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)
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:
- Active Living Ramsey County, Co-Chair (Comprehensive Planning, Bench, Integration Committees)
- Association of Minnesota Counties member (Past Board Member; General Government (Alternate) and Health and Human Services Committees)
- Community Action Partnership Board (Executive, Membership Development and Executive Director Search Committees, former President)
- Corrections Management Committee
- Court House/City Hall Committee
- Ramsey County Board/Bench Committee
- I35W Corridor Committee (Alternate)
- Metropolitan Area on Aging (Audit/Finance, Planning Committees)
- National Association of Counties (NACo) (Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee)
- Ramsey County Library Board of Trustees (Liaison to County Board)
- Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project Board member (Finance Committee)
- St. Paul Riverfront Corporation Board (Governance Committee)
- Substance Abuse Court (Liaison to County Board)
- Workforce Investment Board (Alternate)
- Workforce Investment Board Agreement Negotiation Team
Parker’s other community involvement includes:
- North Suburban Community Foundation member
- North Suburban Gavel Association member
- Roseville Rotary member
- Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce member
- Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce member
- Maximizing Public Resources Task Force member
- New Brighton League of Women Voters member
Commissioner Parker's Bio
Commissioner Parker was first 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, Legislative Committee, Public Safety and Justice Committee, and the Public Works, Parks and Solid Waste Committee.
A resident of New Brighton, Jan has over 30 years of community and professional experience. She is a creative problem solver and has expertise in making effective change in government. 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 is on the community faculty of Metropolitan State University's College of Management and Public Administration.
In 1998, Jan married Dan Parker. Dan owns White Way Dry Cleaning and is active with the St. Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau. Jan's daughter Brooke graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and son Casey, is a graduate of St. Thomas. Two of her three step children, Missy and D.P. Parker, live in Los Angeles and work in the entertainment business; the other, Terry Parker, works for White Way.
In 2005, Jan legally changed her name from Wiessner to Parker.
