Executive Committee

Mike Watters headshot

Chair
Michael Watters

Chief Legal Officer
and General Counsel
Essentia Health

Brian Forcier, Principal, Titanium Partners

Vice Chair
Brian Forcier

Principal
Titanium Partners

Carl Crawford - Foundation Board of Directors

Past Chair
Carl Crawford
Equity and Inclusion Specialist
St. Louis County

Jon Birkeland - Foundation Board Member

Treasurer
Jon Birkeland

Vice President
Commercial Banking Team Lead
Bell Bank

Autumn Johnson Resource Advisor/Accounting Officer, Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing
Secretary
Autumn Johnson

Resource Advisor/Accounting Officer, Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing

Board Members

Katherine Gerzina

Katherine Gerzina
Senior Project Architect, DSGW Architects.

Vinod Gupta

Vinod Gupta
inancial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services LLC

Theresa Hannu

Theresa Hannu
VP & Chief Nursing Officer, Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital

Theresa Hannu

Travis Johnson
General Manager, Cork Town Deli

LeAnn Littlewolf

LeAnn Littlewolf
Co-Executive Director of American Indian Community Housing (AICHO)

Todd Mell

Todd Mell
Director, Project Planning and Development, Kraus-Anderson

Theresa Hannu

Vance Okstad
Director of Talent Acquisition, Cirrus Aircraft

Dr. Linda Kingston

Ex-Officio
Dr. Linda Kingston

President, Lake Superior College

Staff

David Kline Foundation Director

David Kline
Foundation Director