Board of Directors
- Chair: Nancy E. Lindahl* | Co-owner and Founder – Creative Strategies Plus, Inc.
- Vice Chair: Jerome D. Hamilton, Jr.* | COO – Warecorp, and General Partner – Brown Venture Group (BVG)
- Vice Chair: Lloyd Kepple* | Partner – Fox Rothschild LLP
- Vice Chair: Michael J. Klingensmith* | Retired Publisher and CEO – Star Tribune Media Company
- Vice Chair: Allen U. Lenzmeier* | Retired Best Buy executive
- Officer At-Large: Kita McVay* | Director and Officer – Minnwest Corporation
- Treasurer: Martin R. Lueck* | Attorney and Independent Consultant – Tromba Legal Finance LLC
- Secretary: Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.* | Retired Professor of Ophthalmology – University of Minnesota Medical School
- Chair-Elect: William P. Miller* | Partner – Ernst & Young LLP
- Interim President and CEO: Brent Assink*
- Margaret A. Bracken | Former Project Manager – Brighton Development and Beacon Housing
- Kathy Cunningham | Vice President – Charles & Kathryn Cunningham Family Foundation
- Luella G. Goldberg* | Former Acting President, Wellesley College
- Paul D. Grangaard | Chairman and CEO – Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
- Joseph T. Green | Counsel – Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
- Nancy E. Lindahl | Co-owner & Founder – Creative Strategies Plus, Inc.
- Ronald E. Lund | Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary – AGA Medical Holdings, Inc.
- Warren E. Mack | Fredrikson, P.A.
- Anne W. Miller* | Trustee Emerita – The College of St. Catherine
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson*
- Gordon M. Sprenger | Retired CEO, Allina Health System, Inc.
- Karen Baker | Former Owner – Arts and Custom Publishing
- Mari Carlson | Director of Development – Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
- Andrew Czajkowski | Retired CEO – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Jack W. Eugster | Retired CEO, President and Chairman of Musicland Group
- Jane P. Gregerson | Community Volunteer
- Beverly Grossman | CEO – N. Bud and Beverly Grossman Foundation
- Harvey B. Mackay | Chairman – MackayMitchell Envelope Company
- Darren Acheson | Partner – Mill City Capital
- Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Neurology, N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care – University of Minnesota
- Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Founding Partner – E2SG
- Jeannine Befidi | Chief Communications Officer – Coupa
- Annie Betts | CEO – Trinus Point Consulting, PLLC
- Rochelle Blease | Co-Founder and CEO – Breakthrough Growth
- Shamayne Braman | Chief People Officer – Sonos
- Sarah Brew | Partner – Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
- Barbara Burwell | President – Rod and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation
- Roma Calatayud-Stocks* | Author, Composer, Producer – Palladian Music, Inc. and Arts Education
- E. Tim Carl | CEO and Design Principal – HGA Architects and Engineers
- Brandon Carmack | Intellectual Property and Litigation Associate – Robins Kaplan LLP
- Evan Carruthers | Managing Partner, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer – Castlelake
- Yvonne Cheek, Ph.D.* | Retired
- Mark Copman | Senior Vice President, New Growth Ventures - 3M
- John W. Dayton | Retired
- Jonathan Eisenberg | Retired attorney
- Michael Elliott | Executive Director – Fastforward Education
- Betsy Frost | Chief Executive Officer - Hoplark
- Tim Geoffrion | Private Equity Investor
- Barbara Gold, M.D.* | Professor – University of Minnesota School of Medicine
- Karen Grandstrand | Shareholder, Chair of the Bank and Finance Group – Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Thomas Herr | Principal, National Leader, Transfer Pricing & Innovation - KPMG LLP, Economic & Valuation Services
- Karen Himle | Retired Senior Vice President Corporate and Government Affairs – Thrivent
- Diane Hofstede | Former Minneapolis City Council Member, presently President – Great River Coalition
- Maurice Holloman | President and Principal Consultant – Thehollomangroup, LLC
- Karen Lundmark Holmes | President – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA)
- Jay V. Ihlenfeld, Ph.D. | Retired 3M executive
- Philip Isaacson | Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer – Nonin Medical Inc.
- Michael S. Jones | Former Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Middle Market Banking – Minnesota and Colorado, and Chair for Minnesota and Colorado – Huntington Bank
- Lloyd Kepple* | Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
- Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.* | Retired Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Eric Levinson* | Associate Chief IP Counsel, Transportation and Electronics, and Vice President – 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Michael A. Lindsay* | Partner – Dorsey and Whitney LLP
- Michael Maeser | Minnesota Regional President – Huntington Bank
- Patrick G. Mahoney* | President – Northern Trust, Minnesota
- Lindsey Main | Vice President, Carlson Private Capital Partners
- Kelly McQueen | Regional President & Head of Corporate Banking – Minnesota, The PNC Financial Services Group
- Leni Moore* | Community Volunteer
- Linda D. Murrell | Marketing and event management consultant
- Thomas Newton | Vice President of Business Development – KNOCK, Inc.
- Miluska Novota | Attorney – Hortensia PLLC
- Cindy Olmanson | Former Vice President – Wells Fargo
- Lisa Paradis | Retired Physician
- Angela S. Pennington* | Independent Consultant, Events Industry
- Karla Robertson | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Social Responsibility Officer – Pentair
- Michael Roos* | Retired Partner – KPMG LLP
- Abigail Rose | Principal – Deephaven Yoga and Aquatics
- Lauren W. Routhier | Partner – Stinson LLP
- Eric J. Snustad | Officer and Shareholder – Fredrikson & Byron LLP
- Julie Howe Stewart | Retired software professional
- Mary Sumners | Retired investment banking professional, President – FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra
- Brian Tilzer* | Chief Digital, Analytics and Technology Officer – Best Buy
- Benhong Rosaline (Roz) Tsai, Ph.D. | Vice President, Talent, Learning and Organizational Effectiveness -- Thrivent
- Robert E. Tunheim | Co-Practice Leader – Ballard Spahr Private Equity
- Erik van Kuijk , M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Department Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences – University of Minnesota Medical School
- Laysha Ward | Author, C-Suite Leader, Board Member, Speaker
- Patrick Warfield, Ph.D. | Director of the School of Music – University of Minnesota
- James Watkins, Jr. | Co-Founder and Managing Director - Sociable Cider Werks
- Catherine R. Webster | Community Volunteer
- John Wilgers* | President and CEO – Greater Twin Cities United Way
* denotes membership on Executive Committee
