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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
President and CEO
TCF Financial Corporation

Gerald B. Fischer, President and CEO
Associate Vice President
University of Minnesota


Other Members:

Ruth G. Bachman
Member, U of M Cancer Center
Advisory Board

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

Robert H. Bruininks
President
University of Minnesota

Robert E. Buuck
Retired CEO
American Medical Systems

Jon R. Campbell
CEO
Wells Fargo Minnesota

Martin E. Davis
CEO
Cambria

Judith H. Dutcher
President
Museum of Russian Art

Michael R. Francis
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Target

Fred R. Friswold
CEO
Tonka Equipment Company

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

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

Robert M.A. Johnson
Anoka County Attorney

B. Todd Jones
Partner
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

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, Technology Group
Senior State Executive for Minnesota
IBM Corporation

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

David R. Metzen
Former Superintendent of Schools, South St. Paul
Regent, University of Minnesota

Charles W. Mooty
President and CEO
International Dairy Queen, Inc.

Diana E. Murphy
U.S. Circuit Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Chairman and CEO
Carlson Companies, Inc.

Stephen N. Oesterle
Senior Vice President, Medicine and Technology
Medtronic, Inc.

Dale R. Olseth
Former Executive Chairman and CEO
SurModics, Inc.

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.

Robert C. Pohlad
Chairman and CEO
PepsiAmericas Inc.

Lois E. Quam
Managing Director
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

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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