Officers
- Joseph T. Green*, Chair | General Counsel and Executive Vice President – TCF Financial Corporation
- Jerome D. Hamilton, Jr.*, Vice Chair | COO, Warecorp
- Nancy E. Lindahl*, Vice Chair | Co-owner and Founder – Creative Strategies Plus, Inc.
- Kita McVay*, Vice Chair | Director and Officer – Minnwest Corporation
- Timothy Welsh*, Vice Chair | Vice Chairman of Consumer and Business Banking – U.S. Bank
- William P. Miller*, Treasurer | Partner – Ernst & Young LLP
- Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.*, Secretary | Professor – University of Minnesota Department of Neurology
- Margaret A. Bracken*, Immediate Past Chair | Former Vice President and Project Manager – Brighton Development Corporation
- 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
- 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 & Byron, P.A.
- Betty Myers | Myers Foundation, Inc.
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson* | Chair – Inspire Medical Systems
- Gordon M. Sprenger | Retired CEO, Allina Health System, Inc.
Directors Emeriti
- Margaret D. Ankeny | Former President – Young People’s Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA)
- 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
- Maxine Houghton Wallin | Director – The Wallin Foundation
Directors
- Darren Acheson | Managing Director – Mill City Capital
- Emily Backstrom | Vice President, Finance – General Mills
- Douglas M. Baker, Jr.* | Chairman of the Board – Ecolab Inc.
- Rochelle Blease | CEO,Breakthrough Growth, LLC
- Sarah Brew | Partner – Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
- Barbara Burwell| President – Burwell Family Foundation, Burwell Enterprises
- Roma Calatayud-Stocks* | Author, Composer, Producer – Palladian Music, Inc. and Arts Education
- E. Tim Carl | CEO 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* | Vice President of Stationary & Office Supplies – 3M Company
- John W. 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 U.S. Attorney – U.S. Department of Justice
- Betsy Frost* | Chief Marketing Officer – DRY Soda
- Tim Geoffrion | Private Equity Investor
- Barbara Gold, M.D., M.S. | Professor– University of Minnesota School of Medicine
- Laurie Hodder Greeno* | Retired Sales and Marketing Vice President – General Mills
- Maurice Holloman* | President – thehollomangroup, LLC
- Jay V. Ihlenfeld* | Retired Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific – 3M
- Philip Isaacson | Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer – Nonin Medical Inc.
- 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 Kepple* | Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
- Michael Kim, D.M.A. | Director and Professor, School of Music – University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
- Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.* | Retired Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Allen U. Lenzmeier | Retired Best Buy executive
- Eric Levinson | Assistant Chief IP Counsel – 3M
- Michael A. Lindsay* | Partner – Dorsey and Whitney LLP
- Martin R. Lueck* | Chief Operating Officer – Delta Capital Partners Management LLC
- Patrick G. Mahoney* | Partner and Managing Director – Cresset Capital
- Anne W. Miller* | Trustee Emerita – The College of St. Catherine
- Leni Moore | Community Volunteer
- Miluska Novota | Attorney – Hortensia PLLC
- Lisa Paradis | Retired Physician
- Mary Ella Pratte | President – FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra
- Michael M. Roos | Retired – KPMG LLP
- Robert Spong | Retired Vice President and Financial Advisor – Piper Jaffray
- Mary Sumners | Regional President, Northern Region – Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
- Brian Tilzer* | Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Best Buy
- 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
- John Wilgers | President and CEO – Greater Twin Cities United Way
- Aks Zaheer | Professor and Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Strategic Management, Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota
* denotes membe\rship on Executive Committee