Ed Zabinski

Ed helps organizations plan for growth, manage their people, and more effectively communicate with their key stakeholders. He has done this work in a variety of organizational settings: a large manufacturing company, a community bank, at an ecommerce company he started, and with a brewpub he co-founded.
 

Ed was elected to two terms on the Grand Rapids City Council and served 20 years on the Grand Rapids Economic Development Authority. He has also worked with numerous civic organizations in northern Minnesota in leadership roles.
 

He holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from St. John’s University, and an Associate of Arts degree from Minnesota North College-Vermilion.