Officers
Abdul Omari, PhD
Chair
Founder and CEO, AMO Enterprise
Shamayne Braman
Vice Chair
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Sonos
Nick Hara
Treasurer
Senior Manager for Business Tax Services, KPMG LLP
Members
Martin Abrams
Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience, Inspire Medical Systems
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
John Conlin
Senior Vice President, Target Properties
Rochelle Cox
Ex Officio
Interim Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
Scott Cummings
Minnesota Market Lead, Accenture
Laura Day
EVP & Chief Business Officer, MN Twins
Kim Ellison
Ex Officio
Chair, Minneapolis Board of Education
Jacob Frey
Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Minneapolis
Derek Fried
SVP Global Advisory Structured Trade Finance, Wells Fargo
Art Gardner, Jr.
Construction Manager, Hillcrest Development, LLLP.
Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou
President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Danielle Grant
Ex Officio
President and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities
Michelle Grogg
Executive Director, The Cargill Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development, Cargill, Inc.
Nerita Hughes, PhD
Dean of Business, Technology, Career & Workforce Development, North Hennepin Community College
Anil Hurkadli
Senior Vice President of Community Impact, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Steve Liss
Retired Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Minneapolis Public Schools
Hilary Marden-Resnik
Past Chair
President and CEO, UCare
Elizabeth Nelson
Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Thomson Reuters
Bradley Pederson
Partner, Business and Securities Group, Maslon LLP
Caralie Roisum
Director of Marketing and Creative Services, APi Group
Brian Roth
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Amber Ruffin
Health Equity Program Manager, Be The Match
Jeff Savage
Senior Vice President, Chief Audit and Financial Services Officer, Xcel Energy
Mike Smoczyk
Director of Professional Development, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc.
Sara Stamschror-Lott
CEO/Founder, Creative Kuponya
John Stanoch
Twin Cities Business Leader
Elizabeth Stevens
Retired Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Director of Financial Aid, St. Catherine University
Tony Tolliver
Director of Workforce Innovation, Center for Economic Inclusion
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