About District 2

District 2 includes:

Birchwood Pine Springs Willernie The portion of White Bear Lake that is within Washington County (Ward 4 Precinct 2) Landfall

Precinct 2 of Mahtomedi Oakdale Woodbury Precinct 1 Woodbury Precinct 2 Woodbury Precinct 7

About the Commissioner

Stan Karwoski was elected in a special election in November 2016 to serve District 2, and was re-elected in 2018.

Karwoski, a native of St. Paul, has lived in Oakdale since 1987. He is married, and has four adult children, and four grandchildren. He is a retired 38-year employee of Graco, Inc., where he was a principal designer. He holds nine invention patents.

Karwoski was serving his fourth term on the Oakdale City Council when elected mayor in 2014. He is past president and current member of the 622 Education Foundation, and past chairman and member of the Washington County Park and Open Space Commission. He also has served with the Yellow Ribbon Network, Oakdale’s planning-park commission, and served as a student reading and robotics mentor.

2021 Committee Appointments

 

• Washington County
  • Community Development Agency (Alternate)
  • Regional Railroad Authority, Vice Chair
  • Workforce Development Board
    • Oversight Action Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties
  • Transportation Policy Committee
  • Economic Development, Workforce, and Housing Policy Subcommittee
  • Board of Directors as District X Representative
    • Bylaws Committee
    • Finance Committee
• East Metro Strong Board, Co-Chair
  
• Gold Line Management Committee
  
• Gold Line Executive Change Control Board
• Gold Line Joint Powers Board
• Metropolitan Emergency Services Board (Alternate)
• Metropolitan Transportation Advisory Board
  • Executive Committee
  • Regional Solicitation Policy Workgroup
• Minnesota Inter-County Association, Vice President
  • Minnesota Inter-County Association Executive Committee
• National Association of Counties
  
  • Environment, Energy & Land Use Steering Committee
• Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Board