Who Leads in MN?

Leaders by nativity

Minnesota is experiencing rapid demographic change, with our foreign-born population growing by more than 50,000 residents over the last ten years. Equitable leadership means top executives and elected leaders reflect the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of our state’s population, but we have seen no increase in the share of immigrant leaders across Minnesota’s sectors. What do pathways to leadership look like for foreign-born residents?

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Immigrants and leadership

About 5% of leaders are foreign-born

About 10% of our state’s adult population are immigrants. Minnesota’s leaders who are foreign-born and immigrants are underrepresented relative to their size in the overall population.

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