The mission of the Minnesota Council is to provide Minnesotans with the economic and financial understanding they need to function effectively in a complex, global environment.

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Officers

Nona Mason
CHAIR
Director, MBC Program
University of St. Thomas

Eric Britt
CHAIR-ELECT
President
Anchor Bank

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

Julie Olson
TREASURER
Manager, Commercial Department
Virchow, Krause & Company

Board at Large

Jim Bartholomew
Education Policy Director
Minnesota Business Partnership

Richard H. Berge
Berge Education Management
& Consulting

Carol Birkland
Program Developer
Fraternal Busn. Dev.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Tim Bodin
Economist
Cargill, Inc.

John Bohan
Retired Officer
Pillsbury Company

Arland Brusven
Principal
Longship Advisers, LLC

V.V. Chari
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota

Gail Colbert
Teacher
Tartan High School

Jennifer Edstrom
Manager, Community Involvement
GMAC ResCap

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

Roxann Goertz
President
Br&nd Innovators

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

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

Robert King
Head, Dept. of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota

Anne Knapp
Formerly
GMAC ResCap

Richard Kolkmann
Retired Officer
Xcel Energy, Inc.

André Lewis
Director of Community Affairs & Diversity
RBC Dain Rauscher

Lana Mahoney
Retired
St. Paul Public Schools

Robert Mattison
Retired Officer
Graco, Inc.

David J. McMillan
Executive Vice President
Minnesota Power

Cheryl Mills
Plant Controller
RR Donnelley

Peter Mitchelson
Retired Officer
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Steve Paradise
Assistant Treasurer
Andersen Corporation

Claudia Parliament
Executive Director
MN Council on Economic Educ.

Kent Pekel
Executive Director, Consortium for
Post-Secondary Academic Success
University of Minnesota

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

Dan Reyelts
Sr. Vice President
TCF Financial Corporation

Chris Richardson
Superintendent
Northfield Public Schools

Morton Silverman
Senior Vice President
Oakridge Financial Services

Glen Skovholt
President
Government & Community Strategies

Robert Tengdin
Chairman
Allison-Williams Company

Kenneth Thome
Sr. Vice President, Financial Operations
General Mills, Inc.

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

James Ullyot
Founder and Chair
Creative Communications, Inc.

David Wiese
Asst. V.P., Comm. Dev. &
Specialized Lending
Wells Fargo

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