Staff
Sheila Carrington
Program Officer | Reatha Clark King Fellow
612-236-1817
Erin Ceynar
Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Events
612-236-1815
Nicole Cooper
Philanthropy Fellow
612-236-1818
Charlotte Flowers
Senior Program Officer
612-236-1807
Mary Beth Hanson
Communications Director
612-236-1811
April Oertwig
IT Manager & Executive Assistant
612-236-1804
Lee Roper-Batker (bio)
President & CEO
612-337-5010
Romaine Scharlemann
Senior Gift Planner
612-236-1814
Dorothy Skobba
Development Manager
612-236-1816
Naweichi Temu
Communications Associate & Office Assistant
612-236-1805
Heidi Walsh
Finance & HR Associate
612-236-1858
Terry Williams
Director of External Affairs
612-236-1808 |
Trustees
Grayce Belvedere Young
President, Organizational Performance,
The Prouty Project
Kim Borton
Associate Director , Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center, Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs
Alexina Chai
Director, Human Capital
UnitedHealth Group
Julia Classen | Vice Chair
President, Aurora Consulting, Inc.
Sheba Coffey | Chair
Sales Director
Julie Corty
Community Volunteer
Pauline Fofana | Treasurer
Community Volunteer
Barbara Forster
Community Volunteer
Joanne Green
Assistant Finance Director, Surgical Administrative Center, University of Minnesota
Saanii Hernandez-Mohr | Secretary
Midwest Regional Program Manager,
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Joan Higinbotham
Community Volunteer
Wilhelmina Holder
Executive Director, Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE), Inc.
Tara Mason
Director, White Earth Human Services
Catherine McBride
Principal, Vincent & McBride, Inc.
Elizabeth Olson
Chief Financial Officer, Grassroots Solutions
Melanie Peterson-Hickey
Senior Research Scientist,
Minnesota Department of Health Center for Health Statistics
Lucy Rogers
Development Director,
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
Ashley Shaver
Project Specialist, International Development Division, Land O' Lakes
Valerie Spencer
Community Volunteer
Rosa Tock
Planner, Data & Reporting Unit Special Education
Minnesota Department of Education
Mary Wong
Vice President, Fixed Income Banking,
RBC Capital Markets |