Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors provides guidance, oversight and support while partnering with staff to carry out the organization’s mission and strategic plan.
The board is comprised of leaders from throughout the greater Twin Cities committed to building a community where all people thrive regardless of income, race or place.
Officers & Committee Chair

Jim Zappa
Chair
Senior Vice President Legal and Government Affairs, Deputy General Counsel, CHS Inc.

Al McFarlane
Vice-Chair
President and Editor-in-Chief, Insight Newspaper

Troy Zierden
Treasurer & Finance and Human Capital Chair
CIO, Ryan Companies

Miquel McMoore
Secretary
Founder & President, kpCompanies

Stacy Bogart
Governance Committee Chair
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Winnebago Industries

Erin Dady
Communications & Individual Engagement Committee Chair
Chief Marketing & Public Relations Officer, Bremer Bank

Reba Dominski
Advancement Committee Chair
Chief Social Responsibility Officer and President of U.S. Bank Foundation

Mike O’Leary
Audit Committee Chair
Managing Partner, EY LLC

Kathlene Holmes Campbell
Community Impact Chair
Dean, St. Thomas School of Education
Members

Amal Abdalla
President and CEO, Somali Success School

Brian Allingham
Partner & COO, Norwest Equity Partners

Lamar Anderson
SVP & General Manager, Andersen Corporation

Dorothy Bridges
Ex Officio
Community Leader

Collin Brinkman
Managing Director – Midwest Technology Leader, Accenture

Justin Butler
SVP & Consumer Control Management, Wells Fargo

Erick Chi
National Sales Vice President, Life Insurance Distribution, Securian

Anu Codaty
VP and General Manager of Interventional Pain, Medtronic

Chris Coleman
Community Leader

Derek Cunz
Executive Vice President, Mortenson Construction

Amy Dahl
Vice President, Human Resources & General Counsel, The Toro Company

Lisa Deverell
President, Purina Animal Nutrition & EVP, Animal Nutrition, Land O’Lakes

Chris Dolan
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Kweilin Ellingrud
Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Kiera Fernandez
SVP Human Resources and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Target

Peter Frosch
President & CEO, GREATER MSP

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou
President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Cheryl Hadaway
CEO, Hadaway Partners, LLC

Lynne Harrington
Community Leader

Robin Hickman-Winfield
CEO and Executive Producer of SoulTouch Productions

Karen Himle
SVP Corporate and Government Affairs, Thrivent

Matt Homan
CEO, Premier Marine

Kalyn Hove
Regional Senior Vice President, Comcast

Ray Joncas
VP/Business Unit Director, General Mills

Seitu Jones
Artist, Community Leader

Pam Kermisch
Chief Customer Growth Officer, Polaris

Matt Kucharski
President, Padilla

John Lindahl
Community Leader

Darin Lynch
Founder and CEO, Irish Titan

Michael Maeser
Senior Vice President, Private Bank Area Executive, Huntington Bank

Matt Marsh
Managing Partner, Deloitte

Todd Marshall
Community Leader

Erin Horne McKinney
EVP, Innovation & Strategy, Association for Enterprise Opportunity

Karin Nelsen
EVP & Chief Legal Officer, Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC

Chad Poitra
President & CEO, InnoNative Consulting Group

John Potter
US Deals Sector Leader, PwC

Lisa Shannon
President & CEO, Allina Health

Summra Shariff
Executive Director, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

Fern Shaw
President, Northern Plains, UPS

Shane Shipman
CEO, LeJeune Steel Company

Beth Simermeyer
EVP & President, Global Healthcare, Life Sciences and Hand Care, Ecolab

Carolyn Smallwood
CEO, Way to Grow

Sharon Kennedy Vickers
CIO – Office of Technology & Communications, City of St. Paul

Jerry Will
SVP, Corporate Development, 3M

Kelli Williams
Founder/Co-founder, Williams Brand Consulting & 40 Acres Investments

Nicole Woodhouse
Community Leader

Asad Zaman
Executive Director, Muslim American Society of Minnesota

Otis Zanders
President & CEO, Ujamaa Place