Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog – Philanthropy Potluck

Board Chair Kevin Walker at MCF’s annual meeting.

MCF elected new board officers and directors at its annual meeting on January 15.

Officers elected for 2013 are:

• Kevin Walker, president and CEO of Northwest Area Foundation, board chair;
• Carolyn Roby, vice president, Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota, vice chair;
• Kari Suzuki, director of operations, Otto Bremer Foundation, secretary; and
• Brad Kruse, program director, Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, treasurer.

New directors elected to three-year terms ending in 2015 are:

• Kathleen Annette, president and CEO, Blandin Foundation;
• JoAnn Birkholz, foundation manager, Medica Foundation;
• Mike Newman, VP and director of community relations, Travelers Foundation; and
• June Noronha, senior manager, Bush Foundation.

In addition, at MCF’s last board meeting in 2012, Susan Bass Roberts, community relations director, Best Buy, was elected to fill a one-year vacancy in the class of 2013.

Directors elected to second three-year terms ending in 2015 are:

• Julie Hara, executive director, Marbrook Foundation;
• Steve Joul, president, Central Minnesota Community Foundation;
• Tim Ober, president, Mardag Foundation.

Welcome to our new board members and officers as they gear up to help lead MCF forward in 2013 and beyond!

- Susan Stehling, MCF communications associate

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 1:31 pm and is filed under boards, mcf. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.