Board of Directors

  • Henry Blissenbach, Chair
    President, Profit Upward & Osprey Enterprises, Inc.
  • David Bares, Vice Chair
    Vice President, Mansfield Search 
  • Gregory Keane, Treasurer
    Chief Financial Officer, Bush Foundation.
  • Alan Thiel, Secretary
    Partner, Thiel, Campbell, Gunderson & Anderson, P.L.L.P.
  • Mike Chevrette, Board Member
    Disability Advocate & Consultant
  • John Hetterick, Board Member
    Co-founder, No Place Like Home Communities, Inc.
  • Cynthia L. Lesher, Board Member
    Retired, President and CEO, Northern States Power Company-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy company
  • Miguel A. Linares, Board Member
    Director of Operations, Meals Division, General Mills
  • Jane McCrossan, Board Member
    Vice President, C.S. McCrossan
  • George E. Mikiska, Board Member
    GEM Consulting Services, Inc.
  • Mickey Pajor, Board Member
    Co-founder, Pajor Family Foundation
  • Janet Shepherd, Board Member
    Program Specialist/Nutritionist, Minnesota Department of Education
  • Edson Spencer Jr., Board Member
    Chairman and Founder, Affinity Capital Management
  • Nancy Wagner, Board Member
    General Mills