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
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
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
Steve Montgomery
Vice President of R&D at Cargill Bioindustrial, Cargill
Dr. Sandra Pulles
Chief Impact Officer, ServeMinnesota
Ginny Richardson
Vice President of IT, Apogee Enterprises
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
Twin Cities Business Leader
Sam Walling
Partner, Jones Day
Chrissie Weyenberg
Vice President, Global Shared Services, General Mills