An Edina woman is the 2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival's Queen of the Snows and a longtime St. Paul hotel businessman was named King Boreas during a coronation ceremony Thursday night at RiverCentre.

Brooke Stoeckel, 26, is a sales manager for Visit Minneapolis North and a volunteer for the Ronald McDonald House and is involved in the Minnesota chapter of Meeting Professionals International. She enjoys camping, deer hunting, snowboarding, white water rafting and card making.

Bill Foussard, 54, runs Foussard Hospitality, Inc, which in 2006 took over the Management of the 100-room Super 8 motel in Golden Valley. Foussard chairs "Explore White Bear," a volunteer group promoting the greater White Bear Area. He is on the board of the White Bear Lake Marketfest and Manitou Days organizations, the Board of the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, and the board of Saint Thomas Academy.

The king and queen will reign over the "Coolest Celebration on Earth," which continues through Feb. 3.

The rest of the Royal Family includes:

Scott Mueller, Prime Minister
Nicole Paul, Princess of the North Wind
Mark Chapple, Prince of the North Wind
Natalie Patrick, Princess of the East Wind
Marv Koppen, Prince of the East Wind
Erin DeVahl, Princess of the West Wind
Frank Caulfield, Prince of the West Wind
Erin Smith, Princess of the South Wind
Dave Gifford, Prince of the South Wind
Randy Gould, Captain of the King's Guard
Andy Shanley, Sergeant of the King's Guard
Adam Drees, West Wind Guard
Bryan Johnson, South Wind Guard
Susanna Tarnowski, North Wind Guard
Carol Swenson, Royal Coordinator