President & CEO
Lee Roper-Batker
Lee Roper-Batker is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Under her leadership since 2001, the Foundation has increased its grantmaking by 100 percent and endowment from $8 million to $25 million.
Vice President
Saanii Hernandez
Saanii Hernandez, vice president of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, first joined the Women’s Foundation as senior program officer in 2012 and served as a trustee from 2007 to 2012. Email
Staff
Interns & Fellows
Jamara Cheek
Reatha Clark King Fellow | YWI MN Program Manager
612-236-1825 | Email
Cynthia J. Zapata
Wenda Weekes Moore Intern
612-236-1835 | Email
About the Programs
The Reatha Clark King Fellowship and the Wenda Weekes Moore Internship Program are our innovative initiatives to build a pipeline of women of color leaders in philanthropy.
Board of Trustees
Susan Segal
Chair
City Attorney
Minneapolis
Nevada Littlewolf
Vice Chair
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tiwahe Foundation
Gail Polley-Nordhaus
Treasurer
Senior Vice President
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Roderic Southall
Secretary
EO Consultant and Trainer
Metropolitan Council
Chanda Smith Baker
Senior Vice President of Community Impact
The Minneapolis Foundation
Tawanna Black
Executive Director
Northside Funders Group
President and Consultant
Innovations by Design
John Choi
County Attorney
Ramsey County
Julia Classen
Nonprofit Organizational and Governance Consultant
Joanne Green
Finance Director
Surgical Administrative Center, University of Minnesota
Katharine Hull
Consultant
Katharine L. Kelly
Community Volunteer
Rebecca Klevan
Wealth Manager
Accredited Investors, Inc.
June La Valleur, M.D.
Sexual Health Counselor
George Martin
Partner
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Wendy Nelson
Director
Carlson
Elena Brito Sifferlin
Licensed Social Worker and Community Volunteer
Valerie Spencer
Community Volunteer
Pheng Thao
Statewide Coordinator at Men and Masculine Folks Network