Ann Wynia (née Jobe, born September 29, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989.
A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wynia represented portions of the city of St. Paul and served as Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989.
Congressman Rod Grams, Wynia served as the President of North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota from 1997 until her retirement in 2010.
[3] She served as a regent of the University of Minnesota and founded the Block Nurse Program,[4] which provides in-home care for senior citizens (now merged with the Elderberry Institute).
[2] She subsequently became commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services,[10] and was the Democratic Party's nominee for the 1994 U.S. Senate election.