Tony Wagner is President of Pillsbury United Communities, an association of community centers and affiliated organizations with 250 employees in multiple locations in Minneapolis neighborhoods. Pillsbury United Communities was honored by the Minnesota Council for Quality with its “Gold Award” for quality--the first non-profit to receive this prestigious honor based on the Malcolm Baldrige criteria for business excellence.
In 2004, Tony was elected President of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. In addition, he has served as President of United Neighborhood Centers of America, the national organization for the settlement house movement. Tony is the immediate past president of the Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities, a regional umbrella organization with 26 member organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul. He was the first chairman of the Forum for Non-Profit Leadership consisting of the Chief Executive Officers of 40 large non-profit organizations in the Twin Cities. Tony has served on a variety of local boards including the Wells Fargo Bank Advisory Board, Women Venture, Northpoint Health and Wellness Center and the St. Olaf Foundation. He was a two-term President of the Minneapolis United Way Council of Agency Executives.
Tony grew up Minneapolis and as a child was a client of the agency he now leads. Prior to Pillsbury United Communities, he was an Assistant Professor at Augsburg College. Tony attended the University of Minnesota where he received his BA and MSW degrees and served in the Republic of Viet Nam as a First Lieutenant.
Tony is a recognized leader in non-profit management and community issues; he is the recipient of the "Excellence in Not-for-Profit Management" award given by the United Way and the Wilder Foundation and the “Outstanding Service Award” presented by United Neighborhood Centers of America. |
