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In July, Eagan Kick-Start Rotary welcomed its seventh president, Dianne Miller!
Dianne has proudly worked for the City of Eagan for 20 years as Assistant City Administrator, overseeing several departments including Human Resources, Information Technologies, Elections and City Clerk functions. She also is the City’s point person on recycling and airport relations.
Dianne grew up in Burnsville and received her bachelors degree in public administration from St. Mary’s University and a masters degree in public administration from the University of Kansas.
Dianne discovered her passion for public service and community engagement through experiences such as working with the Red Cross, interning with local communities, and wielding an ax to dig trenches for water pipes in Guatemala. She first worked in public administration with the City of Overland Park, Kansas during graduate school before beginning her fulltime local government career with the City of Eagan.
Dianne has been married for 17 years to her husband, Justin, who is the City Administrator of Lakeville. They are blessed with four spirited daughters ranging in age from elementary to high school. The family dog, Elmer, is a giant Pyradoodle who is petrified of flies.
Away from the office, Dianne is a sports junkie and typically can be found on the sidelines of her kids’ soccer games, cheering on her Kansas Jayhawk basketball team, or walking and snowshoeing on the trails throughout Eagan’s parks and neighborhoods.
Welcome Dianne!
Dianne has proudly worked for the City of Eagan for 20 years as Assistant City Administrator, overseeing several departments including Human Resources, Information Technologies, Elections and City Clerk functions. She also is the City’s point person on recycling and airport relations.
Dianne grew up in Burnsville and received her bachelors degree in public administration from St. Mary’s University and a masters degree in public administration from the University of Kansas.Dianne discovered her passion for public service and community engagement through experiences such as working with the Red Cross, interning with local communities, and wielding an ax to dig trenches for water pipes in Guatemala. She first worked in public administration with the City of Overland Park, Kansas during graduate school before beginning her fulltime local government career with the City of Eagan.
Dianne has been married for 17 years to her husband, Justin, who is the City Administrator of Lakeville. They are blessed with four spirited daughters ranging in age from elementary to high school. The family dog, Elmer, is a giant Pyradoodle who is petrified of flies.
Away from the office, Dianne is a sports junkie and typically can be found on the sidelines of her kids’ soccer games, cheering on her Kansas Jayhawk basketball team, or walking and snowshoeing on the trails throughout Eagan’s parks and neighborhoods.
Welcome Dianne!
As much as we Rotarians enjoy the fun, friendship, and networking aspects of Rotary, we should always remember that Rotary has the power to enact positive change on a global scale. Rotary has recently undertaken perhaps one of the most difficult challenges in its history - ending human trafficking. This may seem like an impossible task given how ingrained human trafficking is all over the world, the powerful criminal enterprises that profit from it, and cultural obstacles against the empowerment of women, the predominant victims of human trafficking.
What can you do?
What can you do?
- Educate yourselves and your club on this issue. Invite speakers to provide more information on this issue to your club
- Identify a Club Champion who can serve as an ongoing club advocate for this initiative. Thank you Mary Nell Zellner for stepping up to be Kick-Start's Club Champion!
If you ever think that human trafficking is too big a problem to tackle, remember this Ethiopian proverb: When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Each of our local Rotary Clubs is one strand of that spider web; together we can end human trafficking.
