Leadership

Leadership team | Executive Council | Emeritus and Honorary Councils

Leadership team

Kent Whitworth

Director and CEO

Brian Juntti

Executive Vice President, Mission Enablement

Avi Viswanathan

Executive Vice President, Mission Delivery

David Kelliher

Vice President, Public Policy & Government Relations

Kevin Maijala

Vice President, Education & Initiatives

Jack Matheson

Vice President, Strategy

Jennifer Pogatchnik

Vice President, Advancement

Nicole Tuescher

Vice President, People & Culture and General Counsel

Elected members

Lisa P. Bayley - Red Wing
Ford W. Bell - Wayzata
Alicia M. Belton - Minneapolis
Sharon Sayles Belton - Minneapolis
M. Mitchell Davis - St. Peter
Joanell M. Dyrstad - Red Wing
Carolyn M. Essig - Sartell
Stephanie L. Fehr - Edina
Jesse Bethke Gomez - St. Paul
Stephanie J.S. Harbott - Crookston
Dustin B. Heckman - Two Harbors
Elizabeth Driscoll Hlavka - Minneapolis
Bridget A. Larson-Lindner - Warroad

Linda Brekke Mona - Edina
Jennifer J. Murray - Mahtomedi
Richard C. Nash - New Prague
John Pacheco Jr. - Minneapolis
Diana L. Schutter - Mendota Heights
Daniel W. Shogren - North Oaks
Roger J. Sit - Wayzata
Anton S. Treuer - Bemidji
John R. Tunheim - Stillwater
Noelle P. Turner - Minneapolis
Kyle R. Ward - Mankato
Gwen N. Westerman - Good Thunder

Emeritus and Honorary Councils

Emeritus Council

The Minnesota Historical Society’s Emeritus Council is an honorific group recognizing and maintaining connection with distinguished former members of the Executive Council. Emeritus Council members are elected to lifelong terms by the Executive 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
D. Stephen Elliott
Richard E. Engebretson
Michael B. Farnell

Ram Gada+
Phyllis Rawls Goff+
Dr. William Green+
David R. Hakensen
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
Susan Kenny Stevens
William R. Stoeri+
Edward C. Stringer
Bo Thao-Urabe
Karen Wilson Thissen
Daniel J. Schmechel
Missy Staples Thompson
Kathy H. Tunheim
Benjamin Vander Kooi
Eleanor C. Winston
Warren J. Zaccaro

Honorary Council

The Minnesota Historical Society’s Honorary Council recognizes individuals who through their good works have given extraordinary service related to the mission of MNHS. Honorary Council nominees are developed by the Executive Council and elected by the membership of MNHS to lifelong terms.

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+
Elizabeth S. Driscoll
Dennis Dvorak
Richard L. Ferrell
Michael J. Fox
Ram Gada+
Phyllis Rawls Goff+

Dr. William Green+
Karen A. Humphrey+
John Huss
Ruth Huss+
Josie R. Johnson
Dr. Maureen Kelly Jonason
Lucy R. Jones+
Sylvia Kaplan+
Colles Larkin
Lynn Lohr
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
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
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