Citizens League
The Citizens League is a nonpartisan think tank based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota. It was established in 1952 as a good government advocacy and policy group.
The first Citizens League board of directors was elected on February 14, 1952; the League's first president was Stuart Leck. Dues were $5.
In the past 68 years, the Citizens League has had only nine executive directors: Ray Black ; Verne Johnson ; Ted Kolderie ; Curt Johnson ; Lyle Wray ; Sean Kershaw ; Pahoua Yang Hoffman ; Kate Cimino ; and Jake Loesch.