Leadership

Nena Fox is founder and CEO the Global Robotics Innovation Park (GRIP).

Project development lawyer

Nena is an attorney with a practice focused on real estate development and government contracting. As CEO of Robotics Innovation, Nena draws from a wealth of experience gained by representing clients on all sides of public-private partnerships. While practicing law, Nena helps developers and local governments secure financing and partner to accomplish complex land use, development, employment and infrastructure goals. Nena’s background provides her with a firsthand account of what works and what doesn’t in complex real estate development.

Nena continues to practice law as a Senior Associate at the law firm of Fredrikson & Byron P.A. where she focuses primarily on government contracting but also practices in the areas of land use, public finance, environmental compliance and political law. Before joining Fredrikson & Byron, Nena practiced law at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP.

Economic development professor

Nena was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School for three years, where she designed and taught a course on Local Economic Development Law. Nena’s course introduced students to the practical challenges facing local economic development initiatives and examined the tools that local government entities and their private partners use to spur and control economic development.

Community leader

Nena is also a community and policy leader. Nena currently chairs the Citizens League Board of Directors. Nena is also a leader in the Minnesota State Bar Association, where she serves as Chair of LawPAC, the Association’s political committee. Before that, Nena chaired the Association’s Civic Education Committee. In 2008, Nena participated in the Minneapolis FBI Citizens Academy, and then served as Treasurer of its Alumni Association for two years. Nena was named a “Woman to Watch” by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal in 2010.

Life-long Minnesotan

A life-long Minnesota resident, Nena grew up in Eden Prairie and earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota.

You can reach Nena directly at nena.fox@roboticsinnovation.com or 612.2.ROBOT.8 (612.276.2688).

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