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Welcome - Duluth, Minn.

Program Director	Polly M. Talen is your first point of contact for questions about Knight Foundation's plans for and activities in Duluth.
Communities	Duluth, Minn. St. Paul, Minn.
Postal Address	Polly's office is in St. Paul, but please send grant-related materials to our main office: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131-2349
Telephone	St. Paul, Minn. Regional Office: (651) 312-3519
E-mail	talen@knightfdn.org
Responsibilities	Talen is a program director for Knight's Communities Program. She oversees grant development and grant making and works with a Community Advisory Committee in two of the foundation's communities.
Joined Knight Foundation	Sept. 2002
Background	Most recently, Talen was senior vice president of nonprofit and foundation partnerships for DoTheGood Inc., an online philanthropy company. Prior to that, she was a longtime senior program officer at the Dayton Hudson Foundation where she managed Dayton Hudson's $3 million social action grant-making portfolio. She was also responsible for directing Child Care Aware, a $10 million public/private collaboration that increased professionalism of family child care in over 35 communities. Past professional roles include manager of community affairs for Target Stores and executive director of the Minneapolis Girls Club. Talen has a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Wellesley College and a master of science degree in business from University of Wisconsin.

Granting Area
Duluth	St. Louis County, Minn., and City of Superior, Wis.

Jan. 15, 2003