2008 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Morris Goodwin, Jr., Chair
Chief Administrative Director, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Carol Truesdell, Vice-Chair
Former Executive Director, Youth Trust
Michael J. (Mick) Johnson, Secretary
President, Park Nicollet Foundation
Robert Rudell, Treasurer
Immediate Past Chair
Former COO, Zurich Scudder Investments
Former President, American Express Institutional Services
Peter L. Benson, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Search Institute
Other Board Members
Kent E. Eklund, Ph.D.
Principal, Cincinnatus
Dee Gaeddert, Ph.D.
Managing Director, North America Leadership and Talent Consulting, Korn/Ferry International
Craig Lewis
Co-founder & Outreach Director, Hiawatha Leadership Academy
Dick Lundell, J.D.
Former Insurance Executive
Harold Mezile
President and CEO, YMCA of Metro Minneapolis
Sheryl Niebuhr, Ph.D.
Vice President, Development & Research, StayWell Health Management
Michael C. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
Executive Leadership
Dr. Peter L. Benson
President and CEO
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Vice President
Paul Kirst
Chief Financial Officer and Director, Finance and Administration Group
Bill Korte
Interim Director, Learning Exchange Group
Lynette Ward
Director, Sales, Marketing, and Communications Group
