Jon Commers

Current

• Principal at Donjek, Inc. - Finance for Placemakers

Past

• Adjunct Professor at College of St. Catherine

Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• University of Saint Thomas - School of Business
• Carleton College

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Recommended

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Connections

385 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Websites

• My Company
• Cents of Place Blog
• Commers Posts at Star Tribune

Jon Commers’s Summary

As founder and principal of Donjek, Incorporated, I serve public- and private-sector clients in areas relating to public finance. I help developers identify assemble sources for projects; advise city agencies seeking to pay for open space or transportation infrastructure; and provide policy analysis on a range of finance issues.

Jon Commers’s Specialties:

Public finance, real estate project finance, policy development, public relations

Jon Commers’s Experience

• Principal

  Donjek, Inc. - Finance for Placemakers

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

• Adjunct Professor

  College of St. Catherine

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Taught courses in the economics department, including Investment Theory, until the department's need for adjunct professors waned.

Jon Commers’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Public Policy 2004 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Participated as Hubert Humphrey Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota.

• University of Saint Thomas - School of Business

  MBA , Finance , 1998 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Manager - Aristotle Fund (student-managed portion of University endowment)

• Carleton College

  1992 — 1995

Additional Information

Jon Commers’s Websites:

• My Company
• Cents of Place Blog
• Commers Posts at Star Tribune

Jon Commers’s Groups:

St. Paul Planning Commission, Minnesota Design Team, Urban Land Institute, Congress for the New Urbanism

•    Twin Cities Research Group
•    Int. Urban Planning & Regional Planning Group
•    University of St Thomas - Opus College of Business
•    Carleton College Alumni
•    Humphrey Institute alumni & students
•    PPP/PF/PFI, Infrastructure Financing, Project Finance, (more than 2k members!)
•    Carleton College
•    Twin Cities Networking Group
•    Aristotle Fund, Opus College of Business MBA
•    ULI-the Urban Land Institute
•    International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
•    American Planning Association
•    Humphrey Policy Fellows
•    California Public Finance Forum
•    Municipal Bond Forum
•    Northern Area GIS User Group
•    Minneapolis Real Estate
•    IEDC Public Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC)
•    Metro IBA

Jon Commers’s Contact Settings

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