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2024 Annual Report

Meet Our Board

2024-2025 Board of Directors

Kiyrie Abernethy

Investment AnalystThrivent

Jonah Barstad

Investment AnalystTravelers

Julie Bunn

Executive Director

Minnesota Council on Economic Education

Joel Coleman

High School TeacherMinnetonka High School

Timothy Devaney

Senior Vice President and General Auditor Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Emanuel Ekstrom

Senior Vice President, Strategy and Transformation U.S. Bank

Kristin M. Ferguson

Senior Vice President, Individual SolutionsSecurian Financial

Jeanna Fifer

Financial Planner/PartnerCordis Financial

Elba Guille Garza

Licensed Real EstateSaint Paul Area Association of Realtors

Johnathan Gast

Director, Merchant BankingPiper Sandler Co.

Chelle Gonzo

Retired - Wells FargoAccredited Financial Counselor (AFC)

Peter Hunter-Hanson

Sr. ManagerTransamerica Financial

Terrance Hurley

Division Head, Department of Applied EconomicsUniversity of Minnesota

Bradley R. Hutter

Litigation Attorney Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A

Amy Kamenick

Founder & PresidentThe Formula Marketing & Communications

Jason Kley

Director/Financial AdvisorSequoia Financial Group

Steve Lear

Founding Partner, Financial Planner

Affiance Financial

Andrew Maas

Design Intent ManagerAndersen Corporation

Lynn MacDonald

Co-Director, Center for Economic EducationAssociate Professor of EconomicsSt. Cloud State University

Judy Mares

PresidentMares Financial Consulting LLC

Kelly McClellan

Sr. Associate Director & Program ManagerUniversity Of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

Jennifer McGarry

Head, Risk Analytics, Surveillance, and ReportingRBC Wealth Management

Brian Muench

Vice President

Allianz Life

Kotchi Prosper

Director of Investment & Retirement ServicesAffinity Plus Investment Center

Todd Schnell

Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary St. Catherine University

Julie Sweitzer

RetiredUniversity of Minnesota

Tracy Yue Wang

Finance Professor and Department ChairCarlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Kristine West

Director, MN Ctr for Diversity in Economics Professor, Econ. & Political Science Dpt.

St. Catherine University

Emeriti

Richard H. Berge – Berge Education Management & Consulting

Steve Gathje -- Retired Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary, Ameriprise

Kathryn (Kae) Jewell – Formerly, St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

Peter Mitchelson - Retired Officer, Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Michael A. Mulder - Retired Executive VP/CEO, Farmers State Bank of Trimont

Claudia Parliament – Professor Emerita, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota

Glen Skovholt – President, Government and Community Strategies

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