Which school did Betsy Hodges go to from 1991 to 1998?
Betsy Hodges Elizabeth A . Betsy Hodges ( born September 7 , 1969 ) is an American politician who served as the 47th mayor of Minneapolis . A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , she represented Ward 13 on the Minneapolis City Council from January 2006 until January 2014 . Hodges was reelected to the city council in the 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections . Hodges won the 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election and was inaugurated on January 2 , 2014 . She ran for reelection in 2017 , but lost to Jacob Frey , and left office on January 2 , 2018 . Early life and education . Hodges grew up in Wayzata , Minnesota . She graduated from Wayzata High School in 1987 . After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1991 , she attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison , graduating in 1998 with a masters degree in sociology . Career . Hodges moved to southwest Minneapolis in 1998 and was the development director for the Minneapolis-based nonprofit Progressive Minnesota for a few years before serving on the staff of Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman . Hodges returned to fundraising work in 2003 , working for the Minnesota Justice Foundation . Hodges served on the Linden Hills Community Council from 2000 to 2005 and as co-chair of the council from 2003 to 2005 . In November 2005 , Hodges was elected to represent Ward 13 on the Minneapolis City Council , defeating Lisa McDonald . From January 2006 until she became mayor in January 2014 , Hodges represented Ward 13 . She was the chair of the councils Intergovernmental Relations Committee , a position that lobbies for the city at the State Capitol , and chaired the Ways and Means Committee , which oversaw a budget of $1.2 billion in 2013 . In 2011 , Hodges was the councils point person on a pension-reform package . In 2012 , she was one of six council members to vote against a controversial new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings . In 2013 , Hodges ran for Minneapolis mayor against a field of 34 other candidates . Her platform emphasized economic and educational equality , municipal management efficiency , and infrastructure investment . Hodges was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow . Hodges was also on the Board of Estimation and Taxation and spent four years on the Youth Coordinating Board . Hodges met with Pope Francis on July 21 , 2015 . She joined eight other leaders from US cities and mayors from cities from around the world . They were invited to discuss climate change and human trafficking . Hodges ran for reelection as mayor in the 2017 election and was eliminated in the fifth and final round of voting , finishing third among the five candidates who made it to the second round . In 2020 , Hodges published an editorial in The New York Times .