BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cara Sjodin, Chair
VP Product and Business Development, Optum (retired)
Glyn Northington, Vice Chair
Senior Program Director, Propel Nonprofits (retired)
Les Bendtsen, Secretary
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, Ameriprise Financial
Bridget Morehead, Treasurer
Senior Marketing Manager, Medtronic
Theresa Alewine
Global Business Management-Distribution, RBC
Tiffany Cooper-Allen
Professional Actress, Singer, Executive Speaker Coach and Life Coach
John Arechar
Senior Manager, Wells Fargo
Stephen Bubul
Attorney (retired)
Tanner Curl
Executive Director, MinnPost
Toya Stewart Downey
Executive Director of Strategic Communications, Equity and Inclusion, Robbinsdale Area Schools
Keith Ford
Commissioner, Minneapolis Planning Commission (retired)
Ron Frey
Retired Human Resources Executive
Ben Grabski
Healthcare Executive, Lumeris
Sandy Hey
Founder, Hey City Theater
Judy Jossi
Owner, Slice Marketing
Tom Knabel
Vice President for Healthcare Informatics Consulting, Optum (retired)
Jeff Lin
Founder and CEO, Bust Out and Pennant
Penny Meier
Founder and CEO, PJ Meier Consulting Services LLC
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan, ex-officio
Managing Director
Brian Svendahl
Portfolio Manager, US Fixed Income, RBC
Kari Groth Swan
Head of Investor Relations, Treehouse Management, LLC
Lezlie Taylor
Diversity & Inclusion Strategies Consultant
Ka Vang
Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Meet Minneapolis
Fremajane Wolfson
Community Advocate
Adam Yust
Legislative Aide, City of St. Paul