Jim McKinstra

7th Congressional District
First term appointment: 1/3/23-/1/4/27
Committee assignments: DEIA Committee, Executive Committee, Program Operations Committee

Jim was appointed to a six-month term in June 2022 and reappointed to a full four-year term in January 2023. He has served on the Program Operations Committee and currently serves as co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Committee. Jim is currently employed as a regional coordinator in the Older Adults Services Division with Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota. Prior to this, Jim worked in parish ministry in Fargo, ND. 

Jim has worked in senior housing in Illinois and in community action programs in Illinois and in Minnesota. He worked in the homeless response system and is a member of the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness and the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless. Jim has also worked in out-patient mental health settings, in an Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) facility, and with persons with developmental and physical disabilities. Jim is active with Age-Friendly Moorhead. 

Jim earned a bachelor's degree from Loras College in Dubuque, IA and graduate credits in leadership studies from University of Jamestown in Jamestown, ND.