Board of Directors

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

Twin Cities Board of Directors

Officers

Sarah Quayle

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

Elizabeth Betzler

Vice Chair
Vice President, Culture and Belonging, Thomson Reuters

Derek Fried

Treasurer
Development Officer, Carleton College

Shamayne Braman

Past Chair
Senior Director, Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness, Cargill

Members

Abdul Abdi

Ex Officio
Minneapolis Board of Education

Jackie Boyd

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Best Buy 

James Burroughs

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

Meaghan Carpenter

Director, Vice President of Talent Strategy, Xcel Energy 

Charles Clutter

Head of Construction, PCS Residential 

John Conlin

Senior Vice President of Food and Beverage Merchandising, Target

 

 

Christian Edmiston

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

Mike Eliason

Managing Director, Accenture 

Kiara Ellis

Community Outreach and Engagement Director, Masonic Cancer Center

Jacob Frey

Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Minneapolis

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Danielle Grant

Ex Officio
President and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities

Jim Houston

Director of Diversity and Inclusion, McGough 

Muneer Karcher-Ramos

Program Director, Vibrant & Equitable Communities, McKnight Foundation

Sara Lord

CPA

Steve Montgomery

Vice President of R&D at Cargill Bioindustrial, Cargill 

Dr. Sandra Pulles

Chief Impact Officer, ServeMinnesota

Ginny Richardson

Twin Cities Business Leader

Caralie Roisum

Director of Marketing and Creative Services, APi Group

Mike Rosow

Partner, Maslon LLP

Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams

Ex Officio
Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools

 

Steve Silvers

Executive Vice President and Senior Audit Director Corporate Audit Services, US Bank 

 

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

Senior Consultant, Enterprise Equity Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity, Metropolitan Council

Jennifer Anderson Tuttle

Principal Director, Education & Public Sector, LSE Architects

Sam Walling

Attorney | Shareholder, Anthony Ostlund

Chrissie Weyenberg

Twin Cities Business Leader