New leaders welcomed to the City

Two new staff have joined the City’s leadership team. Elizabeth Tolzmann, above left, is the City’s new assistant city manager—internal services. Elizabeth was the assistant city manager for Bloomington previously from 2015-2017. Since that time, she has been with Ramsey County, first as the director of policy and planning before serving as the chief of staff to the county manager.

In addition to her experience with Ramsey County and Bloomington, Elizabeth was a workplace culture specialist in Hennepin County and a community engagement coordinator in Brooklyn Park. She is also an attorney specializing in immigration issues and an adjunct professor of law at University of St. Thomas Law School. Elizabeth is a certified ToPs facilitation and Insights methodologies.

Bloomington’s new community development director is Kim Berggren, above right. She was previously with Brooklyn Park for 17 years, spending the last 10 years as director of community development. She brings a wealth of knowledge leading the work of planning, economic development, environmental health and building inspections. Kim holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of St. Thomas. She is also certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners.