Board of Directors
Mary K. Boyd, Saint Paul Public Schools (retired)
Billy Collins, YWCA Saint Paul
John Couchman, The Saint Paul Foundation (retired)
John Harrington, Minnesota State Senate
Rick Heydinger, Public Strategies Group (retired)
Jim Miller, Ecolab
Bill Sands, Western Bancshares, Inc.
Bill Svrluga, WJS Consulting Group
Reverend David Van Dyke, House of Hope Presbyterian Church
Reverend Carl Walker, Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church
Thad Wilderson, Thad Wilderson & Associates
Otis Zanders, Department of Corrections (retired)
Development Strategy Committee
Ellen Brown, The Brown Partners, Inc.
Pat Cook, Minnesota Public Radio (retired)
Terry Crowley, Crowley, White & Helmer, Inc. (retired)
Joseph Ellis, Wells Fargo
Senator John Harrington, Minnesota State Senate
Rick Heydinger, Public Strategies Group (retired)
Jim Miller, Ecolab
Bill Sands, Western Bancshares, Inc.
Bill Svrluga, WJS Consulting Group
Otis Zanders, Department of Corrections (retired)
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Community Leaders
Nathaniel Khaliq, St. Paul NAACP
Lester Collins, Council on Black Minnesotans
Dave Ellis, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Bill Sands, Western Bank Shares, Inc.
Kristi Rendahl, Rendahl Consulting
Rick Heydinger, Public Strategies Group
Terry Devitt, community volunteer
Bill Svrluga, WJS Consulting Group
Mary K. Boyd, St. Paul Public Schools (retired)
Steve Randall, Youth in Transition
Human Service Leaders
Billy Collins, YWCA St. Paul
Thad Wilderson, Thad Wilderson and Associates
Melvin Carter Jr., Retired Police Officer, Save Our Sons
Clyde Turner, Ramsey County Human Services
Bruce Beneke, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
Jackie Cooper, Ramsey County Commissioner
Warren Simpson, Hennepin County Medical Center
Ellis Bullock, Grotto Foundation
Gary Cunningham, Northwest Area Foundation
Black Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Carl Walker, Morning Star Baptist
Rev. Runney Patterson, New Hope Baptist
Rev. Charles Gill, Pilgrim Baptist
Rev. Loyace Foreman, Jr., New Vision Faith Center
Rev. Ron Smith, UNITY Baptist
Public Sector Officials
Senator John Harrington, Minnesota State Senate
Commissioner Toni Carter, Ramsey County
Councilman Melvin Carter III, City of Saint Paul
Judge George Stephenson, Ramsey County Courts
Commander Tina McNamara, Saint Paul Police Department
Business Leaders
Andy Bessette, Travelers Insurance
Bob Senkler, Securian
Jim Miller, Ecolab
Steve Lewis, Deluxe Check
Crowley, White and Helmer, Inc.
André Lewis, RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation (retired)
Al Nuness, Jostens, Inc.
Steve Wellington, Wellington Management