Board Officers
Barbara Butts Williams
Executive Dean, External Relationships & Partnerships, and Dean Emeritus, School of Business
Capella University
Chair of the Board
Maria Reitan
Principal
Topsail Strategies
Alfredo Martel
CEO & President
John Stout
Vice President & Shareholder
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Secretary (Meda Founding Father)
Hoyt Hsiao
President & CEO
Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.
Craig Veurink
Senior Vice President/Regional Manager of Twin Cities Business Banking
U.S. Bank
Vice Chair
Board Members
Mimi Bekele
Human Resources Director, Wealth Management Division
U.S. Bancorp
Kevin Besikof
Partner
Lurie, LLP
Martha Currea
Vice President, Indirect Sourcing and Global COEs
General Mills
James Garness
Manager, Supplier Diversity
Xcel Energy
Gloria Contreras Edin
Owner/Managing Attorney
Contreras & Metelska P.A.
Jashan Eison
President & CEO
H & B Elevators
Gloria Freeman
CEO
Olu’s Home & Olu’s Center
Laura Helmueller
Senior Vice President, Market Manager
Bremer Bank
Camille Helou
Vice President | Director of Healthcare Group
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
Sara Idle
Senior Human Capital Director
Optum
Joel Lebewitz
Partner
Lurie, LLP
Matt Lyons
2VP, Corporate Procurement
Travelers
Al Mendoza
Principal and Partner
Ernst and Young
Darren Moquist
Chief Financial Officer, Employer and Individual
UnitedHealthcare
Andrea Novak
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Saint Paul Port Authority
Jeffrey Payne
Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager
BMO Harris Bank
Brad Pomerleau
Vice President, Indirect Sourcing and Procurement Center of Excellence
Target Corporation
Shawn Quant
Chief Information Officer
Piper Jaffray & Company
Megan Selby
Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Health Care Division
3M
David Rudolph
Managing Director
Chase
Steve Singer
CEO
Rockler Companies
Vicki Stute
Vice President, Programs and Business Services
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Rich Tofte
Senior Vice President, Business Banking
Wells Fargo
Binh Tran
NA Regional Lead, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
Cargill
John Taylor
Director, Supplier Diversity
Medtronic
Advisory Board
Jeanne Crain
President & CEO
Bremer Bank
Richard Davis
CEO
Make a Wish Foundation
Ben Fowke
Chairman, President & CEO
Xcel Energy
David Kvamme
Regional President of Minnesota Great Lakes Region
Wells Fargo & Company
Vance Opperman
President & CEO
Key Investment, Inc.
Ken Powell
Retired
General Mills, Inc.
Minority Business Enterprise Advisory Council
Dave Bice
President
Bald Eagle Erectors
Jacqui Coleman
President
InGensa
Derek Dorr
President
Deco, Inc.
Jashan Eison
President & CEO
H&B Elevators
Frederic Estes
President
Estes Enterprises
Gloria Freeman
CEO
Olu’s Home/Olu’s Center
Chris Garcia
President & Founder
CGC Commercial
Mark Harris
President
Abundant Office Solutions
Andy Kim
Vice-President
EVS
Mohammed Lawal
Principal Architect, CEO
Lawal, Scott, Erickson Architects
Juan Ramirez
President & Founder
Grupo & Marcelitas Cookies
Jodie Tanaka
President
TEMPO Creative Consultants
Salah Tarraf
President and CEO
Tarraf Construction, Inc.
Tashitaa Tufaa
President and CEO
Metropolitan Transportation Network
Prince Wallace
President
Independent Packing Services, Inc. (IPSI)
Directors Emeritus
Ward Armstrong
Sophie Bell Kelley
Mark Copman
Fred Harris
Cynthia Lesher
Gary Manney
Andy Wells
Doug Eden
Maria Seiler
Jim Scannell