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The Mary Hanson Show

"Minnesota leaders"

This series within The Mary Hanson Show has been produced for Twin Cities Public Television for the past 20 years and is ongoing.

Minnesota leaders talk about their personal histories and their ideas about leadership.  Each leader addresses crucial question areas regarding leadership, and among other subjects they look with Hanson at their strengths, their greatest challenges and the balancing act between career and personal life. 

Here are the Minnesota leaders who have been part of this series to date:


Elmer L. Andersen

Wendell Anderson

Nina Archabal

J. Brian Atwood

Alfred Babington-Johnson

Ann Bancroft

Lee Roper-Batker

Lou Bellamy

Sharon Sayles Belton

Kathleen Blatz

Tony Bouza

Bob Bruinicks

Philip Brunelle

Emilie Buchwald

Jim Campbell

Jon Campbell

Arne Carlson

Emmett Carson

Joe Cavanaugh

Michael Ciresi

Chris Coleman

Sage Cowles

Ron Cranford

John Cuningham

John B. Davis

W. Harry Davis

Charles M. Denny Jr.

Susana di Palma

Timothy Dolan

Keith Ellison

Marion Etzwiler

Barbara Forster

Arvonne and Don Fraser

Barbara Frey

Ali Galaydh

Al Gallmon

Bill & Penny George

Archie Givens

William D. Green

Joan Growe

Kathy Halbreich

Josie Johnson

Geri Joseph

Sylvia and Sam Kaplan

Randy Kelly

Reatha Clark King

Dave Koch

Ghafar Lakanwal

LaJune Thomas Lange

George Latimer

Polly Mann

Betty McCollum

Richard McFarland

​Peter McLaughlin

L. David Mech

Steve Miles

​MN Teachers of the Year

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Fr. Michael O’Connell

Ilhan Omar

Alan Page

Jim Pagliarini

Anita Pampusch

Mitch Pearlstein

George and Sally Pillsbury

Carl Platou

Richard Proudfit

Al Quie

Jim Ramstad







Jack Reuler

Sheryl Ramstad

Ralph Rapson

Dudley Riggs

David Roe

Peter Rogness

​Becky Roloff

Mark Rosen

R.T. Rybak

Martin Sabo

Matthew Sanford

Joe Selvaggio

James Shannon

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Will Steger

Anton Treuer

Sandra Vargas

Rosalie Wahl

Win and Maxine Wallin

Martin Weinstein

Sheila Wellstone

Patty Wetterling

Kevin Winge

Kate Wolford

Daniel Wordsworth

Wilhelmina Wright

Marcia Zimmerman
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