Staff & Board of Directors

Development and Donor Relations

Family Engagement

Administration

Executive Committee

  • Chair of the Board

    Abbie Miller, MD
    Chief Medical Officer,
    PreferredOne

  • Vice Chair

    Chris Zupfer
    Executive Director,
    Hill-Murray Foundation

  • Secretary, Governance Chair

    Meghan Harris
    Corporate Counsel
    Bremer Bank

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Elizabeth Crippen Allen

  • Treasurer

    Jenny Wilson
    Senior Managing Director Thrivent

Board Members

  • Adam Choe
    Managing Partner,
    Tundra Ventures

  • Ashley Thronson
    Attorney,
    Fredrikson & Byron

  • Barb Farrell
    Community Volunteer

  • Charlie Anderson
    Interim COO/CEO,
    Urban Cricket Farm

  • Chris Toppin
    Partner & Chief Operating Officer,
    Central Region, Deloitte & Touche LLP

  • Dawn Lamm
    Chief Financial Officer,
    Central Region, Novus Media, LLC

  • Heike Drake-Cavalletti
    Partner,
    KPMG LLP

  • Jennifer Vall
    Training and Development Team Lead,
    State of Minnesota

  • Megan Goodrich
    Community Volunteer

  • Michael Harris
    Attorney
    McCall Parkhurst & Horton

  • Patricia Gray
    Community Volunteer

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

  • Meghan Harris | Chair
  • Barb Farrell
  • Ashley Thronson
  • Michael Harris

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

  • Megan Goodrich | Chair
  • Greg Soukup
  • MJ Johnson
  • Chris Zupfer
  • Dave Stenpanek | Advisor
  • Tiffany Dahlen | Advisor

FINANCE, INVESTMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

  • Jen Wilson | Chair
  • Beth Monsrud
  • Chris Toppin
  • Dawn Lamm
  • Adam Choe
  • Heike Drake-Cavalletti

Research Advisory Committee

  • Abbie Miller | Co Chair
  • Meghan Harris
  • Susan Doherty
  • MJ Johnson

Research Advisory Council

  • Challice Bonifant, MD, PhD
  • Lisa Diller, MD
  • Adam Green, MD
  • Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD
  • Abbie Mill, MD
  • Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD
  • Alix Seif, MD, MPH
  • Logan Spector, PhD
  • Nick Vitanza, MD
  • Leo Wang, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Advisors Emeritus

  • Mark Nesbit Jr., MD
  • Norma Ramsay, MD

Honorary Directors

  • Diana & Norm Hageboeck

Life Advisors

  • Jan Humphrey
  • Del Johnson
  • Deb Nesbit
  • Jane Ramsland
  • Cal Simmons
  • Sharon Waller
  • Phil McGlave MD
  • Joe Neglia, MD, MPH

National Honorary Chairs

  • Tom & Melissa Lehman