Leadership & Board

Board Officers

Board Chair, Dianne Haulcy^, President & CEO, The Family Partnership

Vice-Chair, Karen Grabow, Executive Consultant, Navigate Forward

Treasurer, Sarah Curfman+, President & CEO, Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota

Directors

Ziad Amra, SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation

Tom Borman, Of Counsel, Maslon L.L.P.

Deb Burke, Senior Government Relations Consultant, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

Michael Ciresi, Founding Partner, Ciresi Conlin L.L.P.

Annie Gillette Cleveland, VP, Communications & Marketing Strategy, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Dr. Damien Fair, Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain; Professor, University of Minnesota

Jacob Frey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis

Kirsten Gorsuch, SVP & Chief Communications Officer, UnitedHealthcare

Amelia Williams Hardy, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Best Buy

David Hough, County Administrator, Hennepin County

Paul Johnston, EVP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, Thrivent

Al Lenzmeier, Retired, President & COO, Best Buy

Tim Manning*, Senior Associate General Counsel, Scoular

Matt Marsh, Managing Partner, Deloitte

Geoff Martha, Chairman & CEO, Medtronic

Benito Matias, Principal, Ascension Catholic School

Dominique Mays, Parent Representative

Kim Nelson, Retired, SVP, External Relations, General Mills

Brian Taylor, Founding Partner & CEO, Pine River Capital Management

Karen Wilson Thissen°, General Counsel and Secretary, General Mills

Laysha Ward, EVP & Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

Makeda Zulu^, Executive Director, Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center

* Development Chair

+ Finance Chair

° Governance Chair

^ Impact Chair

NAZ Executive Leaders

Rev. Dr. Alika Galloway, 21st Century Academy

Benito Matias, Ascension Catholic School

Pat Sukhum, Big Brothers Big Sisters

Jason Morrison, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Debby Prudhomme, Everyday Miracles

Katharine Campbell, Groves Academy

Julie Brekke, Hired

Shana Ford, KIPP North Star & KIPP Legacy

Phyllis Sloan, La Crèche Early Childhood Centers

Tyrize Cox, Minneapolis Public Schools

Dr. Stacey Joyner, Minneapolis Public Schools Early Childhood

Gevonee Ford, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD)

Kelly Wright, Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School

Clare Sanford, New Horizon Academy

Keith Kozerski, Northside Child Development Center (NCDC)

Liza Anderson-Schmid, Patrick Henry High School

Suzanne E. Burks, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

Brandon Elsner, Playworks Minnesota

Melissa Denton, Plymouth Christian Youth Center (PCYC)

Paul Williams, Project for Pride in Living (PPL)

Brooke Rivers, Reading Partners

Julia Quanrud, ServeMinnesota

Dianne Haulcy, The Family Partnership

Barbara Yates, Think Small

Emma Corrie, Twin Cities R!SE

AsaleSol Young, Urban Homeworks

Erika Binger, V3 Sports

Craig Warren, Washburn Center for Children

Carolyn Smallwood, Way to Grow

Jenny Collins, YMCA of the North/YMCA Beacons