Age: 48
Hometown: Grew up and now living in Eden Prairie
Family: Her husband, Greg, an oral surgeon she met at St. Olaf. Three sons: Drew, 21, and a junior in college; Griffen, 12; Payton, 7.
Education: Speech major at St. Olaf College; graduated 1981
If she had today off: I'd drop the kids at school, go for a really long run, try to get my garden in, play a round of golf with my husband and grab time to visit with old friends.
On the nightstand: Stacks of research, legal documents, old Food & Wine magazines and novels of all sorts
Currently reading: "Betrayal," a thriller by John Lescroart; soon to start "Beautiful Boy," David Sheff's memoir
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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