Staff & Board
Board of Directors
Erika L. Binger
Patricia S. Binger
Meghan Binger Brown
Robert Bruininks
David Crosby
Bill Gregg
Debby Landesman
Perry Moriearty
Ted Staryk
Robert J. Struyk
Corporate Officers
Ted Staryk, Board Chair
Kate Wolford, President
Bill Gregg, Assistant Treasurer
Rick Scott, Vice President of Finance and Compliance, and Secretary
Foundation Staff
| Executive Office | |
 | Kate Wolford President @katewolford biography |
 | Kathy Koenigsmark Executive Assistant |
| Program | |
 | Neal Cuthbert Vice President of Program |
 | Nan Jahnke Program Administrator |
| Arts | |
 | Vickie Benson Program Director @vickielbenson |
 | Arleta Little Program Officer |
 | Sarah Lovan Program Officer @sarahlovan |
 | Kristen Marx Program Assistant |
| Communications | |
 | Tim Hanrahan Communications Director @thanrahan |
 | David Kennedy-Logan Communications Officer @kenlog |
 | Shannon Eisentrager Communications Administrator @s_eisentrager |
| Education & Learning | |
 | Erin Gavin Program & Policy Officer @erinsgavin |
 | Nan Jahnke Program Administrator |
| Finance and Compliance | |
 | Rick Scott Vice President of Finance and Compliance |
 | Therese Casey Controller |
 | Jamie Hagerty Senior Accountant |
 | Alla Vaynberg Accountant |
 | Bile Daad Accounting Assistant |
 | Kaia Ellis Finance Assistant |
| Human Resources and Administration | |
 | Bernadette Christiansen Vice President of Administration |
 | Stephanie Duffy Director of Grants Administration @srduffy |
 | Jay Colond Director of Information Technology @jcolond |
 | Jennifer Harshner Operations Coordinator @jenshner |
 | Joni Chacich Human Resources Generalist |
 | Shaina Briscoe Grants Administration Associate |
 | Cosandra Lloyd Information Technology Administrator |
 | Danita Marroquin Part-time Receptionist/Administrative Assistant |
 | Jan Peterson Grants Administration Assistant |
 | Janine Steffens Receptionist/Administrative Assistant |
 | Jeffrey Tatsuda Part-time Receptionist |
 | Lorri Todd Meetings and Events Manager |
| International | |
 | Jane Maland Cady, Ph.D. Program Director |
 | Becky Monnens Program Officer @bmonnens |
 | Karyn Sciortino Johnson Program Administrator |
 | Kaying Vang Program Assistant |
| Midwest Climate & Energy | |
 | Aimee Witteman Program Director @aimeewitteman |
 | Sarah Marquardt Program Administrator |
| MN Initiative Foundations | |
| Neal Cuthbert Vice President of Program |
 | Nan Jahnke Program Administrator |
| Mississippi River | |
 | Ron Kroese Program Director |
 | Mark Muller Program Officer |
| Sarah Marquardt Program Administrator |
| Neuroscience Research | |
 | Eileen Maler Program Manager |
| Nan Jahnke Program Administrator |
| Region & Communities | |
 | Lee Sheehy Program Director |
 | Eric Muschler Program Officer @emuschler |
 | Sarah Hernandez Program Officer @sarah1hernandez |
 | Renee Richie Program Administrator |