Board of Trustees

Officers

Tom Harding – Chairperson

Will Schultz – Vice Chairperson/Vice Chair, Fund Development

Cynthia Clanton – Secretary

Karin O'Hara – Treasurer/Vice Chair, Finance

Mary Bartz – Vice Chair, Board Member Development

Dave Pace – Vice Chair, Fund Distribution

Laurie Pumper – Vice Chair, Marketing/Communications/Alumni

Lauren Holderness – At Large Executive Committee Member

Jennifer Arps – At Large Executive Committee Member

Trustees

Janet Beyer Retired Extension Program Leader

Cynthia Clanton Marketing Communications

Tom Harding CEO Infinity Direct

Cindy Manwarren Test Kitchen Manager Land O’ Lakes

Staci Martin Director Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, AgStar

Pat Beddor Partner Japps-Olson Printing

Jan Haeg Director Field Talent Development LifeTouch National School Studios Inc.

Shawn Lewis Non-profit executive

Gwen McFaden Be the Match Foundation

David Pace Retired, Associate Professor

Laurie Pumper Ewald Consulting

Gary Prazich Vice President, Finance and Operations Ostbye & Anderson

Will Schultz Attorney Merchant & Gould

Jennifer Arps Senior Wealth Advisor Somerset Advisers LLC

Mary Bartz Principal, Bartz Consulting Group

Christopher E. Drown Supervisory Examiner FDIC

Lauren Holderness Principal, Compendium Partners

Tricia Maloney Transportation Leader, Donaldson Company, Inc.

Scott Piering Attorney

Karin O’Hara Controller AmeriChoice – a United Health Group Co.

Dorothy Freeman Associate Dean and State 4-H Program Leader, Center 4-H Youth Development

Beverly Durgan Dean, University of Minnesota Extension

David Werner Assistant Dean & Chief Operating Officer

Trustees emeritus

Dean Ascheman-Adjutant/Executive Director, Disabled American Veterans; Retired, IBM Corporation, Roseville

Elaine Christiansen -Retired, Pillsbury, St. Paul

Joleen Durken-Retired, Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning, Inver Grove Heights

Walter Mondale (Honorary Trustee)-Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis

Mark Wilberts- Land O’Lakes, Inc., Shoreview

Wayne Carlson-Owner, World-span Educational Consulting, New Brighton

Ex-oficio

Dale Blyth (ex officio)-Director, Center for 4-H Youth Development, Shoreview

Beverly Durgan (ex officio)-Dean and Director, University of Minnesota Extension

Dorothy McCargo Freeman (ex officio)-State 4-H Program Leader & Assistant Director, Minneapolis