Board of Directors

Our outstanding board provides strategic leadership, maintains fiduciary responsibility, connects us to community resources and helps set the direction of our organization in providing career and college readiness programs.

Achieve Twin Cities board of directors photo

Officers

Shamayne Braman

Chair
Chief People Officer, Sonos

Sarah Quayle

Vice Chair
Senior Director, Organizational Development & Effectiveness, United Health Group  

Derek Fried

Treasurer
Twin Cities Business Leader

Members

Abdul Abdi

Ex Officio
Minneapolis Board of Education

Roma Anderson Milton

Retired Twin Cities Business Leader

Elizabeth Betzler

Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Thomson Reuters

Brett Bohlander

Owner/President, Atlas Manufacturing

James Burroughs

Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, Children’s Minnesota

Kristina Carlson

Senior Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, U.S. Bank

Charles Clutter

Head of Construction, PCS Residential 

John Conlin

Senior Vice President, Target Properties

 

 

Christian Edmiston

Vice President, Procurement, Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Kiara Ellis

Community Outreach and Engagement Director, Masonic Cancer Center

Jacob Frey

Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Minneapolis

Art Gardner, Jr.

Construction Manager, Hillcrest Development, LLP.

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Danielle Grant

Ex Officio
President and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities

Muneer Karcher-Ramos

Program Director, Vibrant & Equitable Communities, McKnight Foundation

Steve Liss

Retired Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Minneapolis Public Schools

Sara Lord

Partner, Chief Auditor, RSM US LLP

Abdul Omari, Ph.D.

Founder and Principal, AMO Enterprise

Bradley Pederson

Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Dr. Sandra Pulles

Chief Impact Officer, ServeMinnesota

Caralie Roisum

Director of Marketing and Creative Services, APi Group

Mike Rosow

Partner, Maslon LLP

Amber Ruffin

Senior Health Equity Manager, NMDP

Jeff Savage

Twin Cities Business Leader

 

Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams

Ex Officio
Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools

 

Mike Smoczyk

Director of Professional Development, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc.

Susan Soldin

Vice President Human Resources, Neuroscience Portfolio, Medtronic 

Sara Stamschror-Lott

CEO/Founder, Creative Kuponya

Tony Tolliver

Twin Cities Business Leader

Sam Walling

Partner, Jones Day

Mat Watson

Senior Vice President Finance, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Best Buy

Chrissie Weyenberg

Director of Internal Audit, General Mills