Officers
Shamayne Braman
Chair
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Sonos
Sarah Quayle
Vice Chair
Chief People Officer, Shift Paradigm
Derek Fried
Treasurer
Twin Cities Business Leader
Members
Abdul Abdi
Ex Officio
Minneapolis Board of Education
Roma Anderson Milton
Retired Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, UCare
Ling Becker
Director, Ramsey County Workforce Solutions
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
President, Monarch Builders & Commercial Services
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
Michelle Grogg
Executive Director, The Cargill Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development, Cargill, Inc.
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
Vice President of Equity & Inclusion, 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
Senior Vice President, Chief Audit and Financial Services Officer, Xcel Energy
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