Lavender Community Pride Award – Leif Hagen

By day, Leif Hagen is the President & LPL Financial Advisor at Achievement Financial in Eagan. Yet, he has a second hat he wears as Charter Club President of the Minnesota Pride Rotary.

The work the Minnesota Pride Rotary does is not unique. However, it is one of the few chapters of the service organization that is predominantly LGBTQ+. At its forefront is Leif Hagen.

The Minnesota Pride Rotary club does more than its share of community service to our community. From Drag Brunches to Car Shows, the club also does its fair share of community involvement and support throughout the year with fervent frequency and volume.

Though the efforts at Minnesota Pride Rotary, Hagen and his fellow club members have supported various organizations, such as Avenues For Youth, Clare Housing, the Minnesota Backpack Project, the Aliveness Project, The Bridge For Youth Homeless Shelter, and The Link MN.

As Hagen said, “we’ve only just begun.” With just 36 members at the Minnesota Pride Rotary, Hagen explained that “it took a lot of work and a lot of hours to kind of get the rocket ship off the launch pad, and now that it’s in the air watch out now because we’re going forward full steam.”

In response to his being named one of Lavender Magazine’s Community Awards winners, Hagen said “I’m really surprised and honored and excited, I think it’s a really great thing.”

With the work he has continues to do, Lavender Magazine congratulates Leif Hagen for his Community Award this year.