2012 Board of Trustees

Officers

Board Chair:
George Latimer, Professor of Urban Studies – Macalester College; Former Mayor of the City of Saint Paul

Chair Elect:
Tanya Lea Bell, Director of Acquisitions and Development – Wellington Management, Inc.
Also Minnesota Book Awards Committee Chair

Vice Chair for Advocacy:
Ann D. Cieslak, Executive Director – University of Minnesota, Office of the Board of Regents

Vice Chair for Development:
Heidi Gesell, President and CEO – BankCherokee

Vice Chair for Public Awareness:
Annette Whaley, Community Volunteer

Board Secretary:
Phyllis Karasov, Attorney – Moore, Costello & Hart, PLLP

Board Treasurer:
Paul Hirschboeck, Second Vice President and Actuary, Retirement Plans – Securian

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Trustees

Robert A. Awsumb, Judge – Ramsey County District Court

Joe Bagnoli, Attorney and Lobbyist – McGrann Shea Law Firm
Ad Hoc State & National Advocacy Committee Chair

Gregory N. Blees, Community Volunteer; Fiscal Policy Director, Retired – City of Saint Paul

Jim Bradshaw, Owner & CEO – Bradshaw Funeral and Cremation Services

Douglas J. Bruce, Vice President, Investments – UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Scott Burns, CEO and Co-founder – GovDelivery, Inc.

Kathleen Callahan, Managing Director, Retired – Voyageur Asset Management
Library Strategies Consulting Group Advisory Committee Chair

Michael Connelly, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Planning – Xcel Energy

Jay Cowles, President – Unity Avenue Associates

Harold Crump, Vice President for Broadcasting – Hubbard Broadcasting

Anne Hazelroth Field, Writer and Community Volunteer
Individual Giving Committee Chair

Jeanette Frederickson, Partner – Frederickson & Associates

Christopher P. Georgacas, President – Goff Public

Guy Gilmore, Publisher and President – Pioneer Press

Robyn Hansen, Senior Counsel – Leonard, Street and Deinard

Pat Harris, Vice President – RBC Global Asset Management

John Huss, Banker, Retired

Louise G. Jones, Director of Development – Lifetrack Resources

Thomas C. Kayser, Attorney – Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP

Shar Knutson, President – Minnesota AFL-CIO

Jack Lanners, President – FTL Corporation
Opus & Olives Committee Co-Chair

Adam Lerner, President & Publisher – Lerner Publishing

Diana Lewis, Community Volunteer; Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Retired – Ecolab
Human Resources Committee Chair

John I. Marshall, Manager, Community and Local Government Relations – Xcel Energy

Nancy W. McKillips, Fundraising Consultant; Director, Retired – Metropolitan State University Foundation

Thomas J. McLeod, Sr., Vice President, Retired – West Publishing Company

Eileen McMahon, Community Volunteer; President & CEO, Retired – Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Bureau
Institutional Giving Committee Chair

Debra Mitts-Smith, Adjunct Instructor – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David A. Pointon, Global Government Compliance and Relations – 3M

Jennifer Ford Reedy, Chief of Staff and Vice President of Strategy – Minnesota Philanthropy Partners

Mark J. Richards, President – Vallon Finance

Mary Rothchild, Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships – Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Wendy Rubin, President – Wendy Rubin, Ltd.
Committee on Trustees Chair

Terrance K. Russell, Executive Vice President – Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC

James A. Scannell, Senior Vice President, Administrative Services – Travelers

Elona Street-Stewart, Chair – Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education; Associate for Racial Ethnic Ministries & Community – Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Pondie Nicholson Taylor, Teacher and Community Volunteer

Patrick Thiele, Senior Vice President, Retired – The Saint Paul Companies

James V. Toscano, Principal – Toscano Advisors, LLC

Charles H. Williams, Jr., Judge, Retired – Ramsey County District Court

Lee Pao Xiong, Director, Center for Hmong Studies – Concordia University

James Zacharski, Senior Counsel, Claim Legal – Travelers