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Board of Directors

picture of past and present board members

Karen Evans, Chair
Retired Attorney


Peggy Grieve, Treasurer
PMG Investments


Bindi Swammi, Secretary
UBS


Hiba Al Hasnawi
Literacy Minnesota Americorps Vista


Chris Bercaw
Retired Attorney


Bridget Chivimbiso Chigunwe
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Carondelet Village Presbyterian Homes


Hon. Dean Eyler
Hennepin County District Court


Jill Field
Retired


Laura E. Halferty
Stinson LLP


Mary Kariuki Ries
US Bancorp Investments


John M. Koneck
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.


William Manske
Robins Kaplan LLP

Alison McElroy

Attorney


Jen Miernicki
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP


Howard (Sam) Myers, III
Retired Attorney


Cheryl Olseth
Olseth Family Foundations


James A. O'Neal
Retired Attorney


F. Matthew Ralph
Dorsey & Whitney


Nancy Speer
Cincinnatus


Daniel Supalla, Vice Chair
Nilan Johnson Lewis PA


David Vander Haar
Jones Day


Sam Walling
Jones Day


Emily Wessels
General Mills


X. Kevin Zhao
Greene Espel