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  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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* | 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 | 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
  • Emily Backstrom* | Vice President, Finance – General Mills
  • Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Founding Partner – E2SG
  • Jeannine Befidi | Chief Communications Officer – Thomson Reuters
  • 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
  • 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
  • John F. Farrell, Jr. | Chairman and CEO – Haskell's
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Senior Vice President and Private Bank Area Executive – 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
  • 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 | Strategic Advisor, Target
  • 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
  • Tim Welsh | Vice Chair, Consumer and Business Banking – U.S. Bancorp
  • John Wilgers* | President and CEO – Greater Twin Cities United Way

* denotes membership on Executive Committee