Officers
Abdul Omari, PhD
Chair
Founder and CEO, AMO Enterprise
Shamayne Braman
Vice Chair
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Sonos
Nick Hara
Treasurer
Tax Managing Director, KPMG LLP
Members
Abdul Abdi
Ex Officio
Minneapolis Board of Education
Roma Anderson Milton
Retired Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, UCare
Ling Becker
Director, Ramsey County Workforce Solutions
Elizabeth Betzler
Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Thomson Reuters
Brett Bohlander
Owner/President, Atlas Manufacturing
James Burroughs
Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, Children’s Minnesota
Kristina Carlson
Senior Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, U.S. Bank
John Conlin
Senior Vice President, Target Properties
Scott Cummings
Minnesota Market Lead, Accenture
Laura Day
Senior Advisor, Minnesota Twins
Jacob Frey
Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Minneapolis
Derek Fried
Twin Cities Business Leader
Art Gardner, Jr.
Construction Manager, Hillcrest Development, LLP.
Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou
President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Danielle Grant
Ex Officio
President and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities
Michelle Grogg
Executive Director, The Cargill Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development, Cargill, Inc.
Steve Liss
Retired Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Minneapolis Public Schools
Bradley Pederson
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Sarah Quayle
Chief People Officer, Shift Paradigm
Caralie Roisum
Director of Marketing and Creative Services, APi Group
Amber Ruffin
Senior Health Equity Manager, NMDP
Jeff Savage
Senior Vice President, Chief Audit and Financial Services Officer, Xcel Energy
Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams
Ex Officio
Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
Mike Smoczyk
Director of Professional Development, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc.
Susan Soldin
Vice President Human Resources, Neuroscience Portfolio, Medtronic
Sara Stamschror-Lott
CEO/Founder, Creative Kuponya
John Stanoch
Twin Cities Business Leader
Elizabeth Stevens
Retired Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Director of Financial Aid, St. Catherine University
Tony Tolliver
Twin Cities Business Leader
Sam Walling
Partner, Jones Day
Mat Watson
Senior Vice President Finance, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Best Buy
Chrissie Weyenberg
Director of Internal Audit, General Mills