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Board of Directors

Networking Team:

Ann Bancroft

Founder, Ann Bancroft Foundation

Carol Culp

Community Volunteer

Fr. John Estrem

CEO, Catholic Charities of St. Paul & Minneapolis

Nate Garvis

Vice President of Government Affairs, Target Corporation

Steven Kennedy

Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP

Dean Phillips

President, Phillips Distilling Company

Effrem Smith

Senior Pastor, Sanctuary Covenant Church

David Walsh

President, National Institute on Media and the Family

Expertise Team:

Kenneth Dragseth

Retired Superintendent of Edina Public Schools, Dragseth Consulting, Inc.

Craig Vana

Associate Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools

Expansion Team:

Jeff Heegaard

Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Minnesota

Colleen Needles Steward

President, Tremendous! Entertainment & The Family Catalog

Mary Paoli

Community Leader

Gail Shore

President, Shore to Shore Communications, Inc.

Tim Thorpe

Senior Vice President, Arnold Advertising Worldwide

Excellence Team:

Tony Enrico

President, 2nd Wind Exercise

Scott Lutz

Chief Marketing Officer, Life Time Fitness, Inc.

David McFarland

Senior Vice President & Chief Credit Officer, Marquette Transportation Finance, Inc.

Mary Nord

President, Weber-Nord Consulting

Strategy Team:

Joe Cavanaugh

Founder & CEO, Youth Frontiers, Inc.

Dave Dorn

President, Special Olympics Minnesota

Paul Maenner, Chair of the Board

Principal, JMW Development, LLC

Mike Maney

Partner, The Excelsior Group

Fred Senn

Partner, Fallon Worldwide

Hank Shea

Senior Distinguished Fellow, University of St. Thomas School of Law