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Meet Our Team
Liz Boyd
Carrie Fink*
Allison Figueroa
David Katz
Diana Konopka
Mary Stalowski
Wendy Werdin*
Beth Burns*
Alisa Gay
Alayne Hopkins
Leslie Johnson
Richmond Kinney
Delaney Peterson*
Megan Unrau
Mike Yang*Denotes member of The Friends Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Guiding Team
Current Board Members
Board Chair
Scott Zastoupil, Chief Financial Officer – Climate Imperative Foundation
Chair Emeritus
George Latimer (dec.), Professor of Urban Studies – Macalester College; Former Mayor of the City of Saint Paul
Immediate Past Chair
Erin Bailey, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor's Office – State of Minnesota
Board Secretary
Mario G. Paez, National Cyber Risk Leader – Marsh McLennan Agency
Board Treasurer
Ahna Minge, State Budget Director, Minnesota Management and Budget, State of Minnesota
Directors
Nate Annan, Controller – Greater Twin Cities United Way
Lesa Bader, Vice President of Marketing Communications – Ryan Companies
Carol Bagnoli, No current affiliations
Kristin L. Beckmann, Principal Consultant – KLB Consulting LLC
Charlene Bradley, Program Director, Saint Paul – John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
JP Bond, Facilities Project Manager – State of Minnesota/ Department of Human Services
Loren Danielson, Accountant – Minnesota Public Radio
Catherine Reid Day, Founder – Storyslices LLC.
Ann Dixon, Engineering Sr. Manager – Securian Financial
Raymond Eby, No current affiliations
Melissa Gilbertson, Chief Operating Officer – Mairs & Power, Inc.
Duchess Harris JD, PhD, Chair, History Department – Macalester College
Laura Harris, No current affiliations
Bettina Hoye, No current affiliations
Peter Jandric, Financial Advisor – Baird
Greg Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources, Talent & Strategy – Children’s Minnesota
Stephanie Johnson, Community Relations Director – Blaze Credit Union
Christine Kain, Partner/Lawyer - Nelson Mullins
Christine Kalla, Executive Vice President, General Counsel – Travelers
Sean Kershaw, Strategic & Legislative Funding Advisor – Bolton & Mark, Inc.
Martin Ludden, Managing Director, Twin Cities – Compass Pro Bono
Melissa Manderschied, Attorney – City of Bloomington
Kelly McQueen, Regional President and Head of Corporate Banking – PNC Minnesota
Anthony S. Mendoza, Officer – Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Bryce Miller, Partner – Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh PLLP
Joanne Mullen, No current affiliations
Deepa Nirmal, Associate Vice President, Senior Training and Development Consultant – RBC Wealth Management US
Kim O'Brien, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives – Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce
Mercedes Parker-Newell, IT Operations Manager, North America Digital Services – Ecolab
Christine Rider, Board Liaison – Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Krystel Russo, Social Investments Lead – Xcel Energy
Juliana Sanchez Castillo, Global Downstream Marketing Leader – Solventum
Toccara Stark, EdD, Senior Group Manager – Medtronic
Chris Tolbert, Executive Officer – Ramsey County Attorney's Office
Jennifer L. Wolf, Second Vice President, Investment Law – Securian Financial
Carolyn Wollan, Adjunct Faculty – St. Catherine University
Der Yang, District Court Judge – Minnesota Judicial Branch