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General Board Executive Officers
- Carolyn Sakstrup (Chair) Executive Vice President, Chief Growth & Generosity Officer—Thrivent
- Jeanne Crain (Vice Chair) President and CEO—Bremer Financial
- Rajni Shah (Secretary) VP Business Development—MyMeds
- Greg Munson (Treasurer) Managing Principal—Transwestern
- Andrea Walsh (Past Chair) President and CEO—HealthPartners
General Board Representatives
- Siyad Abdullahi, Founder & CEO—Pro-Health Care, Inc.
- Peter Bach, Managing Director of Upper Midwest—RMB Capital
- Courtney Baechler, MD, Medical Director Health Equity and Health Promotion—Minneapolis Heart Institute/Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
- Doris Baylor, Community Volunteer & Business Leader
- James Burroughs, SVP, Government & Community Relations / Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer—Children’s MN
- Troy Cardinal, CIO—RSM US LLP
- Deniz Cultu, Partner—McKinsey & Company Inc.
- Wendy Dayton, Philanthropist and Community Volunteer
- Rich Dorn, Senior Vice President, Operational Risk—Wells Fargo
- Bob Ehren, SVP, Individual Solutions—Securian Financial
- Damien Fair, Professor/Department of Pediatrics & Neuroscientist—University of MN
- Patience Ferguson, Senior Vice President, HR & Inclusion—Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Marcus Fischer, President and CEO—Carmichael Lynch
- Eric Fotsch, Director of Field Experiences, Licensure Officer, Professor—Metropolitan State University
- Gloria Freeman, Founder & CEO—Olu’s Home
- Bob Gardner, CEO—Gardner Builders
- Darrel German, Regional President—Huntington Bank
- Bill George, Senior Fellow—Harvard Business School
- Jeffrey Greiner, Managing Partner—Northern Pacific Group
- Bjorn Gunnerud, Chief Strategy Officer—North Memorial Health
- James Hereford, President and CEO—Fairview Health Services
- Derrick Hollings, Chief Financial Officer—Hennepin Healthcare
- Jasmine Jirele, President & CEO—Allianz Life Insurance Company
- Shelley Kendrick, President & CEO—Ecumen
- Reid Larson, Managing Member and Founder—ViaWealth
- Bruno Lavandier, Senior Vice President—Ecolab
- Geoff Martha, Chairman & CEO—Medtronic
- Mike McKee, Managing Partner—Baker Tilly, US LLP
- Bruce Mooty, Retired—Gray, Plant, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.
- Patty Murphy, Community Volunteer
- John Naylor, CEO—Medica
- Andrea Nordaune, Vice President and General Counsel Renewal Division—Andersen Corporation
- Ravi Norman, CEO—Norman Global Enterprises
- Kathryn Mitchell Ramstad, President—Christen Group LLC
- Amit Patel, Founder & CEO—Vios Medical
- Rachel Paulouse, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer—Strive Asset Management
- Kyle Rolfing, Partner—Lemhi Ventures
- Clifton Ross, President & CEO—Guardian Resources
- David Royal, Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer—Thrivent
- Greg Theis, President and Chief Executive Officer—Liberty Diversified International
- Lica Tomizuka Sanborn, Partner—Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP
- Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman - Consumer & Business Banking—US Bank
- Walter White, Independent Director—Allianz Life
- De’Mon Wiggins, Executive Vice President and President of Industrial & Flow Technologies—Pentair
- Leslie Wright, VP of Development & Alumni Relations—Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Dick Zehring, Real Estate & Development, Retired, Former YMCA Greater St. Paul Board Chair
Community Board Representatives
- Kelly Hyman, Food and Bio 2030 Program Lead—Cargill (Adventure YMCA Community Board)
- Clarence Jones, Executive Director—Hue-MAN Partnership (North YMCA Community Board)
- Scott Jones, Vice President Commercial Lending—Royal Credit Union (Hudson YMCA & YMCA Camp St. Croix Community Board)
- Rachael Reiling, Director of Strategy & Market Development—Taylor Corp (Eagan YMCA Community Board)