Officers
- Margaret A. Bracken*, Chair | Former Vice President & Project Manager – Brighton Development
- Joseph T. Green*, Chair-Elect |General Counsel and Executive Vice President, TCF Financial Corporation
- Nancy E. Lindahl*, Vice Chair | Co-owner & Founder, Creative Strategies Plus, Inc.
- Kita McVay*, Vice Chair | Director and Officer, Minnwest Corporation
- Tim Welsh*, Vice Chair | Vice Chairman of Consumer Banking Sales and Support, U.S. Bank
- Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.*, Secretary | Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Neurology
- William P. Miller*, Treasurer | Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- Michelle Miller Burns*, President and CEO, Minnesota Orchestra
Life Directors
- Kathy Cunningham* | Vice President – Charles & Kathryn Cunningham Family Foundation
- Luella G. Goldberg* | Former Acting President, Wellesley College
- Nancy 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 & Byron, P.A.
- Betty Myers | Myers Foundation, Inc.
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson* |Co-CEO Carlson Holdings
- Gordon M. Sprenger | Retired CEO, Allina Health System, Inc.
Directors
- Darren Acheson | Co-Founder and Managing Director, Mill City Capital
- Emily Backstrom* | Vice President, Finance, General Mills
- Douglas M. Baker, Jr.* | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Ecolab Inc.
- Rochelle Blease* | Retired Vice President, Strategy and Communications, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
- Sarah Brew | Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP
- Barbara Burwell* | Burwell Enterprises
- Roma Calatayud-Stocks | Author, Composer, Producer, Palladian Music, Inc. & Arts Education
- E. Tim Carl | Chief Executive Officer and Design Principal – HGA Architects and Engineers
- Evan Carruthers* | Managing Partner, Castlelake
- Yvonne Cheek, Ph.D.* – President, Millennium Consulting Group
- Y. Ralph Chu, M.D.* | Founder and Medical Director, Chu Vision Institute
- Mark D. Copman* | President of 3M Brasil Ltd. —3M
- John Dayton | Retired
- Paula DeCosse* | Community Volunteer
- Jonathan Eisenberg | Retired Vice President and Chief Counsel, Medtronic
- John F. Farrell, Jr. | Chairman and CEO, Haskell's
- W. Anders Folk | First Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
- Betsy Frost* | Chief Marketing Officer, DRY Soda
- Tim Geoffrion* | Private Equity Investor
- Laurie Hodder Greeno* | Retired Sales and Marketing Vice President, General Mills
- Jerome D. Hamilton, Jr. | CEO, Open Therapeutics
- Karen L. Himle | Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Thrivent Financial
- Maurice Holloman | President, thehollomangroup, LLC
- Jay V. Ihlenfeld* | Retired Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific – 3M
- Mariellen Jacobson - President – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA)
- Kathy Junek* | Retired Public Defender
- Kate T. Kelly | Regional President — Minnesota, PNC Bank Financial Services Group
- Lloyd G. Kepple | Partner, Fox Rothschild
- Michael Kim | Director and Professor, University of MN School of Music - Twin Cities
- Michael Klingensmith* | Publisher and CEO, Star Tribune Media
- Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.* | Retired Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Michael A. Lindsay* | Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Martin R. Lueck | Attorney
- Patrick G. Mahoney* | Partner and Managing Director, Cresset Capital
- Kita McVay* | Director and Officer, Minnwest Corporation
- Leni Moore | Community Volunteer
- Anita M. Pampusch, Ph.D. | Retired President, The Bush Foundation
- Lisa Paradis | Retired Physician
- Mary Ella Pratte | President, FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra
- Michael M. Roos | Retired, KPMG, LLP
- Dimitrios P. Smyrnios | CEO, Schwan's Company
- Robert Spong | Retired Vice President & Financial Advisor, Piper Jaffray
- Mary Sumners* | Regional President, Northern Region—Wells Fargo Advisors
- Brian Tilzer | Chief Digital Technology Officer, Best Buy
- Patrick Walsh |Vice Chairman, Korn Ferry
- Laysha Ward | Executive Vice President and Chief External Engagement Officer, Target
- Jim Watkins* | Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sociable Cider Werks
- Aks Zaheer | Professor and Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Strategic Management at the Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota
Directors Emeriti
- Margaret D. Ankeny
- Karen Baker
- Mari Carlson
- Andrew Czajkowski
- Jack W. Eugster
- Jane P. Gregerson
- Beverly Grossman
- Karen H. Hubbard
- Harvey B. Mackay
- Maxine Houghton Wallin
* denotes membership on Executive Committee