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City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Mia Vacanti, Communications Intern
Phone 952-833-9522 commintern@EdinaMN.gov www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Assistant Manager Receives MRPA Dorothea Nelson Award
Edina, Minn., Jan. 15, 2016 – Roxann Maxey, Assistant Manager of Braemar Arena and Braemar Field,
recently received the Minnesota Recreation & Park Association (MRPA) Dorothea Nelson Award.
The Dorothea Nelson Award, one of nine professional commendations given out annually by the MRPA, is
awarded to a female professional with 10 or more years of service who has made outstanding service and
contributions to the parks & recreation field and MRPA.
“Roxann has worked her entire career on providing exceptional services for the residents in the communities
in which she has served and also for our fellow professionals in our state professional organization, the
MRPA,” said Director of Parks & Recreation Ann Kattreh. “We are very proud of her.”
Maxey graduated in 1999 from Mankato State University from the Allied Health and Nursing Department with
a Parks, Recreation and Leisure Planning and Management focus. Throughout college and after graduation, she
worked for the City of Brooklyn Park as a Youth Development Program Manager.
Maxey then worked for Westonka Public Schools as a Middle School Athletic Director in addition to
managing the aquatics program for the City of Mound and the school district. She spent the last 13 years at
the City of Roseville Parks and Recreation Department, the most recent three years as manager of
Cedarholm Golf Course. During this time she was also the Department Marketing Manager. She began work
for the City of Edina in 2015.
“All of these opportunities happened because of my relationship with Minnesota Recreation and Parks
Association and its members,” Maxey said in her acceptance speech. “The opportunities I have been able to
participate in have allowed me to meet and build relationships with outstanding professionals in the field.”
City leadership is proud of Maxey’s most recent accomplishment. “Roxann is very deserving of this honor and
we are thrilled to have her on the City of Edina Parks & Recreation team,” said Susie Miller, General Manager
of Braemar Arena and Braemar Field.
Maxey is the third Edina Parks & Recreation employee to receive the Dorothea Nelson Award since 1990.
Miller received the award in 2006.
For more information, contact Miller at 952-833-9502 or smiller@EdinaMN.gov.
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