Based on the context provided and the details mentioned in the transcript (moving to Lakeville in 2014, working in higher education/alumni relations at "St Louis college"—likely a transcription error for **St. Olaf College**, and serving as a **Police Reserve**), the speaker is **Councilmember Michelle Volk**. [0:01] **Michelle Volk:** [Music] thank you well a little bit about me is that my family and I moved to Lakeville in 2014 and like many families that moved to Lakeville some of the reasons why we chose this community was because it was Central to our jobs it had a good reputation for schools and the parks and rec were just amazing amenities and so it's been a fabulous place for our family to grow and in fact we we encouraged our my parents to move down here with us and in fact built another house a multi-generational house for us all to to live together so it's been something that we Advocate to our [0:47] **Michelle Volk:** friends and family and have actually recruited them to to live here as well the main job I have my day job is at St Louis college I've worked there for about 10 years had a few different roles within housing the dean of students office and now currently in alumni and parent relations and so one of the themes throughout my career in higher ed is my my job is to connect people and to help them build the community they want to be a part of a lot of that work translates really well into the role I'm in on city council and so that was one of those things that I saw as a skill set that I could bring into this role well my story with city council actually starts pretty much when I moved to Lakeville in 2014. I saw a little clip [1:35] **Michelle Volk:** in the newspaper about a Lakeville Police Department Reserve position and so it's a volunteer role and within a couple months of moving here I was part of the police department in that four years of being a reserve I felt like I had a amazing opportunity to understand the fabric of Lakeville and you know when you're out in a squad with with your partner at two o'clock in the morning you have all sorts of conversations and one of those conversations I remember having with a fellow Reserve was you know what other ways do you think we could use this knowledge about the city on a policy and budget level and you know after making that decision with my family to to run it was actually really exhilarating you know being going door knocking and [2:20] **Michelle Volk:** talking to people about their wants needs concerns and it's something that I've been doing on a smaller scale on campus for quite some time and it just like I said it's a natural fit in terms of the work that I do on city council but I I think that's one of the biggest points I have for for residents is that I am available I I come to people's houses for neighborhood moms groups I've been to community centers I've brought folks to the chambers I I really enjoy and and want to be as accessible as possible I think coming to the chambers can be really intimidating but we can bring the chambers to you I can be that servant for you and that voice for you and I just hope people feel comfortable to reach out when they [3:06] **Michelle Volk:** have a concern or a question [Music]