2008 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Officers:

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

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

Vice Chair for Programming:
Gwen Lerner, Partner – The General Counsel, Ltd.

Vice Chair for Public Relations:
Billie Young, Author and Community Volunteer

Secretary:
Elizabeth J. Keyes, Vice President, Client Relationship Officer –
U.S. Trust Company

Treasurer:
Cheryl Dickson, President – Searches, Etc. (Retired President,
Minnesota Humanities Commission)

Julia Adams, Community Volunteer

Robert A. Awsumb, Judge – Ramsey County District Court

Tanya Bell, Director of Acquisitions/Development –
Wellington Management, Inc.

Gregory N. Blees, Community Volunteer –
Retired City Council Budget Analyst, City of St. Paul

Steve Brady, President and CEO – Minnesota Lawyers
Mutual Insurance Company

Billy Collins, Executive Director – YWCA Saint Paul

William J. Cosgriff, Attorney – Briggs & Morgan

Mari Oyanagi Eggum, Foundation Administrator –
Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

Dan Foote, President – Foote & Co., Inc., Advertising

Heidi R. Gesell, President & CEO – Bank Cherokee

Terry Hoffman, Community Volunteer

Louise G. Jones, Community Volunteer, former Program Manager for
Leave a Legacy Minnesota

W. Patrick Judge, Attorney – Briggs & Morgan, P.A.

Phyllis Karasov, Attorney – Moore, Costello & Hart

George Latimer, Professor, Urban Studies – Macalester College

Kao Lee, Community Volunteer

Diana Lewis, Sr. Vice President of Human Resources – Ecolab

Deborah Locke, Community Volunteer

Margaret M. Marrinan, Judge – Minnesota District Court

Nancy McKillips, Fundraising Consultant

Susan McNeely, Community Volunteer

Katie McWatt, Vice President – NAACP-St. Paul

Nancy Nicholson, Nicholson Family Foundation & Community Volunteer

Thomas H. Patterson, Retired Senior Vice President – Resource Trust Co.

David A. Pointon, Manager, Government & Industry Affairs – 3M

Mark Richards, Community Volunteer

Par Ridder, Publisher and CEO – Star Tribune

Kathryn Hubbard Rominski, Executive Director –
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation

D. Scott Ross, President – Ross and Associates

Wendy Rubin, President – Rubin & Clements

Terrance Russell, Managing Director – Guy Carpenter & Co.

John M. Scanlan, Medical Director – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN

Tom H. Swain, Community Volunteer & Mayor of Lilydale, MN
(Retired Executive Vice President, St. Paul Travelers)

Susan L. Vento, Field Representative – Education Minnesota

Jean M. West, Community Volunteer

Jerry Woelfel, Vice President of Human Resources – Securian

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

James Zacharski, Director, Product Development – St. Paul Travelers

Ex-Officio Trustees

Peter D. Pearson, President – The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Melanie Huggins, Director – The Saint Paul Public Library

Trustees Emeritus

W. Andrew Boss

Truman W. Porter

Mary Ida Thomson

Paul A. Verret