Dave Kleis joined the Metro Bus Board of Commissioners in 2005 after being elected Mayor of St. Cloud.  He is a Magna Cum Laude 1989 graduate of St. Cloud State University, and a nine year veteran of the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.

He served the St. Cloud area in the Minnesota Senate from 1994 through 2005—seven years as Assistant Senate Minority Leader and six years as ranking Minority member on the Senate Crime Prevention Committee.

He established and owns the Central Minnesota Driving Academy since 1991, a driver’s education business that employs 25 people in St. Cloud.

Dave was elected by the St. Cloud community as mayor in November 2005. In June 2007, Governor Pawlenty appointed Mayor Kleis to the Commission on Judicial Selection. He also serves on numerous local boards and committees within the St. Cloud community.

Phone: 320.253.9535

Kurt was appointed to the Metro Bus commission of July 2014, after being elected to the Sauk Rapids City Council in 2013. Kurt is a certified financial planner for Bremer Bank. He’s been an active community member for many years. This is his second stint on the City Council, having served from 2001-2007 the first time. He also is a member of the Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of St. Cloud’s Capital Campaign team and St. Cloud Whitney Center’s Advisory Board. In the past, he’s served on the Sauk Rapids HRA Board, Sauk Rapids Planning Commission, Sauk Rapids Joint Planning Board and St. Peter’s Church Finance Council.

Phone: 320.253.1325

Ryan was appointed to the Metro Bus commission in October of 2016 to serve as the Sartell representative. He is the Manager of Account Management at CH Robinson’s Sartell Office. Ryan has served the greater community in many ways over the past 10+ years, most notably as a firefighter for the City of Sartell (since 2008), Sartell City Planning Commission member (since 2012) and United Way Campaign Cabinet member from 2012 – 2015. He is married to his wife Cindy and has two young daughters; Carly and Rory.

Phone: 320.253.7982