At its 40th anniversary annual meeting of members Dec. 8, MCF elected officers and new members of its board of directors.
2009 and 2010 MCF Board Members
New directors elected to three-year terms ending in 2012 are: Julie Hara, executive director, Marbrook Foundation; Steve Joul, president, Central Minnesota Community Foundation; LaVon Lee, program officer, Grotto Foundation; Tim Ober, president, Mardag Foundation.
Directors elected to second three-year terms ending in 2012 are: Bill Linder-Scholer, executive director, ADC Foundation; Karen Rauenhorst, vice president, Mark and Karen Rauenhorst Family Foundation; Kris Taylor, vice president of community relations, Ecolab Foundation.
Officers were elected for 2010: Karen Kelley-Ariwoola, vice president, Community Philanthropy, The Minneapolis Foundation, was elected chair; Kate Wolford, president, The McKnight Foundation, was elected vice chair; George Thompson, trustee, Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation, was elected secretary; Nancy Nelson, vice president and chief actuary, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, was elected treasurer.
MCF expresses its gratitude and thanks to these retiring board members: Ellis Bullock, executive director, Grotto Foundation; James R. Frey, president/CEO, Frey Foundation; Holly C. Sampson, president, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation; Jo-Anne Stately, director of grantmaking and special projects, The Minneapolis Foundation.
– Chris Murakami Noonan, MCF communications associate
