Senior Leadership & Board
NAZ’s management includes multiple levels of leadership, including NAZ Board of Directors, collaborative partner leadership, our parent leaders, and NAZ Central leadership staff.
NAZ Senior Leadership
Board of Directors
Board Officers
Board Chair, Makeda Zulu= Senior Director of Community Partnerships, Urban Research and Outreach – Engagement Center
Vice-Chair, Karen Grabow, Principal, KGH Leadership
Treasurer, Sarah Curfman+, President & CEO, Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota
Directors
Susan W. Allen, Founder & Principal, Brand Impact Consulting, LLC
Ziad Amra^, SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
Jane McDonald Black, Executive Director, JAB Foundation
Deb Burke, Senior Government Relations Consultant, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions
Michael Ciresi, Founding Partner, Ciresi Conlin L.L.P.
Jack Dempsey, Operating Advisor, Norwest Equity Partners
Dr. Damien Fair, Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain; Professor, University of Minnesota
Amelia Williams Hardy, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Best Buy
Brandon Hollman, NAZ Parent Representative
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°, Global Head of Commercial Legal, M&A, and IP, Scoular
Matt Marsh, Managing Partner, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory
Geoff Martha, Chairman & CEO, Medtronic
Benito Matias, Principal, Ascension Catholic School
Rev. Elijah McDavid III, Senior Pastor, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Kelly McQueen, Regional President & Head of Corporate Banking – Minnesota, PNC Bank
Brianna Mooty, Counsel, Faegre Drinker
Brian Taylor*, Founding Partner & CEO, Pine River Capital Management
Karen Wilson Thissen, General Counsel and Secretary, General Mills
Rima Torgerson, Board Member & Former Chairperson, Interfaith & Outreach Community Partners
Laysha Ward, Retired EVP & Chief External Engagement Officer, Target
May Xiong, Chief Workforce Development Officer, Hennepin County
Makeda Zulu^, Executive Director, Urban Research and Outreach – Engagement Center
* Development Chair
= Executive Chair
+ Finance Chair
° Governance Chair
^ Impact Chair
Ex Officio Member
Jacob Frey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis
NAZ Executive Leaders
Rev. Dr. Alika Galloway, 21st Century Academy
Jori Thibodeaux, Agape Child Development Center
Benito Matias, Ascension Catholic School
Pat Sukhum, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Terryl Brumm, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities
David McGee, Build Wealth MN
Liza Anderson-Schmid, Camden High School
Jacquelyn Carpenter, Cookie Cart
Jason Morrison, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Debby Prudhomme, Everyday Miracles
Katherine Lankford, Finance & Affirmations
Katharine Campbell, Groves Academy
Julie Brekke, Hired
Charles Moses, Hospitality House Youth Development
Phyllis Sloan, La Crèche Early Childhood Centers
Tyrize Cox, Minneapolis Public Schools
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)
Jessica Herrod, Olu's Beginnings
Armondo Dickerson, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Brandon Elsner, Playworks Minnesota
Karla Henderson, Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
Brooke Rivers, Reading Partners Twin Cities
Julia Quanrud, ServeMinnesota
Julie Bluhm, The Family Partnership
Cisa Keller, Think Small
Shereese Turner, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Emma Corrie, Twin Cities R!SE
AsaleSol Young, Housing in Action
Erika Binger, V3 Sports
Craig Warren, Washburn Center for Children
Coco Du, Way to Grow
Jenny Wright Collins, University YMCA, Beacons, & Career Pathways
Shakira Onwuachi, North Community YMCA
Parent Advisory Board Members
Allegra Kennedy
Angelina Courtney
Anthony Jefferson
Calahena Merrick
Charmaine Bell
Collette Bedas
Diane Diamond
Divena Davis
Ebele Onwuagba
Elisha Jackson
Iesha Jackson
Kelly Jackson
Markanetta Smith
Macey Wheeler
Ogi Carter
Nichole Flowers
Pamela Wright
Rasheda Jenkins
Tamara Campbell
Amy Suchie
Tim Donaldson
Mary Chiester
Gloria Gumpter
Angela Rabb
Briana Thomas
Kamesha Jones
Stacey Mbonu
Cammara Winters
Pamela Holder
Jaqueline Marshall
Lynnisha Grigsby
Dominique Pendleton
Maggie Jones
Stacie Hayes
Tavona Childs
Treniska Bonner
Jhataya Morgan
Adrienne Bettie
Aja Harris
Domonique Jones
Deonna Harris
Danielle Tucker
Paris Gatlin
Toshiba Hill
Jacqueline Marshall
Poovi Kpodar
Dori Cabrera
Tomesha Smith
Carol Meaux