Midway Mens Club 2022 Board

Martin Marrone

Years before joining the MMC, Marty was a baseball coach for HGRA and also served on their board for a term. Marty discovered the MMC through his role at the state fair with his day job in the beer industry. After becoming a club member in 2019, and a board member in 2020, he decided to run for President of the club. Outside of work and the club Marty, and his wife Julie and daughter Maggie, run a franchise yard sign business that helps folks celebrate life events. www.spellitoutco.com Marty is also a bluegrass musician and has a band called The Pale Ales Bluegrass Band. www.palealesbluegrass.com 

Liz Gorman

I joined the Midway Mens Club in 2003 because I was the president of the Griggs booster club, and I felt if I was going to come to the club and ask for money I should participate in the club to help make it.

I have been a general member, board at large position, dinner planner at the monthly meetings and vice president so far.

During the day, I am a medical assistant and grandma to an active four-year-old boy!!

Patricia Frankenfield

 Pat leads the compliance functions for Cetera Trust Company,  a nationally chartered bank. These functions include: fiduciary requirements,  examinations, audits, training, documentation and written procedures as required  by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency and relevant regulation. She also serves  as the bank’s security officer, and oversees the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money  laundering and business continuation planning compliance areas. Pat serves as a  consultant for broad business areas in compliance matters relative to  Cetera Trust Company. In addition, Pat is the Trust Officer for the irrevocable  life insurance trust accounts and defined contribution trust accounts with Cetera Trust Company. Experience Pat has been with Cetera Trust Company since its inception in 2002. She  has more than 40 years of experience in the trust and banking services  industries. Prior to joining Cetera Trust Company, she served 13 years as  a supervisor for several areas within TCF Bank’s corporate operations,  including retirement account administration. 

Education • Bachelor of Science in business administration, Metropolitan State Univerity St. Paul, MN.  An Honor graduate designation, Cannon Financial Institute 

Community • Pat chairs the Church of St. Columba Finance Council and is an active  volunteer with Girl Scouts, Scouting BSA, Junior Achievement, St. Paul  Public Library, Reading Buddy, and the Midway Men’s Club. 

Personal • In her limited free time, she enjoys running, reading, traveling and scrapbooking her adventures 

Kirsten Gorman Buscher

Kirsten is the Native Affairs Outreach Director in the U.S. Senate under Minnesota Senator Tina Smith. In this role, she designs and implements state-wide outreach plans to build strong relationships with stakeholders such as tribal governments, tribal programs, and urban Native-led organizations. Additionally, she advocates for intersectional federal policy change targeted at tribal sovereignty and trust responsibilities, and oversees appropriate and inclusive messaging directed towards Native American communities. Prior to this role, she worked in various levels of government and non-profit spaces in child welfare.  

Education • Bachelor of Arts in Theology and History, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.  JD Candidate (3L), Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN. Through her studies, Kirsten is a certified Family Mediator and certified student attorney that has represented families in child protection proceedings and currently works on expungements with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. She also belongs to the National Arab American Bar Association, Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, and Minnesota Women Lawyers. She is also on the Minnesota Justice Foundation Public Interest Legal Foundation Board. 

Community • Kirsten Serves on the board of the Minnesota Children's Alliance, an organization committed to developing, growing and promoting Minnesota's Children's Advocacy Centers. She also serves on the board of the American Indian Family Center, a non-profit that provides American Indian families with programs and services enriched by traditional American Indian values and culture.  

Personal • Kirsten was born and raised in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul, attended Johnson Senior High School and was actively involved in multiple community activities such as hockey and softball growing up. The Midway Mens Club helped to fund her teams, which is why she wanted to give back and has been an active member for 9 years. 

Kirsten is married to husband, Kyle. They share a 4 year old, Joseph, and Cattle Dog, Dakota.  

Darin Haley

  I am currently a member of the board but have been in the club for 5 years. I decided to join because it looked like a fun group of people to volunteer with. Besides being a member of this club I am an aerospace welder with Raytheon technologies and enjoy doing fireworks as a Minnesota display operator. The fair has always been a big part of my life from my family showing horses there, doing jobs there (building aluminum rails in the grandstand), to typically attending the fair multiple days a year. I have never missed a year since 1967 except for the Covid year. 

Renee Stewart

I joined MMC with my husband Bruce in 2019.  We joined after friends asked if we’d like to come work the State Fair.  State Fair…we were in!  We did not know a thing about the club at that time, but whole heartedly are behind the good work they do.  

I’m a retired business owner of Ella Jean Floral a wedding and event florist.  Before that I was a medical business office manager.  

I volunteered with my friend Julie to do the scheduling for the shifts at the fair.  Quite a challenging job, but I am enjoying getting to know the club members.  

 We are snowbirds enjoying Florida in the winter.