Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors
Laura Bloomberg
Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota
Jim Cuene
Founder and CEO, Fahren LLC
Dale Erquiaga
Owner, Sage & Bristlecone Consulting
Joyce Ester, Ph.D.
President, Normandale Community College
Jodi Grant
Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance
Tom Holman*
Chair
Director, Morning Foundation
Steve Kruger*
Treasurer
Attorney, Best & Flanagan
Jen Menke*
Vice Chair
Vice President, Human Resources and Student Success Programs, Scholarship America
Jon Nudi
Senior Vice President; Group President, North American Retail, General Mills
Christine Osorio
Superintendent, North Saint Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Schools
Kent Pekel, Ed.D.
President and CEO, Search Institute
Maureen Pelton
Co-founder, ShiftIt Institute, LLC
Ann Curme Shaw*
Secretary
Former SVP, Ethics Officer, Ceridian Corporation
Former Member of MNSCU Board of Trustees
Keisha Varma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
Hedy Lemar Walls, Ed.D.
Member-at-Large
Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities
*Member of Executive Committee