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Duane Quam's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

247 State Office Building
100 Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55155

622 Meadowlark Court Northwest
Byron, MN 55920

Full Name:

Duane Quam

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Pat; 2 Children: Duey, Jacob

Birth Place:

Rochester, MN

Home City:

Byron, MN

Religion:

Christian

BS, Physics, University of Texas, Dallas

MS, Physics, University of Texas, Dallas

Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 24A, 2023-present

Member, Byron School Board

Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 25A, 2010-2023

Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 25A, 2020

Former Member, Education Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Evaluation Subcommittee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Operations, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health and Human Services Reform Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Finance and Policy Division, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Property and Local Government Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Technology and Responsive Government, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, State Government Finance Division

Former Member, Subcommittee on Childcare Access and Affordability, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Claims, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Project Manager, Engineering

Department Manager, Engineering

Technical Program Manager, Aerotek, 2018-2020

Development Engineer/Engineering Manager/Project Manager, Computer Task Group, 2009-2012

Senior Engineer, International Business Machines/Computer Task Group, 2009-2012

Senior Engineer, The Berquist Company, 2008-2009

Senior Hardware Development Engineer/Signal Integrity, International Business Machines, 2006-2008

Senior Hardware Development Engineer/Program Manager, JDSU, 2001-2006

Staff Technology Applications Engineer/Quality Engineer, International Business Machines, 1996-2000

Manager/ Diffusion-Thin Film Metrology Engineer, Motorola Semiconductor, 1995-1996

Chair, Minnesota State Academic Science Standards Writing Committee

Chair-CD1, Republican Party of Minnesota

Former Member, United Way Community Resource Allocation Committee

Former Chair, ZED Governing Board

State Executive Member, Minnesota Republican Party, 2007-2010

Number of Grandchildren:

2 grandchildren

Priority Issues:

A smaller responsive government that respects the budget
The protection of individual liberties, including parental and property rights
The 2nd and 10th amendments and our Constitution as a whole
The promotion of an environment of job creation, by bringing fairness to fees and permits, as well as reason to taxes and regulations
Supporting our troops wherever they are serving

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