Leadership Team
Director and CEO: Kent Whitworth
Associate Executive Director: Jennifer Jones
- Amber Annis, Director, Native American Initiatives
- Ben Leonard, Senior Director of Historic Sites & Facilities Operations
- Briana Joyner, Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer
- Brian Juntti, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
- David Kelliher, Director, Public Policy & Government Relations
- Kevin Maijala, Senior Director, Learning Initiatives
- Fred Neher, Chief Financial Officer
- Jennifer Pogatchnik, Chief Development Officer
- Brenda Raney, Senior Director, Preservation and Outreach
- Avi Viswanathan, Director, Community Engagement
Governing Board
Officers
- David Hakensen, President
- Michael Davis, Vice President
- Daniel Schmechel, Treasurer
- Kent Whitworth, Secretary
- Phyllis Rawls Goff, Immediate Past President
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
- Steven R. Gibson
- Phyllis Rawls Goff
- David R. Hakensen
- Jean M. Larson
- Monica Little
- Linda Brekke Mona
- Richard C. Nash
- Joseph S. Nayquonabe
- Krista E. O’Malley
- Peter M. Reyes Jr.
- Daniel J. Schmechel
- 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
- Steve Simon, Secretary of State
- Julie Blaha, State Auditor
- Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General
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
- Judith S. Corson
- Mark Davis+
- Charlton Dietz+
- D. Stephen Elliott
- Harold A. Frederick
- Ram Gada
- William Green
- James T. Hale
- MayKao Hang
- Stanley S. Hubbard
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- Ruth S. Huss
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Dennis Lamkin
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- Charles Mahar
- Susan B. McCarthy
- Malcolm W. McDonald
- William C. Melton+
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Dean Nelson
- Richard H. Nicholson
- Elizabeth M. Nordlie
- Peter Reis
- Mark Ritchie
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Susan Kenny Stevens
- William R. Stoeri
- Edward Stringer
- Bo Thao-Urabe
- Karen Wilson Thissen
- Missy Staples Thompson
- Kathy H. Tunheim
- Eleanor Winston
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
- Mark Davis+
- Charlton Dietz+
- Elizabeth S. Driscoll
- Dennis Dvorak
- Richard L. Ferrell
- Michael J. Fox
- Ram Gada+
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- John Huss
- Ruth Huss+
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Colles Larkin
- Robert (Bob) C. Mack
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- Terry McGibbon
- Peg Meier
- William C. Melton+
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Richard Moe
- Stephen R. Nelson
- Larry G. Osnes
- Fred Perez
- Mark Peterson
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Ramedo J. Saucedo
- Jeff Savage
- Gerald Vizenor
- Vernell Wabasha
- Jeanette (Jan) E. Warner
- Annette M. Whaley
- Mary Lethert Wingerd
+ Emeritus and Honorary Council Member