Mayor Mike Maguire’s Experienced Leadership.

Before his 2002 election to the Eagan City Council, Mike Maguire’s education and experience prepared him to collaborate with Eagan’s staff, officials, community leaders, and residents in a professional, nonpartisan manner to address the city’s challenges. His consensus-building leadership style has helped the Council identify problems and develop solutions. Maguire has also represented Eagan at regional, state, and sometimes federal levels on issues like housing, public safety, economic development, and municipal policy, shaping the metro area and Minnesota.

Educational profile:

B.S. Suffolk University (Boston, MA) 1989 - Communication & Journalism.
M.S. Mankato State University (Mankato, MN) 1992 - Speech Communications.
Doctoral Candidate, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) 1992 - 1995.
University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Government Policy Fellows Program (Minneapolis, MN) 2004.

Professional Career:

Mike’s career spans public health, strategic communication, and public affairs.

He began teaching Speech Communication at St. Olaf College before working in the Tobacco Prevention & Control Section at the Minnesota Department of Health, helping build the public communication infrastructure behind Minnesota’s early smoke-free efforts.
After his own cancer diagnosis and recovery in 2015, he joined the American Cancer Society as a Media Advocacy Specialist, balancing this role with his mayoral responsibilities.
He later launched his own strategic communications and public affairs consultancy serving primarily nonprofit and civic clients.

Elected Service:

Mayor, City of Eagan — 2007 to present
City Council Member, City of Eagan — 2003–2007

Regional & Appointed Service:

Regional Council of Mayors 2006 - present; Co-Chair 2011 - 2014; executive committee 2015 - present.
Housing Policy Plan Work Group - Metropolitan Council 2013 - 2014
League of Minnesota Cities Board of Directors 2011-2013
Municipal Legislative Commission Board of Directors 2007- present; Board Chair 2008 - 2011.
Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Board of Directors 2005 - 2010; President 2010 - 2011.
Governor’s [Pawlenty appointment] Work Group on Regional Public Safety Answering Points 2009.
Governor’s [Dayton appointment] Task Force on Housing 2017 - 2018.
Greater MSP Board of Directors - 2020 - Present.

Community involvement & Recognitions:

Honorary Chair Eagan Relay for Life, 2007
Caponi Art Park Board, 2007 - 2008
Eagan High School student recognition as a “2010 Cat Who Cares”
Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce member & associate
Eagan Rotary 2008 - 2022

When Mayor Maguire isn’t working in city hall, at meetings, or in the community, he’s often on a golf course. Twenty years ago, City Administrator Tom Hedges suggested: “the Mayor really should play in the Eagan Citizen’s Crime Prevention Tournament.” So, later in life, Mike picked up his golf clubs and has become an enthusiastic, albeit struggling, golfer.