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President's Advisory Team & Senior Leadership

Sylvia Strobel

President & CEO

Amina Jaafar

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Mary Jones

Chief Advancement Officer

Nick Kereakos

Chief Content Officer

Doug Roderick

Chief Financial Officer

Maureen Barry

Chief of Staff & Board Liaison

Kelly Bigler

VP of Marketing, Communications & Brand Strategy

Kristin Pederson

VP of Center for Lifelong Learning

David Preston

VP of Membership

Sarah Schnell

VP of Human Resources

Ricky Weston

VP of Technology

Shari Aberle

General Counsel

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Board of Trustees

Martha "Muffy" MacMillan, Chair

Philanthropist & Community Leader

Peter Hatinen, Vice Chair

SVP, Managing Director of Wealth Strategy 

Ascent Private Capital Management

Rotolu “Ro” Adebiyi

Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Thrivent Financial

Teddy Bekele

SVP & Chief Technology Officer

Land O’Lakes Technology

John Bergstrom

General Partner

Mairs & Power Venture Capital

Colleen Brown

Senior Strategist

Panarchy.io

Barbara Burwell

President

Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation

Jeff Dehn

Director, Communications Strategy & Performance

Xcel Energy

Scott Dillon

CEO, Board Member and Founder

Travis Engelhaupt

Director of Marketing - Digital Experience

Mayo Clinic

Joe Fleming

SVP, Chief Compliance Officer

Ameriprise Financial

Kristy Howe

Chief Marketing Officer

Great Day Improvements

Hoyt Hsiao

President & CEO

Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.

Amy L. Jensen

Chief Investment Officer

The Lansing Group, LLC

Mumtaz Kazim, MD

President, Medical Director

Edina Family Physicians

Thea Keamy

Retired Chief Strategy Officer

Land O’Lakes

Orson Ledezma Castro

SVP & GM, Global Light Water

Ecolab

Maria McKean

VP, Global Partners

Cargill

Somia Mourad

Consultant

Edgewater Advisory Group

Margaret Murphy

CEO

Bold Orange

Courtney Nelson Wills

VP, Corporate and Public Company Governance and Assistant Secretary

Medtronic

Jesse Overton, Secretary

Chairman & CEO

SkyLearn/O4, LLC

Robert P. Rinek, Treasurer

Managing Director & Partner

Piper Sandler Merchant Banking

Mark Ritchie

Chair

Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee Educational Fund and Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the US Army

Eric Rucker

Retired VP, Associate General Counsel

Kathy Schmidlkofer

Retired, President & CEO

University of Minnesota Foundation

Theresa Seys

Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

Ameriprise Financial

Rob Sit

VP, Research & Investment Management

Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Dan Stoltz

President & CEO

Blaze Credit Union

Sylvia Strobel

President & CEO

Sandra Vargas

Founder & Principal Consultant

Vargas Consulting & Coaching

R. Kirk Weidner

Retired VP, Global Partners

Cargill

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Community Advisory Council

The Community Advisory Council (CAC) is a non‐governing advisory board created for the Minnesota PBS fulfill its mission to enrich lives and improve our community through the power of media. The CAC is composed of residents of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area who represent a diverse and broad cross‐section of interests, concerns and ideas. The CAC acts as a sounding board to Minnesota PBS staff’s programming ideas and offers advice on and has an opportunity to influence Minnesota PBS's programming and services. The CAC performs a unique public service for the Twin Cities metro community. Community Advisory Council members are asked to serve a 3‐year term.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Minnesota PBS Community Advisory Council, please send your resume and a description of why you wish to volunteer on the Community Advisory Council to Nick Kereakos at [email protected].

Matthew Carter

Executive Director

Dakota County Historical Society

Laura J. Cooper

Professor Emerita

University of Minnesota Law School

Jane Graupman

Executive Director

International Institute of Minnesota

James McClean, Esq.

Government Relations Manager

HealthPartners

Amy Mino, Chair

Excutive Director

Landmark Center

Xenia Hernandez

Public Service Manager

City of St. Paul

Craig Rice

Adjunct Faculty

McNally Smith College of Music and Mpls. College of Art & Design

Dr. Leon Rodrigues

Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Luther Seminary

Carmen Rodriguez Johnson

Chief Marketing Officer

Hazelden Betty Ford

Betsy Russomanno

Community Volunteer

Zinzile Sibanda

Marketing & Communications Manager

Big Brothers and Big Sisters

The Honorable Stephen L. Smith, Esq.

District Court Judge, Second Judicial District

Ramsey County

Rich Wien

Retired, Board of Trustees

Hamline University

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