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University of Minnesota Foundation

Board of Trustees

Guiding the University of Minnesota Foundation for the past 44 years is the Foundation's Board of Trustees. Elected annually for three-year terms, the Trustees are University alumni and friends who provide invaluable counsel in strategic planning, education, fund-raising and other matters. One quarter of the Trustees are appointed by the University's Board of Regents. Below are the current Foundation Trustees.


Officers:

Elliot S. Kaplan, Chair
Partner
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi


B. Kristine Johnson, Vice Chair
General Partner
Affinity Capital


Stanley S. Hubbard, Secretary
Chairman and CEO
Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.


Lynn A. Nagorske, Treasurer
Private investor


L. Steven Goldstein, President and CEO
University of Minnesota Foundation


Other Members:

Ruth G. Bachman
Member, Masonic Cancer Center,
University of Minnesota Advisory Board


Shari L. Ballard
Executive Vice President
for Retail Channel Management
Best Buy Co.


Robert H. Bruininks
President
University of Minnesota


Jon R. Campbell
CEO
Wells Fargo Minnesota


Linda A. Cohen
Vice Chair – Board of Regents, University of Minnesota


Martin E. Davis
CEO
Cambria


Michael J. Davis
Chief U.S. District Judge
District of Minnesota


Judith H. Dutcher
President
The Museum of Russian Art


Michael R. Francis
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Target Corporation


Katherine G. Hadley
Executive Director
Heading Home Minnesota


William A. Hawkins III
CEO and Chairman of the Board
Medtronic


Deborah L. Hopp
Vice President, MSP Communications
Publisher, MplsStPaul Magazine


Robert M.A. Johnson
Anoka County Attorney


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


Lawrence A. Laukka
President, Laukka Jarvis Development
University Distinguished Fellow
Senior Advisor, UMore Park


Nancy E. Lindahl
Former President
University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Community Volunteer


Walter F. Ling
Vice President, Systems Support
Senior State Executive for Minnesota
IBM Corporation


Robert D. MacDonald III
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales, 3M Company
President, 3M Foundation


Charles W. Mooty
Chairman
International Dairy Queen, Inc.


Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Chairman
Carlson Companies, Inc.


Dale R. Olseth
Chairman Emeritus

Charles M. Osborne
Chief Financial Officer
Fair Isaac, Inc.


William Pedersen
Design Principal
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates


Jörg A. Pierach
Founder and President
Fast Horse Inc.


Lois E. Quam
Managing Director, Alternative Investments
Piper Jaffray


Patricia S. Simmons
Professor of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic
Regent, University of Minnesota


Debra A. Sit
Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager
Sit Investments


E. Thomas Sullivan
Senior Vice President and Provost
University of Minnesota


James I. Swenson
President
Swenson Family Foundation


Kathryn H. Tunheim
President and CEO
Tunheim Partners


Kurt D. Winkelmann
Co-head, Global Investment Strategies Group
Goldman Sachs and Co.


George H. Winn
Dentist and Co-founder
Community Security Bank


Simon KaWo Wong
Group Chairman and Managing Director
Kampery Group, Hong Kong
President, UMAA Hong Kong Chapter

 


Elliott S. Kaplan, Chair
Partner
Robins, Kaplan,
Miller & Ciresi

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