Executive Committee

Chair
Michael Watters
Chief Legal Officer
and General Counsel
Essentia Health

Vice Chair
Brian Forcier
Principal
Titanium Partners

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

Treasurer
Jon Birkeland
Vice President
Commercial Banking Team Lead
Bell Bank

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

Katherine Gerzina
Senior Project Architect, DSGW Architects.

Vinod Gupta
inancial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services LLC

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

Travis Johnson
General Manager, Cork Town Deli

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

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

Vance Okstad
Director of Talent Acquisition, Cirrus Aircraft

Ex-Officio
Dr. Linda Kingston
President, Lake Superior College
Staff

David Kline
Foundation Director