Our Board

Meet the Board

Group photo of Board of Directors

Board Officers

CHAIR

Kevin Besikof 

Eisner Advisory Group, LLC 

Treasurer

Jeffrey Payne

Huntington Bank  

Vice CHAIR

Steve Singer

Acumen Two

Secretary

John Stout

Fredrikson & Byron   


Board Members

Doug Bell

Chase

Shawn Calabrase

Best Buy


Steve Carleton

Rani Engineering

Shaun Coard

Associated Bank

Molly Dorgan

Target

Robert Doty

Science Museum of Minnesota

Jashan Eison

H&B Elevators

Bukata Hayes

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Angelica Imhoede

Old National Bank

Joel Lebewitz

Global Guide Group

Kenya McKnight-Ahad

Black Women’s Wealth Alliance

Al Mendoza

Ernst & Young

Stefan Michno

Great States


Priya Narula

Keyhubs

Conrad Nguyen

Kortech

Chris Pham

Fredrikson & Byron

Jacob Rider

Deluxe

Michael Roberts

Taičhetán 

Matt Thompson

US Bank

Joseph Wallace

Independent Packing Services, Inc.

Our Team

Together, we can grow MEDA to serve as a national best-in-class organization and go-to resource that is fiercely accountable to our mission of helping underserved entrepreneurs

Our Vision

Together, we can grow MEDA to serve as a national best-in-class organization and go-to resource that is fiercely accountable to our mission of helping underserved entrepreneurs