A Chicago native, Ed Marek came to Minnesota to earn an MBA from the University of Minnesota. The majority of Ed's professional career was in nonprofit fundraising and management, most notably with the American Red Cross and the Minnesota Environmental Fund. During his time with the Red Cross, he served on numerous national disaster assignments traveling throughout Minnesota as well as Louisiana and Missouri.
Ed has been a member of four Rotary clubs: Shakopee, Eden Prairie, St. Paul Sunrise and now Northfield. Ed served as 5960 District Governor in 2020-21.
Married to his best friend, Sue, they have a son, Steve and three years ago lost their daughter, Amanda, to breast cancer. In his spare time, Ed enjoys cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, kayaking, camping, hiking and reading.
Bruce Morlan
Bruce Morlan is a native of Minnesota, having been born and raised in the southern farm country near Rochester. He left Minnesota to become a career Air Force Officer, serving as a launch officer, then moving on to become a military mathematician. First as a staff officer, then as an instructor, Bruce’s career focused around being an analyst and a translator. In his second career Bruce conducted clinical trials as a statistician and did data mining for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Bruce joined Rotary late in life, in 2015. He has been an ambassador without portfolio for Braver Angels since it first formed, and attended the 2nd and 3rd Braver Angels Convention (in 2019 & 2023) as a Red. He is part of the Red Caucus in BA. Bruce has 6 grandchildren who give him the motivation to continue to work to make the world a better place, with both climate change and our political divisiveness as two immediate concerns. To relax, Bruce reads, writes, sails and bikes. He also is vocal in several coffee groups that bridge the political divide.
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