Board of Directors

  • James Altman, VP & Deputy General Counsel—Xcel Energy Corp.
  • Anthony Bassett, Owner/President—Stone Management LLC
  • Courtney Jordan Baechler, Physician/VP—Penny George Institute
  • John Bendt, VP, Building Retrofit Strategy—Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
  • Alex Blanco, EVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer, Global Supply Chain—Ecolab
  • Troy Cardinal, Principal, CIO—McGladrey LLP
  • Walter Chesley, VP, Human Resources—HCMC
  • Kathryn Correia, President & CEO—HealthEast Care System
  • Deniz Cultu, Partner—McKinsey & Company Inc.
  • Richard Davis, Chairman, President & CEO—US Bankcorp
  • Jacquelyn Daylor, Northern Heartland, Business Unit Partner-in-Charge of Audit—KPMG LLP
  • Richard Dorn, VP, Wells Fargo Card Services & Consumer Lending—Wells Fargo
  • Robert Ehren, Senior VP Life Product Manufacturing—Minnesota Life, Securian Financial Group
  • Patience Ferguson, Chief HR Officer—City of Minneapolis
  • David Graff, Executive Director Corporate Development—Deluxe Corporation
  • Jeffrey Greiner, Managing Partner—Northern Pacific Group
  • Mike Gustafson, VP Strategic Partnerships—Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Mick Johnson, retired President, Park Nicollet Foundation and Senior VP, Park Nicollet Senior Fellow U of M Health Services and College Education and Human Development
  • Chuck Kelly, Partner—Preston Kelly
  • Michael Klingensmith, Publisher & CEO—StarTribune
  • I.P. (Kip) Knelman, Managing Director & CEP—Knelman Asset Management Group LLC
  • Susan Knudson, Senior VP, Health Informatics—HealthPartners
  • Jeffrey LaFavre, President—IAG Commercial
  • David Law, Superintendent—Anoka-Hennepin IDS No. 11
  • Michael LeJeune, President & CEO—Fabcon
  • Reid Lindquist, Attorney—Lommen Abdo
  • Michael Lovett, Superintendent—White Bear Lake Area Public Schools
  • Matthew Marek, VP Product & Marketing—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • Linda Madsen, Superintendent—Forest Lake Area Schools
  • Robert Marzec, retired—Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Steve Meads, President & CEO—MidCountry Bank
  • Bruce Mooty—Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.
  • Elizabeth Nelson, community volunteer
  • Jayme (Jay) Olson, Corporate VP & Treasurer—Cargill Incorporated
  • Abdul Omari, Founder & CEO —AMO Enterprise
  • Ramon Pastrano, President & CEO—ImpactLives Inc.
  • Scott Peterson, Executive VP, CHRO—The Schwan Food Company
  • Kathryn Mitchell Ramstad, President—Christen Group LLC
  • Michael Reeves—Progressive Associates, Inc.
  • Kyle Rolfing, Principal, CIO—Savvysherpa, Inc.
  • Jon Ruppel, VP, VP Global HR Business Operations—3M Company
  • Ronald Schutz, Managing Partner New York—Robins Kaplan LLP
  • Rajni Shah, VP Business Development—MyMeds
  • William Sharpe III, Managing Director—Quetico Partners
  • Wendy Lovell-Smith, community volunteer
  • Paul Snyder, retired—KPMG Midwest Area
  • David St. Peter, President—Twins Baseball
  • Ronald Touchette, CEO—ROCK SOLID Companies
  • Kevin Warren, COO—Minnesota Vikings
  • Lance Whitacre, CIO—Andersen Windows
  • David Wichmann, President & CFO—UnitedHealthGroup
  • Catherine Zappa, CFO & VP Finance, Restorative Therapies Group—Medtronic plc