Commissioner Contact Information:
Jan Parker (email)
Ramsey County Board Office
Room 220 Court House
15 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
Tel: 651.266.8356
Fax: 651.266.8370
Commissioner Assistant:
Sara Merz (email)
Tel: 651.266.8359
Administrative Assistant:
Donna Hughes (email)
Tel: 651.266.8353
Representing citizens in the following communities (District Map):
Lauderdale
Little Canada
Mounds View (Precinct 4)
New Brighton
Roseville
St. Anthony (Ramsey County portion)
Links to Citizen Sites
ALRC (Active Living Ramsey County!)
AMC (Association of MN Counties)
MAAA Board (Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging)
MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency)
Minnesota Workforce Council
NACo (National Association of Counties)
North Suburban Gavel Association
Ramsey County League of Local Governments
Commissioner Jan Parker’s Committees:
Parker serves on the following boards and committees as a representative of Ramsey County:
- Ramsey County Library Board of Trustees (Board liaison)
- Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging (Planning committee)
- Substance Abuse Court (Liaison to County Board)
- Corrections Management Committee
- Association of Minnesota Counties member (Past Board member, General Government alternate and Human and Human Services Committees)
- National Association of Counties (NACo) (Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee)
- Court House/City Hall Committee
- Ramsey County Board/Bench Committee
- I35W Corridor Committee (Alternate)
- Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project Board member (Finance Committee)
- St. Paul Riverfront Corporation Board (Governance Committee)
- Active Living Ramsey Communities
Parker’s other community involvement includes:
- North Suburban Community Foundation Board member
- North Suburban Gavel Association member
- Roseville Rotary member
- New Brighton League of Women Voters member
- Volunteers of America, Community Relations Board
- Friends of Ramsey County Library member (New Brighton Library Fund-raising Committee)
- Roseville School District Strategic Planning Task Force
Commissioner Parker's Bio
Commissioner Parker, formerly Wiessner, was elected to the County Board in 1996 and represents the communities of Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View (Precinct 4), New Brighton, Roseville and the portion of St. Anthony that is in Ramsey County. Parker served as chair of the Ramsey County Board in 2008 - 2009. Prior to that, she served as vice-chair of the County Board from 1999 - 2007. She is the vice-chair of the Health Services Committee and of the Regional Railroad Authority, secretary of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and also serves on the Budget Committee, Facilities Committee, Human Services and Workforce Solutions Committee, Public Safety and Justice Committee, and the Public Works, Parks and Solid Waste Committee. She is chair of the County’s Legislative Committee.
A resident of New Brighton, Jan has over 35 years of community and professional experience. She is a creative problem solver and has expertise in making effective change in government. Jan has owned her own strategic management consulting business and has worked for a search firm. As the Falcon Heights City Administrator (1986-91), she reassessed city operations and collaborated with other government units to improve city services and cut costs. As Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations (1991-95), Jan was responsible for legislative relations, strategic planning and she directed a complex labor-management effort to reform the state's civil service system as part of the Commission On Reform and Efficiency (CORE). During the 1970s, she served as the first Senior Citizens Coordinator for Roseville Area Schools and later coordinated the County’s Home Delivered Meals Program. During the 1980s, Jan was the assistant to District 2 Ramsey County Commissioner Don Salverda.
Parker has an MBA from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and was on the community faculty of Metropolitan State University's College of Management and Public Administration for 20 years.
In 1998, Jan married Dan Parker. Jan’s two children are graduates of the St. Anthony-New Brighton school district. Jan’s daughter, Brooke, is a forensic psychologist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and son, Casey Wiessner is in the insurance business. Two of her three step-children, Missy and D.P. Parker, live in Los Angeles and work in the entertainment business. Terry Parker lives and works in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Dan is recently retired.
In 2005, Jan legally changed her name from Wiessner to Parker.
