Lynn Shelton
Director of Marketing & Communications
Enterprise Minnesota
Phone: (612) 455-4215
Lynn Shelton leads the marketing and communications division at Enterprise Minnesota. She is responsible for directing the organization’s marketing and visibility initiatives, marketing Enterprise Minnesota business services, business lead generation, web site development and online marketing, legislative relations, public relations, media relations, publishing, and Business Events. Lynn is also publisher of Enterprise Minnesota®, the award-winning magazine for manufacturers.
Lynn brings a broad range of more than 25 years in marketing communications and public affairs experience to her profession, including media relations, fund-raising, non-profit management, publishing, and government affairs.
Prior to joining Enterprise Minnesota in 2001, Lynn worked in public relations at the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco (MPAAT), MSP Communications, Martin Williams, and the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development. She also served as Director of Development at the Minnesota Private College Council.
She has a combined 11 years in legislative branches of government, at both the state and federal levels. Lynn served in the Washington, D.C. offices of two United States Senators, the political arm of the GOP leadership, and 4 years as a senior staff member in the Minnesota State Senate.
Lynn earned a BA in Political Science from Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, MN. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Seeing Hands – “Bringing the world of reading to blind children” and she is a member of the Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association.