Board of Directors
- Chair: Nancy E. Lindahl* | Co-owner and Founder – Creative Strategies Plus, Inc.
- Vice Chair: Laurie Hodder Greeno* | Retired Sales and Marketing Vice President – General Mills
- Vice Chair: Jerome D. Hamilton, Jr.* | COO – Warecorp, and General Partner – Brown Venture Group (BVG)
- Vice Chair: Michael J. Klingensmith* | Retired Publisher and CEO – Star Tribune Media Company
- Vice Chair: William P. Miller* | Partner – Ernst & Young LLP
- Officer At Large: Kita McVay* | Director and Officer – Minnwest Corporation
- Treasurer: Evan Carruthers* | Managing Partner, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer - Castlelake
- Secretary: Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.* | Professor – University of Minnesota Department of Neurology and Director of the N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota
- Immediate Past Chair: Joseph T. Green* | Counsel – Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
- President and CEO: Michelle Miller Burns* (Bio)
- 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.
- 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* | Chair – Inspire Medical Systems
- 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
- Karen H. Hubbard | Executive Director – The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
- Harvey B. Mackay | Chairman – MackayMitchell Envelope Company
- Darren Acheson* | Managing Director – Mill City Capital
- Emily Backstrom | Vice President, Finance – General Mills
- Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Founding Partner – E2SG
- 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
- Roma Calatayud-Stocks* | Author, Composer, Producer – Palladian Music, Inc. and Arts Education
- Tim Carl | CEO and Design Principal – HGA Architects and Engineers
- Yvonne Cheek, Ph.D.*
- Mark Copman | President, Stationery Office Supplies Division - 3M
- John W. Dayton | Retired
- Paula DeCosse | Community Volunteer
- Jonathan Eisenberg | Retired
- Michael Elliott | Executive Director – Fastforward Education
- Jack Farrell | Chairman and CEO – Haskell's
- Betsy Frost | Chief Commercial 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.
- Julie Haight-Curran | President – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association
- William S. Henak | Consultant; former Senior Special Advisor, Senior Executive Vice President – Commercial Banking, Huntington Bank
- 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 – Thehollomangroup, LLC - Philip Isaacson | Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer – Nonin Medical Inc.
- Michael S. Jones | Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Middle Market Banking – Minnesota and Colorado, and Chair for Minnesota and Colorado – Huntington Bank
- Kathy Junek* | Retired Public Defender
- Kate T. Kelly | Regional President – Minnesota – PNC Bank Financial Services Group
- Lloyd Kepple* | Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
- Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.* | Retired Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Allen U. Lenzmeier | Retired Best Buy executive
- Eric Levinson* | Associate Chief IP Counsel, Transportation and Electronics, and Vice President – 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Michael A. Lindsay* | Partner – Dorsey and Whitney LLP
- Patrick G. Mahoney* | President – Northern Trust, Minnesota
- Leni Moore | Community Volunteer
- Nan Nelson | Co-President – FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra
- 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
- Michael Roos* | Retired Partner – KPMG LLP
- Abigail Rose | Principal – Deephaven Yoga and Aquatics
- Mary Sumners | Retired investment banking professional
- Brian Tilzer* | Chief Digital, Analytics and Technology Officer – Best Buy
- Jakub Tolar, M.D., Ph.D. | Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy
- Erik van Kuijk , M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Department Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences – University of Minnesota Medical School
- Laysha Ward | Executive Vice President and Chief External Engagement Officer, Target
- James Watkins, Jr. | Co-Founder and Managing Director - Sociable Cider Werks
- Catherine R. Webster | Community Volunteer
- Tim Welsh | Vice Chair, Consumer and Business Banking – U.S. Bancorp
- John Wilgers | President and CEO – Greater Twin Cities United Way
- Aks Zaheer, Ph.D. | Professor and Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Strategic Management, Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota
* denotes membership on Executive Committee
