BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250515T120000Z DTEND:20250515T130000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Jim Acers Leadership Breakfast DESCRIPTION:The Elk River Leadership Breakfast as established in 2004 by Jim Acers to raise awareness and support for local scouting in the Elk River Area.\n\nIn honor of Jim's dedication to Scouting\, we will be presenting two camperships to local Scout youth to attend a summer camp event at Camp Parker. \n\n\n\nMeet the Speaker\, Cal Porter.\n\n\nCal Portner has spent nearly his entire adult\n\nworking career in public service. He enlisted in\n\nthe U.S. Air Force after high school\, serving nine\n\nyears on active duty with assignments in\n\nCalifornia\, Alaska\, Germany\, and Nebraska.\n\nAfter an honorable discharge and a college\n\ninternship with U.S. Representative Jim\n\nRamstad\, he was hired as district field director\n\nand served the 3rd Congressional District for\n\nsix years before transitioning to local\n\ngovernment. He currently is in his 14 year as\n\nthe Elk River City Administrator with 24 years of\n\nmunicipal experience including stops in\n\nPlymouth and Brooklyn Park.\n\n \n\nCal has a BA in Political Science and History\n\nfrom the University of Minnesota\, an MA in\n\nPublic Administration from Hamline University\n\nand is a Credentialed Manager through the\n\nInternational City/County Manager's\n\nAssociation. He has served on boards of\n\nnumerous high school and youth booster clubs\,\n\nis currently an Elk River Beyond the Yellow\n\nRibbon board member and is preparing to serve\n\nas Elk River Rotary Club's president for the\n\nsecond time.\n\nIn his free time\, Cal and his wife Penny\, love to\n\ntravel\, watch hockey\, and spend time with\n\nfamily especially their new granddaughter. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Elk River Leadership Breakfast as established in 2004 by Jim Acers to raise awareness and support for local scouting in the Elk River Area.

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In honor of Jim'\;s dedication to Scouting\, we will be presenting two camperships to local Scout youth to attend a summer camp event at Camp Parker. \;
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\nMeet the Speaker\, Cal Porter.

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Cal Portner has spent nearly his entire adult
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working career in public service. He enlisted in
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the U.S. Air Force after high school\, serving nine
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years on active duty with assignments in
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California\, Alaska\, Germany\, and Nebraska.
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After an honorable discharge and a college
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internship with U.S. Representative Jim
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Ramstad\, he was hired as district field director
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and served the 3rd Congressional District for
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six years before transitioning to local
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government. He currently is in his 14 year as
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the Elk River City Administrator with 24 years of
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municipal experience including stops in
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Plymouth and Brooklyn Park.
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 \;
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Cal has a BA in Political Science and History
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from the University of Minnesota\, an MA in
\n\n
Public Administration from Hamline University
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and is a Credentialed Manager through the
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International City/County Manager&rsquo\;s
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Association. He has served on boards of
\n\n
numerous high school and youth booster clubs\,
\n\n
is currently an Elk River Beyond the Yellow
\n\n
Ribbon board member and is preparing to serve
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as Elk River Rotary Club&rsquo\;s president for the
\n\n
second time.
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In his free time\, Cal and his wife Penny\, love to
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travel\, watch hockey\, and spend time with
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family especially their new granddaughter.
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\n LOCATION:Elk River Legion 525 Railroad Dr. NW Elk River UID:e.32.32484 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260507T200409Z URL:http://mobile.elkriverchamber.org/events/details/jim-acers-leadership-breakfast-32484 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR