Minnesota Nurses Association
Ben Baglio is a Government Relations Specialist and Lobbyist at the Minnesota Nurses Association, a position held since January 2023. Prior experience includes serving as Director of the Governor's Workforce Development Board at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development from July 2019 to December 2022, and as Policy Liaison for the Association of Minnesota Counties between April 2015 and March 2019, while also supporting the Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards. Additional roles include Director of Student Services & the Page Office for the Indiana House of Representatives, Field Organizer for the Minnesota DFL Party, and District Office Intern for Congressman Rick Nolan. Ben Baglio holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Minnesota Morris and a Master’s degree in Advocacy and Political Leadership from Metro State University.
Minnesota Nurses Association
Founded in 1905 and featuring more than 20,000 members across the state, the Minnesota Nurses Association strives to advocate on behalf of patients and the nurses who provide them with exceptional nursing care. For more than 100 years, MNA members have effectively influenced health care policy and practice. And today, no other agency is better prepared than the Minnesota Nurses Association to insist on and facilitate the change needed to ensure quality healthcare in Minnesota.