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
Dorothy Bridges
Community Leader
Board Chair
Jim Zappa
SVP Legal & Government Affairs, CHS, Inc.
Deputy General Counsel
Karen Richard
SVP & Chief HR Officer, Andersen Corporation
Corporate Secretary
Chris Coleman
Community Leader
Treasurer
Finance and Human Capital Committee, Chair
Mike O’Leary
Managing Partner, EY
Audit Committee, Chair
Reba Dominski
Chief Social Responsibility Officer and President of U.S. Bank Foundation
Advancement Committee, Chair
Kathlene Holmes Campbell
Dean, St. Thomas School of Education
Community Impact Committee, Chair
Erin Dady
CMO, Bremer Bank
Communications and Individual Engagement Committee, Chair
Members
Amal Abdalla
President and CEO, Somali Success School
Brian Allingham
Administrative Partner, Norwest Equity Partners
Julie Baker
Community Leader
Stacy Bogart
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Winnebago
Mark Brooks
Administrative Manager, Health and Human Services, Hennepin County
Justin Butler
SVP & Consumer Banking Remediation Leader, Wells Fargo
Erick Chi
National Sales Vice President, Securian
Anu Codaty
VP and General Manager of Interventional Pain, Medtronic
Derek Cunz
EVP, Mortenson Construction
Amy Dahl
VP, Human Resources, Distributor Development and General Counsel, The Toro Company
Lisa Deverell
EVP, Land O’Lakes & President, Animal Nutrition
Curtiss DeYoung
CEO, Minnesota Council of Churches
Kweilin Ellingrud
Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou
CEO, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Joe Gothard, ED.D.
Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools
Jamie Gulley
President, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota
Cheryl Hadaway
CEO, Hadaway Partners, LLC
Lynne Harrington
Community Leader
Matt Homan
Community Leader
Mandy Janssen
Community Leader
Ray Joncas
Vice-President and Business Unit Director for the Bars Business Unit, General Mills
Seitu Jones
Artist & Community Leader
Matt Kucharski
President, Padilla
John Lindahl
Community Leader
Darin Lynch
Founder and CEO, Irish Titan
Michael Maeser
SVP & Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo
Matt Marsh
Managing Partner, Deloitte
Todd Marshall
Community Leader
Al McFarlane
President and Editor-in-Chief, Insight Newspaper
Erin Horne McKinney
Founder & CEO, Access Consulting
Miquel McMoore
Founder & President, kpCompanies
Kathy Noecker
Retired Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Ravi Norman
CEO, Norman Global Enterprises
Chad Poitra
Community Leader
John Potter
Consumer Market Deals, PwC
Todd Senger
Market President, BMO Harris Bank
Lisa Shannon
COO, Allina Health
Shane Shipman
President, LeJeune Steel Company
Beth Simermeyer
EVP, Global Marketing and Communications and Life Sciences, Ecolab
Carolyn Smallwood
CEO, Way to Grow
Sharon Kennedy Vickers
CIO, City of St. Paul
Jerry Will
VP, Corporate Development, 3M
Asad Zaman
Imam, Muslim American Society of Minnesota
Otis Zanders
President & CEO, Ujamaa Place
Troy Zierden
CIO, Ryan Companies