Data Privacy
Aug 06, 2019
Ron Blum, Minneapolis Assistant City Attorney
Data Privacy

Ron is a City Attorney at the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office, where he specializes in litigation as a criminal prosecutor and in information privacy as the city data privacy liaison. As an on-call fire fighter for Golden Valley, Ron serves residents and businesses as an emergency responder to fire and medical events. Ron is also a Planning Commissioner for the City of Golden Valley where he regularly reviews and recommends action to the Golden Valley City Council on proposed land use. As a Branch Manager at Tree Trust he promotes, attends, and leads groups in community tree plantings and subsidized tree promotions across Hennepin County. Being active in the community has always been very important to Ron. Ron’s civic, community, and professional leadership activities have been varied and extensive, including serving as a board member and participant in his local Boys and Girls Club, county domestic violence taskforce, county young professionals organization, local food shelf, and organizations promoting alternatives to incarceration and youth substance abuse prevention. Ron now serves Golden Valley neighbors as a board member of the Golden Valley Community Foundation, but you will also see him as a grass roots volunteer at various events that GVCF sponsors each year. Ron Blum and his wife Susan fell in love with Golden Valley when they decided to raise their family here in 2013. Ron enjoys taking advantage of all that Golden Valley has to offer, from the parks and trails to local neighborhood events, and is finding it a wonderful place for his son, Ari.