Brian Juntti is an effective administrator and a customer service oriented leader, who provides executive leadership to the areas that support the Minnesota Historical Society in carrying out its mission to create powerful engagement with history. Brian is dedicated to collaboratively carrying out MNHS’s strategic plan through the Shared Services division he leads: Finance, Marketing Communications, People and Culture, and Technology Services.
Brian has extensive experience in nonprofit management, technology, marketing communications, and fundraising. Prior to joining MNHS as the chief communications and marketing officer in 2021, Brian served as the senior director of marketing and communications at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, where he worked for more than 17 years.
He is a past co-chair and long-standing volunteer member of the steering committee of Leadership Twin Cities, a program of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce. Brian is a current and long-standing member of the American Marketing Association. He has previously served on the MN AMA sponsorship committee, as well as being an active member of the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Brian holds a B.A. in Theater Arts and Film & Media Studies from Hamline University and earned his MBA from the University of St. Thomas’s Opus College of Business.