on how cities can lean on their values to get things done for their residents and add the five common traits of thriving communities to their toolboxes. 

Brinkman is a nationally renowned brand creator, on-camera personality for national news outlets, and celebrity interviewer. Most importantly, she’s a proud Minnesotan who brings love and passion to her state and its economy. 

Persevere in Leading Change with 理查德·科菲

理查德·科菲 knows city leaders are not truly tested until their residents turn to them for guidance when their city’s foundation begins to crumble. The best city leaders not only help their cities avoid adversity but also help their communities come out stronger on the other end of challenging times. 

Coffey has served as a United States Army Airborne Paratrooper, played collegiate and professional basketball for the Minnesota Gophers and Timberwolves, 居住在明尼苏达州, and is a successful corporate sales leader. Coffey’s diverse background and the challenges he weathered throughout his career have led him to become a professional speaker with a passion for empowering others. He shares insight from his experience in the military, 体育运动, and as a corporate leader to help others realize and reach their full potential. 

Coffey’s closing keynote address on Friday, 6月28日, 会发现弹性, 适应性, and positivity tools they can use to lead their cities through times of destruction. Coffey will share how to treat failure as an opportunity to learn, not as your enemy. 

Join Brinkman and Coffey at the LMC Annual Conference where they will guide city leaders and League staff through the work zone as we envision building better cities.  

Claim your early bird conference pricing by Friday, May 3.