Alyssa Schlander is Senior Director, Public Affairs and Assistant General Counsel at Securian Financial in St. Paul, Minnesota. Alyssa has honed her expertise in public affairs through 25 years of experience collaborating with public policymakers and providing strategic communications and legal counsel in both the public and private sectors in Minnesota. Alyssa is an executive board member of the Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council and the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a past president of the Minnesota Governmental Relations Council. Outside of work, she is actively involved in fundraising and promotion for the Blaine High School Band Boosters 501(c)(3) organization. She received her law degree from William Mitchell School of Law (now Mitchell Hamline) and undergraduate degree from the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University.