Our Board

Meet the Board

Board Officers

Hoyt Hsiao

Vice Chair and Treasurer President & CEO
Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.

Chair of the Board

Steve Singer

CEO
Rockler Companies, Inc.

Vice Chair

 

John Stout

Secretary Co-Chair, Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability & CSR, & Artificial Intelligence Groups
Fredrikson & Byron

Secretary

Jeffrey Payne

Commercial Banking Lead
Huntington Bank

Treasurer


Board Members

Kevin Besikof

Partner
Eisner Advisory Group

Shaun Coard

SVP
Bremer

Shawn Calabrase

Director, Procurement
Best Buy

Molly Dorgan

Vice President
Target

 

Robert Doty

CFO
Science Museum

Jashan Eison

President & CEO
H&B Elevators

Bukata Hayes

VP, Racial & Health Equity
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Joel Lebewitz

Partner & Executive Committee Member
Lurie, LLP

 

Natalie McGrady

Global Supplier Diversity Leader
Cargill

Al Mendoza

Principal and Partner
Ernst and Young

Stefan Michno

Director of Development
Kraus Anderson

Darren Moquist

CFO, Employer and Individual
United Healthcare

 

Mary Muldowney

Global Sourcing Leader
General Mills

Andrea Novak

Community Affairs Supervisor
Minnesota Pollution Control

Priya Narula

CEO
Keyhubs

Jeffrey Payne

Group Manager
Huntington Bank

 

Chris Pham

Attorney
Fredrikson & Byron

Lalin Perera (Al)

Wells Fargo
SVP | Commercial Banking Leader - Middle Market

Jacob Rider

Vice President, Services
Deluxe

Michael Roberts

CEO
Taichetán

 

D’Angelos Svenkeson

CEO
NEOO Partners

David Rudolph

Region Manager, Minnesota
Chase

Steven Singer

CEO
Rockler Companies, Inc.

Matt Thompson

Senior Vice President
U.S. Bank

 

Joseph Wallace

President
Independent Packing Services

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 BIPOC Entrepreneurs

Our History

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 BIPOC Entrepreneurs