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Roxanne Smith

Metropolitan Council Member, District 1

Roxanne Smith was appointed to the Metropolitan Council by Gov. Mark Dayton in March 2011. Smith represents District 1, which includes the Hennepin County cities of Champlin, Corcoran, Dayton, Greenfield, Independence, Loretto, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Medicine Lake, Medina, Plymouth, and Rogers.

Smith is the Director of Social Justice Ministry at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Maple Grove. She oversees the coordination of social justice ministries for the parish of 2,500 families, develops and mentors leaders both inside and outside the parish, and builds relationships with other congregational leaders to effect systemic change. Previously she served as an accountant for Cargill.

As a Council member, Smith serves on the Community Development and Transportation committees.  

Smith said that one of the top issues facing the region is “closing the racial and economic gaps that have harmed our communities for too long.”

“The Met Council can play a significant role in ensuring that our state creates opportunities for everyone,” Smith said. “We need to find ways to ensure that the benefits of public works projects are equitably distributed so that everyone benefits from the increased wealth created by major housing, transportation and commercial projects.”

Smith serves or has served on the board of several nonprofit organizations. A founder and current chair of Housing for All, a community-based coalition advocating for stable housing for people of moderate and low incomes in the northwest suburbs of Hennepin County and former co-chair of the Clergy and Religious Leaders Planning Table for ISAIAH.

Smith lives in Champlin with her husband, Gerry. They have two grown sons.

To contact Smith, you may call 763-232-6774, or e-mail roxanne.smith@metc.state.mn.us