Alumni and Friends of the LSE
in the United States

AFLSE Twin Cities:  Welcome to the City 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00-8:00pm

6309 Cambridge Street

St. Louis Park, MN  55416

You are cordially invited to Welcome to the City in the Twin Cities on Wednesday, November 5.   We are especially interested in seeing our newest alumni who are returning or migrating to the Twin Cities area after recent time spent at the LSE.  Of course, we’re also interested in seeing as many of the couple hundred alumni already here who can attend this event and enjoy one another’s company. As with recent similar events, we are also inviting alumni from other schools who are members of Twin Cities Alumni Network. 

 We are delighted to be joined by Steve Grove, the CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune (formerly the Minneapolis Star Tribune).   Before assuming those posts in early 2023, Steve was the Commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) from January, 2019 until through February, 2023 – including the turbulent time of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Prior to his time at DEED, Steve spent 12 years at Google where he was founding director of the Google News Lab.   Steve has recently authored How I Found Myself in the Midwest, which is a particularly apt work for our Welcome to the City event!   He will share his insights from his career experiences and his return to Minnesota after time spent elsewhere.

We hope you will join us for this LSE event! Feel free to bring along a partner, colleagues or friends who might enjoy the evening with us.

Please RSVP for this event on the left. When RSVPing, please leave your organization and job title, or field of interest if you are a job seeker.  For LSE alumni, please also include your LSE course and year. There will be a $15 cover charge at the door and cash bar.   If you have questions, please contact the LSE Alumni Engagement team alumni@lse.ac.uk.

Your Twin Cities AFLSE Chapter Leaders,

Liz Bosshard-Blackey, Joe Genereux and Raymond Kuo

Attending this event at this location is your choice.  Please do not attend an event if you have a fever or feel unwell, or if you have tested positive for Covid-19 or have been exposed to someone with Covid-19.