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Lester Bagley

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Lester Bagley
Lester Bagley is executive vice president of public affairs for the Minnesota Vikings. He serves on the Vikings executive leadership team and works closely with the Wilf family on managing the Vikings key initiatives - delivering a great experience for Vikings fans, connecting the team to the community, and bringing world championships to Minnesota. In Bagley's day-to-day role, he oversees Vikings public affairs, public relations and community relations. During his tenure with the Vikings, Bagley has played a key role in some of the major accomplishments for the franchise over the past 20 years. He led the public advocacy and strategic efforts to secure community and legislative support for building the iconic US Bank Stadium. He worked with Vikings ownership and our community leadership to secure the Super Bowl for this market to deliver an outstanding event for the NFL and for Minnesota. He also worked with the Vikings leadership team to develop the new state-of-the-art practice facility and team headquarters in Eagan – Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center – which opened on March 1, 2018. Lester attended the University of Minnesota and the University of Oxford before graduating from UCLA. Lester is a native of Barron, Wisconsin and he resides in Minneapolis with his wife Wendy and sons Michael and Charlie. He serves on a number of boards and supports several community organizations in Minnesota.

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