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Officers

Nona Mason
CHAIR
Retired
University of St. Thomas

Tim Bodin
CHAIR-ELECT
Economist
Cargill, Inc.

Lori Koutsky
SECRETARY
Manager, Comm. Rel. & The Foundation
Securian Financial Group

Cheryl Mills
TREASURER
Plant Controller
RR Donnelley

Board at Large

Jim Bartholomew
Education Policy Director
Minnesota Business Partnership

Richard H. Berge
Berge Education Management
& Consulting

John Bohan
Retired Officer
Pillsbury Company

Arland Brusven
Principal
Longship Advisers, LLC

Brian Buhr
Head, Dept. of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota

V.V. Chari
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota

Gail Colbert
Teacher/Social Studies Department Chair
Tartan High School

Gregory W. Drehmel
Sr. Vice President, Regional Credit Officer
TCF Bank

Jennifer Edstrom
Manager, Community Involvement
GMAC ResCap

Michael Foster
Social Studies Specialist
Acad. Standards & H.S. Improvement
Minnesota Department of Education

James H. Hammill
Retired Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Mpls.

Lana Hire
Retired
St. Paul Public Schools

Gwen Jackson
Director of Human Resources and Administrative Services
Edina Public Schools

Barbara Kaufmann
Manager, Educ. Contrib.--Comm. Affairs
3M Foundation

Anne Knapp
Formerly
GMAC ResCap

Richard Kolkmann
Retired Officer
Xcel Energy, Inc.

Marshall MacKay
President/CEO
Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota

Robert Mattison
Retired Officer
Graco, Inc.

Peter Mitchelson
Retired Officer
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Julie Olson
Retired Officer
Virchow, Krause & Company

Steve Paradise
Chief Financial Officer
Medfab, Inc.

Claudia Parliament
Executive Director
MN Council on Economic Educ.

Kent Pekel
Executive Director
College Readiness Consortium
University of Minnesota

Michael R. Rahm
V.P. -- Market & Economic Analysis
The Mosaic Company

Chris Richardson
Superintendent
Northfield Public Schools

Patricia Sheehan
Teacher
Maple Grove Senior High

Robert Tengdin
Chairman
Allison-Williams Company

Kenneth Thome
Retired Officer
General Mills, Inc.

Dick Todd
V.P. & Community Affairs Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

James Ullyot
Founder and Chair
Creative Communications, Inc.

Blaine Verdoorn
Marketing Manager for Experimental
Design and Development
Andersen Corporation

Katie Warren
SuperValu

Timothy P. Wegener
CFA, Managing Director, Private Investments
Thrivent Financial

Emeriti Board Members
Paul Christ
William Gardner
Howard Guthmann
Robb Prince
Patrick Riley
Art Rolnick
Glen Skovholt