* 543 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-4199

E-mail: rep.michael.paymar@house.mn
Join my e-mail updates list for announcements.

Legislative Assistant: Lisa Gonzalez 651-296-4388

Committee Assignments

Chair: Public Safety Finance Division
Civil Justice
Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division
Finance
Public Safety Policy and Oversight

Biographical Information

Home: St. Paul
Occupation: Resource specialist
Education: B.A., education, College of St. Scholastica; M.A., public administration, Hamline University
Elected: 1996
Term: 7th

* Prefers interim mail at this address.

Representative Michael Paymar was first elected in 1996 to serve District 64B in the Minnesota House of Representatives. District 64B consists primarily of the Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, and West 7th Street neighborhoods of St. Paul.

Minnesota House of Representatives
Chair, Public Safety Finance Division which has financial oversight over the Courts, Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety, BCA, Homeland Security, Department of Human Rights, Sentencing Guidelines Commission, and crime victim programs.
Member, Finance Committee
Member, Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee
Member, Civil Justice Committee
Member, Crime Victims and Criminal Records Division
Past chair, Metro Delegation
Past chair, St. Paul Delegation

Government and Community Service
Member, Committee on Law and Justice, National Conference of State Legislatures
Member, Public Safety and Justice Task Force, Council of State Governments
Member, Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board, Junior League of St. Paul
Former Commissioner, Saint Paul Charter Commission
Former City Council Member, Duluth City Council, 1980-1988
Former Duluth City Council President, 1984
Former Member, Board of Directors, ClearWay Minnesota

Awards
Service Award for Dedicated Service in Support of Civil Rights, presented by the NAACP
AWARE Award, presented by the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Pro Bono Publico Award, presented by the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition
Achievement Award, presented by OutFront Minnesota
Achievement Award, presented by the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Achievement Award, Presented by the Minnesota Judicial council
Achievement Award, presented by the Homeless Coalition
Legislator of the Year Award, presented by SmokeFree for reducing youth access to tobacco

Current Employment
Resource Specialist for the Battered Women's Justice Project, Minneapolis
Author, of two books on domestic violence
Working on new book on dangerous domestic abuse offenders
Working on a documentary on the history of men’s violence against women

Past Employment
Co-founder, Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
Former, adjunct professor, University of St. Thomas
Past consultant, United States Marine Corps
Past consultant, County of Los Angeles Probation Department
Former director, Family Service Domestic Violence Program, Dakota County
Former teacher
Former social worker


International Work
Open Society Institute; Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Balkans and the Caucuses
Advocates for Human Rights, Morocco
National Training Project, Australia, Switzerland, Scotland, Sweden, Japan, China,

Education
Masters Degree in Public Administration, Hamline University.
Bachelors Degree in Education and History, College of St. Scholastica. (Benedictine Scholar)

A Commitment to Accessibility
During the legislative session constituent meetings are held at the Hillcrest Community Center on 1978 Ford Parkway, in Highland Park.