Leadership
Leadership team

Kent Whitworth
Director and CEO

Jennifer Jones
Associate Executive Director

Amber Annis
Director, Native American Initiatives

Briana Joyner
Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer

Brian Juntti
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

David Kelliher
Director of Public Policy & Government Relations

Ben Leonard
Senior Director of Historical Sites and Facilities Operations

Kevin Maijala
Senior Director of Learning Initiatives

Fred Neher
Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer Pogatchnik
Chief Development Officer

Brenda Raney
Senior Director, Preservation and Outreach

Avi Viswanathan
Director of Community Engagement
Governing board
Officers
- David Hakensen, President
- Thomas M. Forsythe, Treasurer
- Phyllis Rawls Goff, Immediate Past President
- Peter Reyes, Vice President
- Kent Whitworth, Secretary
Executive council
- Ford W. Bell
- Barbara E. Burwell
- Grant W. Davis
- Michael J. Davis
- M. Mitchell Davis
- Joanell M. Dyrstad
- Richard E. Engebretson
- Michael B. Farnell
- Stephanie L. Fehr
- Thomas M. Forsythe
- Phyllis Rawls Goff
- David R. Hakensen
- Jean M. Larson
- Monica Little
- Linda Brekke Mona
- Richard C. Nash
- Krista E. O’Malley
- Peter M. Reyes Jr.
- Daniel J. Schmechel
- Diana L. Schutter
- Anton S. Treuer
- John R. Tunheim
- Noelle P. Turner
- Benjamin Vander Kooi
- Gwen N. Westerman
- Kent Whitworth
- Warren J. Zaccaro
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+
- Sharon Avent+
- Diane Berthel
- Robert Bruininks
- Charlton Dietz+
- Ram Gada
- MayKao Hang
- Ruth S. Huss
- Dennis Lamkin
- Susan B. McCarthy
- Dean Nelson
- Peter Reis
- Susan Kenny Stevens
- Bo Thao-Urabe
- Kathy H. Tunheim
- Charles W. Arnason+
- Bruce W. Bean+
- Kathleen Blatz
- Judith S. Corson
- D. Stephen Elliott
- William Green
- Stanley S. Hubbard
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- William C. Melton+
- Richard H. Nicholson
- Mark Ritchie
- William R. Stoeri
- Karen Wilson Thissen
- Eleanor Winston
- Annette Atkins+
- Gretchen U. Beito+
- Suzanne Blue
- Mark Davis+
- Harold A. Frederick
- James T. Hale
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Charles Mahar
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Elizabeth M. Nordlie
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Edward Stringer
- Missy Staples Thompson
Honorary council
- Lowell C. Anderson
- Charles W. Arnason+
- Bruce W. Bean+
- S. K. Dash
- Elizabeth S. Driscoll
- Michael J. Fox
- John Huss
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- William C. Melton+
- Stephen R. Nelson
- Mark Peterson
- Jeff Savage
- Jeanette (Jan) E. Warner
- Marvin R. Anderson
- Annette Atkins+
- Gretchen U. Beito+
- Mark Davis+
- Dennis Dvorak
- Ram Gada+
- Ruth Huss+
- Colles Larkin
- Terry McGibbon
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Larry G. Osnes
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Gerald Vizenor
- Annette M. Whaley
- Nina M. Archabal+
- Sharon Avent+
- Ford W. Bell
- Charlton Dietz+
- Richard L. Ferrell
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Robert (Bob) C. Mack
- Peg Meier
- Richard Moe
- Fred Perez
- Ramedo J. Saucedo
- Vernell Wabasha
- Mary Lethert Wingerd
+ Emeritus and Honorary Council Member