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