University of Minnesota chief lobbyist leaving after two decades

“She’s smart as a whip. She could look three, four days into the future and know exactly how things were going to come out and get everybody ready for what was going to happen.”

--  University of Minnesota CFO Richard Pfutzenreuter on the U's chief lobbyist, Donna Peterson, who's retiring next month after 20 years on the job.

Read the full Minnesota Daily story here.

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