Mr. Kleven has extensive skills and experience as a lobbyist, attorney and mediator, political strategist, speaker, and parliamentarian.  His areas of focus include agriculture, the environment, energy, and transportation. He works with clients ranging from individuals to multi-national corporations.

Mr. Kleven is a native of west-central Minnesota where his family of fifth-generation farmers emigrated from Norway in the 1870s. He grew up working on the family farm, which produces sugar beets, soybeans, and corn. He currently lives in the Twin Cities with his family.