2010 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 Development:
William J. Cosgriff, Of Counsel – Briggs and Morgan, Retired
Vice Chair for Public Awareness:
Billie Young, Author and Community Volunteer
Board Secretary:
Susan L. Vento, Field Representative – Education Minnesota
Board Treasurer:
D. Scott Ross, President – Ross and Associates
Committee Chairs
Joe Bagnoli, Ad Hoc State & National Advocacy Committee Chair; Attorney and Lobbyist – McGrann Shea Anderson
Kathleen Callahan, Library Strategies Consulting Group Advisory Committee Chair; Managing Director – Voyageur Asset Management
Anne Field, Individual Giving Committee Chair; Writer and Community Volunteer
Heidi Gesell, Institutional Giving Committee Co-Chair; President & CEO – Bank Cherokee
Jack Lanners, Opus & Olives Committee Co-Chair; President – FTL Corporation
Diana Lewis, Human Resources Committee Chair, Community Volunteer, Senior Vice President of Human Resources – Ecolab, Retired
Eileen McMahon, Institutional Giving Committee Co-Chair; Consultant and Community Volunteer, President & CEO – Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Bureau, Retired
Wendy Rubin, Committee on Trustees Co-Chair; President – Wendy Rubin LTD
Tom Swain, Committee on Trustees Co-Chair; Community Volunteer, Mayor of Lilydale, Executive Vice President – Travelers, Retired
Trustees
Robert A. Awsumb, Judge –- Ramsey County District Court
Tanya Bell, Director of Acquisitions/Development – Wellington Management, Inc.
Gregory N. Blees, Community Volunteer, City Council Budget Analyst –- City of Saint Paul, Retired
Michael Connelly, Vice President and General Counsel – Xcel Energy
Harold Crump, Executive Vice President for Broadcasting – Hubbard Broadcasting
Leigh Crump, Community Volunteer
Terry Devitt, Community Volunteer
Mari Oyanagi Eggum, Foundation Administrator – Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation
Jeanette Frederickson, Partner – Frederickson & Associates
Guy Gilmore, Publisher and President – Pioneer Press
Paul Hirschboeck, 2nd Vice President and Actuary, Retirement Services – Securian
John Huss, Chairman, First National Bank, Retired
Louise G. Jones, Director of Development – Lifetrack Resources
Phyllis Karasov, Attorney – Moore, Costello & Hart
Elizabeth J. Keyes, Community Volunteer
Shar Knutson, President – Minnesota AFL-CIO
Adam Lerner, President & Publisher – Lerner Publishing
Margaret M. Marrinan, Judge – Minnesota District Court
John I. Marshall, Manager, Community & Local Government Relations – Xcel Energy
Nancy W. McKillips, Fundraising Consultant
Thomas J. McLeod, Sr., Vice President, West Publishing Company, Retired
Debra Mitts-Smith, Adjunct Instructor – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pondie Nicholson, Teacher and Community Volunteer
James O'Donnell, Partner – PricewaterhouseCoopers, Retired
David A. Pointon, Manager, Government & Industry Affairs – 3M
Mark J. Richards, President – Vallon Finance
Mary Rothchild, Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships – Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Terrance K. Russell, Managing Director – Guy Carpenter & Co.
John M. Scanlan, Medical Director – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Retired
Jean M. West, Community Volunteer
Annette Whaley, Community Volunteer
Charles H. Williams, Jr., Judge – Ramsey County District Court, Retired
Lee Pao Xiong, Director, Center for Hmong Studies – Concordia University
James Zacharski, Product Development Director, Bond and Financial Products – Travelers
Ex-Officio Trustees
Peter D. Pearson, President – The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
Kit Hadley, Director – The Saint Paul Public Library
Trustees Emeritus
W. Andrew Boss
Truman W. Porter
Mary Ida Thomson
Paul A. Verret