Rena Moran, District 4
Rena Moran is the current Ramsey County Commissioner of District 4, serving a large section of Saint Paul, including parts of Union Park, Hamline-Midway, Frogtown, Summit-University, North End, Downtown, Summit Hill, Macalester-Groveland and Highland Park. She currently sits on 27 different committees. She is the current Chair of the Economic Growth and Community Investment Service Team Committee of the Whole, and Vice Chair of the Budget Committee of the Whole and Legislative Committee of the Whole.
She is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the first African American to represent Saint Paul. She served six terms before retiring to run for Ramsey County Commissioner in 2022. Rena served as Chair of the Ways and Means and Health and Human Services Policy Committees in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
As a legislator, she focused on protecting children in the child welfare system, lead on Early Childhood Education funding, reducing disparities, fighting for affordable housing, economic opportunity for all, and women’s rights. She continues this focus as Ramsey County Commissioner and doing county work through a race equity lens.
She formerly served as House Deputy Minority Leader, Chair of the People of Color and Indigenous Caucus and the United Black Legislative Caucus. She holds a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Southern Illinois University and is the former Director of Prevention Initiatives and Parent Leadership at Prevent Child Abuse MN (dba) Minnesota Communities Caring for Children. Commissioner Moran is a graduate of the Bush Foundation Fellowship, Humphrey Policy Fellowship, and Henry Toll Fellowship.
On a national level, Moran served as Executive Secretary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), Midwest Region Coordinator for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL). She is currently the Parliamentarian of the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). She is a proud mother of seven children and thirteen grandchildren.