Leadership & Board

Board Officers

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

Vice-Chair, Karen Grabow, Principal, KGH Leadership

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

Directors

Susan Allen, Founder & Principal, Brand Impact Consulting, LLC

Ziad Amra, SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance

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

Jack Dempsey, Operating Advisor, Norwest Equity Partners

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

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

Neel Kashkari, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

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

Jane McDonald Black, Executive Director, JAB Foundation

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

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

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

Laysha Ward, EVP & Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

May Xiong, Assistant County Administrator, Disparities Reduction, Hennepin County

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