Board of Directors
Our board of directors is responsible for making sure United Way is on the right track. They meet monthly to discuss strategic issues facing the organization.
The board helps our senior staff carry out our mission and ensures that United Way is an organization you can trust. The board is composed of community leaders from throughout the greater Twin Cities.
A * denotes an executive committee member.
2020 Board of Directors – Officers
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Dorothy Bridges Community Leader Board Chair |
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Chris Coleman* SVP Human Resources, Optum Treasurer, Finance & Human Capital Committee Chair |
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Karen Richard* SVP Human Resources, Andersen Corporation Board Secretary |
2020 Board of Directors – Members
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Amal Abdalla President and CEO, Somali Success School |
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Brian Allingham Administrative Partner, Norwest Equity Partners |
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Julie Baker Community Leader |
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Laura Bloomberg Dean, The Humphrey School, University of Minnesota |
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Stacy Bogart VP, Winnebago Industries, Inc. General Counsel and Secretary |
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Mark Brooks Administrative Manager, Health, Hennepin County |
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Justin Butler Consumer and Small Business Banking Group Leader, Wells Fargo |
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Kathlene Holmes Campbell Dean, St. Thomas School of Education |
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Anu Codaty Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Medtronic |
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Erin Dady CMO, Bremer Bank GTCUW Communications and Individual Engagement Chair |
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Amy Dahl VP Human Resources & Distributor Development, The Toro Company |
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Stephanie Dexter President, UPS Northern Plains District |
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Dr. Curtiss DeYoung CEO, Minnesota Council of Churches |
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Reba Dominski Chief Social Responsibility Officer and President, U.S. Bank Foundation GTCUW Advancement Chair |
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Kweilin Ellingrud Partner, McKinsey & Company |
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Beth Ford* President & CEO, Land O’Lakes Inc. |
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Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO |
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Katie Goeman* Redpath and Company GTCUW Audit Chair |
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Joe Gothard, ED.D.* Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools |
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Jamie Gulley President, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota |
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Cheryl Hadaway Chief Development Officer and Chair, Department of Development, Mayo Clinic |
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Lynne Harrington Community Leader |
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Matt Homan CEO, LDI |
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Mandy Janssen Twin West Chamber of Commerce |
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Ray Joncas Business Unit Director, General Mills |
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Eric Kaler Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science President Emeritus, University of Minnesota |
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J.D. Keller Regional VP, Twin Cities Region, Comcast |
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Matt Kucharski President, Padilla |
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Nancy Lindahl Founder, Creative Strategies Plus, Inc. GTCUW Community Impact Chair |
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Darin Lynch Founder and CEO, Irish Titan |
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Michael Maeser SVP & Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo |
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Matt Marsh Managing Partner, Deloitte |
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Todd Marshall Community Leader |
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Al McFarlane President and Editor-in-Chief, Insight News Owner, McFarlane Media Interests |
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Miquel McMoore Founder & President, kpCompanies |
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Chris Musso Senior Vice President – Electrification, Polaris |
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Kathy Noecker* Partner, Faegre Drinker |
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Ravi Norman CEO, Norman Global Enterprises |
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Mike O’Leary Managing Partner, EY |
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John Potter Consumer Market Deals, PwC |
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Todd Senger Market President, BMO Harris Bank |
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Lisa Shannon COO, Allina Health |
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Beth Simermeyer EVP, Global Marketing and Communications and Life Sciences, Ecolab |
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Carolyn Smallwood CEO, Way to Grow |
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Sarah Soong VP & Treasurer, Xcel Energy |
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Sharon Kennedy Vickers CIO, City of St. Paul |
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Tim Welsh* Vice Chairman of Consumer Banking Sales and Support, U.S. Bank |
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Jerry Will VP, Corporate Development, 3M |
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Otis Zanders President & CEO, Ujamaa Place |
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Jim Zappa Executive Vice President and General Counsel, CHS, Inc. GTCUW Governance Chair |
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Troy Zierden Vice President, IT, Best Buy |