2025 and Beyond

Together, we foster public, private and non-profit collaborations that unite leaders to advance equitable opportunities for all Minnesotans as we age.

Organizing Strategies

As we organize around the mission of uniting leaders to advance opportunities for all Minnesotans as we age, you will find these the core competencies as hallmarks of working with the MN Leadership Council on Aging:

STRONG RELATIONSHIPS

We build trusted connections that bring forward and center the full diversity of voices aging across our state. 


POWERFUL CONVENINGS

We cultivate understanding, forge consensus, co-design solutions, and learn together.


SYSTEMS CHANGE

We mobilize collective expertise and networks to develop and advance transformational aging policy and initiatives.


2025 Strategic Initiatives

ORGANIZATION STRENGTH

We are focused on building a strategic growth plan that fosters a culture of trusted relationships, ensures voices around our table reflect the full diversity of Minnesota, and adequate resources, supportive systems and strong governance models are in place to sustain our work.


MEMBERSHIP VALUE

We are committed to deepening our connections with each other and to our communities by designing and showing up for powerful convenings, co-designing clear metrics for success, strengthening select partnerships, enhancing our knowledge, and evaluating our effectiveness.


STATEWIDE IMPACT

We are fully engaged in the work of moving the State of Minnesota forward, grounded in strong relationships and connected through powerful convenings, we do this by mobilizing our collective expertise and networks to develop and advance transformational aging policy and initiatives.


2025 Focus Areas

Working together, we champion...


  • Diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities in which to age
  • A Minnesota free of ageism
  • Coordinated age-friendly systems
  • People who care for older Minnesotans
  • Powerful public policy solutions
We are also committed to our sustainability by strengthening our membership and capacity.  
Click below to learn more about ongoing work in each of these areas. 

People Who Care for 
Older Minnesotans

Contact Adam Suomala today at 651-271-3116 or adam@mnlcoa.org to learn more.