UMF Board of Trustees

The Foundation’s Board of Trustees is elected annually in November for three-year terms. They are University of Minnesota alumni and friends who provide counsel in strategic planning, education, fund raising, and other matters. One-quarter of the trustees are appointed by the University’s Board of Regents. The following members served during fiscal year 2007. Here's an updated list for the current fiscal year.

Officers
Fred R. Friswold, Chair
Edina, Minnesota
CEO
Tonka Equipment Company

Elliot S. Kaplan, Vice Chair
Edina, Minnesota
Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Stanley S. Hubbard, Secretary
St. Marys Point, Minnesota
Chairman and CEO
Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

Lynn A. Nagorske, Treasurer
Orono, Minnesota
President and CEO
TCF Financial Corporation

Gerald B. Fischer, President and CEO
Wayzata, Minnesota

Other members
Ruth G. Bachman
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Member, U of M Cancer
Center Advisory Board

Shari L. Ballard
Edina, Minnesota
Executive Vice President
for Retail Channel Management
Best Buy Co.
Robert H. Bruininks
St. Paul, Minnesota
President, University of Minnesota

Robert E. Buuck
Bloomington, Minnesota
Retired CEO, American Medical Systems

Jon R. Campbell
Orono, Minnesota
CEO, Wells Fargo Minnesota

Martin E. Davis
Excelsior, Minnesota
CEO, Cambria

Judith H. Dutcher
Minnetonka, Minnesota
President, Museum of Russian Art

Michael R. Francis
Orono, Minnesota
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Target Corporation

Luella G. Goldberg
Edina, Minnesota
Former Acting President,
Wellesley College
Corporate Director

Lowell W. Hellervik
St. Paul, Minnesota
CEO, Personnel Decisions International
Deborah L. Hopp
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice President, MSP Communications
Publisher, Mpls St Paul Magazine

B. Kristine Johnson
Wayzata, Minnesota
General Partner
Affinity Capital

Robert M.A. Johnson
Ramsey, Minnesota
Anoka County Attorney

B. Todd Jones
St. Paul, Minnesota
Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Lawrence A. Laukka
Edina, Minnesota
President, Laukka Jarvis Development

David M. Larson
Wayzata, Minnesota
Executive Vice President, Cargill, Inc.
Regent, University of Minnesota

Nancy E. Lindahl
Deephaven, Minnesota
Former President, UMAA
Community Volunteer

Walter F. Ling
Rochester, Minnesota
Vice President, Technology Group
Senior State Executive for Minnesota
IBM Corporation
Lee Prohofsky
Pictured from left
to right:
Fred R. Friswold Chair
Elliot S. Kaplan
Vice Chair
Lynn A. Nagorske Treasurer
Stanley S. Hubbard Secretary
Gerald B. Fischer President and CEO