How did three of Minnesota’s women leaders become leaders? Did the League of Women Voters play a role in their ascenion to leadership roles? Do they attribute their success to hard work, or luck, or both? What advice do they offer to other women seeking leadership roles?

These questions and others will be the focus of a presentation at the Sept. 20 general membership meeting of the Roseville-Maplewood-Falcon Heights chapter of the Minnesota League of Women Voters. The meeting will feature Minnesota Rep. Mindy Greiling, District 623 School Board Director Kitty Gogins, and Laura Wang, executive director the Minnesota League of Women Voters.

Greiling, the minority leader of the Education Finance Division of the House Education Committee, has served in the Legislature since 1992, and has won numerous awards for her service.

Gogins has served on the District 623 School Board since 2005, and has spent 25 years leading strategic change in Fortune 500 companies and non-profits. She is a published author of a book about refugees and new Americans.

Wang is the executive director of LWV Minnesota.  She has been with the organization since 2006.  Prior to that, Wang served as the public policy coordinator. she is interested in studying how the League of Women Voters model of promoting civic engagement and women’s leadership can be applied globally.

The meeting, which kicks off a new year for the chapter, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Roseville Ice Skating Oval, 2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville.

The event is open to the public.