1. Maureen Reed was born on April 10,1953 and is a physician who was the chair of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, Director of the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota, Medical Director and Vice-President of the not-for-profit health care provider HealthPartners, and Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
Maureen Reed ran as a Democrat in the sixth congressional district of Minnesota in 2010.
Maureen Reed married Jim Hart, and they have lived in Grant, Minnesota since 1981.
Maureen Reed did part of her medical training at the VA hospital in Minneapolis, completing her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota in 1982.
Maureen Reed continued to practice part-time internal medicine at the Fremont Community Clinic in north Minneapolis, a clinic serving primarily uninsured and under-insured patients.
Maureen Reed led the team whose measurement efforts subsequently spawned the Minnesota Community Measurement.
The Minnesota Legislature elected Maureen Reed to serve on the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents in 1997 and 2003.
Maureen Reed was the vice chair of the audit committee, vice chair of the Education Planning and Policy Committee, chair of the Education Planning and Policy Committee, board vice chair, and board chair.
Maureen Reed served as the interim executive director of the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota from May 2008 to November 2008.
Maureen Reed is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps and was deployed in the aftermaths of the 2005 Louisiana Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 2007 Interstate 35-W bridge collapse.
Maureen Reed was the Independence Party of Minnesota's candidate for lieutenant governor in 2006.
In 2011 Maureen Reed became the Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, recasting it as a high-tech international event, securing participation by multiple Nobel Laureates, and surpassing the Norwegian Nobel Institute's attendance, publicity, program and mission goals.
Maureen Reed resigned from the Forum in 2014 and subsequently joined the teaching faculty of Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota Undergraduate Honors Program.
Maureen Reed ran as a Democrat for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Republican Michele Bachmann.
Maureen Reed withdrew from the race after the district convention, having raised over one million dollars.
Maureen Reed continued to champion education and health care reform.