Leadership

Leadership team

Kent Whitworth

Kent Whitworth
Director and CEO

Brian.

Brian Juntti
Executive Vice President, Mission Enablement

Avi.

Avi Viswanathan
Executive Vice President, Mission Delivery

David.

David Kelliher
Vice President of Public Policy & Government Relations

Kevin

Kevin Maijala
Senior Vice President of Education & Interpretation

Jack Matheson.

Jack Matheson
Associate Vice President Strategy Implementation

Jennifer Pogatchnik.

Jennifer Pogatchnik
Vice President of Advancement

Nicole Tuescher.

Nicole Tuescher
Vice President of People & Culture

Governing board

Officers

  • Peter M. Reyes, Jr., President
  • Thomas M. Forsythe, Vice President, Treasurer
  • David R. Hakensen, Immediate Past President
  • Kent Whitworth, Secretary

Executive council

  • Ford W. Bell
  • Sharon Sayles Belton
  • M. Mitchell Davis
  • Joanell M. Dyrstad
  • Richard E. Engebretson
  • Carolyn M. Essig
  • Stephanie L. Fehr
  • Thomas M. Forsythe
  • Jesse Bethke Gomez
  • David R. Hakensen
  • Dustin B. Heckman
  • Elizabeth Driscoll Hlavka
  • Bridget A. Larson-Lindner
  • Linda Brekke Mona
  • Jennifer J. Murray
  • Richard C. Nash
  • Krista E. O’Malley
  • John Pacheco Jr.
  • Peter M. Reyes Jr.
  • Daniel J. Schmechel
  • Diana L. Schutter
  • Daniel W. Shogren
  • Roger J. Sit
  • Anton S. Treuer
  • John R. Tunheim
  • Noelle P. Turner
  • Kyle R. Ward
  • Gwen N. Westerman
  • Kent Whitworth (Nonvoting, Director & CEO)

Ex Officio

  • Tim Walz, Governor
  • Julie Blaha, State Auditor
  • Keith Ellison, Attorney General
  • Steve Simon, Secretary of State
  • Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor

Emeritus council

  • Nina M. Archabal+
  • Charles W. Arnason+
  • Annette Atkins+
  • Sharon Avent+
  • Bruce W. Bean+
  • Gretchen U. Beito+
  • Diane Berthel
  • Kathleen Blatz
  • Suzanne Blue
  • Robert Bruininks
  • Barbara E. Burwell
  • Judith S. Corson
  • Grant W. Davis
  • Mark Davis+
  • Michael J. Davis
  • Charlton Dietz+
  • D. Stephen Elliott
  • Michael B. Farnell
  • Harold A. Frederick
  • Ram Gada+
  • Phyllis Rawls Goff+
  • William Green
  • James T. Hale
  • MayKao Y. Hang
  • Stanley S. Hubbard
  • Karen A. Humphrey+
  • Ruth S. Huss
  • Lucy R. Jones+
  • Sylvia Kaplan+ 
  • Dennis L. Lamkin
  • Jean M. Larson
  • Monica Little
  • Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
  • Charles Mahar
  • Susan B. McCarthy
  • William C. Melton+
  • Joseph S. Micallef+
  • Dean M. Nelson
  • Richard H. Nicholson
  • Elizabeth M. Nordlie
  • Peter R. Reis
  • Mark Ritchie
  • Kennon V. Rothchild+
  • Susan Kenny Stevens
  • William R. Stoeri+
  • Edward C. Stringer
  • Bo Thao-Urabe
  • Karen Wilson Thissen
  • Missy Staples Thompson
  • Kathy H. Tunheim
  • Benjamin Vander Kooi
  • Eleanor C. Winston
  • Warren J. Zaccaro

Honorary council

  • Lowell C. Anderson
  • Marvin R. Anderson
  • Nina M. Archabal+
  • Charles W. Arnason+
  • Annette Atkins+
  • Sharon Avent+
  • Bruce W. Bean+
  • Gretchen U. Beito+
  • Ford W. Bell
  • S. K. Dash
  • Mark Davis+
  • Charlton Dietz+
  • Elizabeth S. Driscoll
  • Dennis Dvorak
  • Richard L. Ferrell
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Ram Gada+
  • Phyllis Rawls Goff+
  • Karen A. Humphrey+
  • John Huss
  • Ruth Huss+
  • Lucy R. Jones+
  • Sylvia Kaplan+
  • Colles Larkin
  • Robert C. Mack
  • Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
  • Terry McGibbon
  • Peg Meier
  • William C. Melton+
  • Joseph S. Micallef+
  • Richard Moe
  • Stephen Nelson
  • Larry G. Osnes
  • Donald G. Patton
  • Fred Perez
  • Mark Peterson
  • Kennon V. Rothchild+
  • Ramedo J. Saucedo
  • Jeff Savage
  • Barbara W. Sommer
  • William R. Stoeri+
  • Gerald Vizenor
  • Vernell Wabasha
  • Jeanette E. Warner
  • Annette M. Whaley
  • Mary Lethert Wingerd

+ Emeritus and Honorary Council Member