Board of Directors

Patricia Cummings, Co-Chair
Retired Executive Director
Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation
Clint Hewitt, Co-Chair
Associate Professor
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
Jody Jonas, Secretary of the Board
Lutheran Community Foundation
David Newman, Treasurer
The Bancorp Group Inc.
Steve Shapiro, Past Board Chair
Communication Consultant
Mary Keefe
Executive Director
Hope Community, Inc.
Stephanie Battle
Director of Housing and Support Services
YWCA of St. Paul
Cecile Bedor
Director of Planning and Economic Development
City of St. Paul
Heidi Lasley Barajas
Associate Dean for Outreach and Community Engagement
University of Minnesota
Paul Leighton
Financial Planner
Partner, North Star Resource Group
Maria McLemore
Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation
Patricia Mullen
Retired Director
Office of Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action, University of Minnesota
Sharon Sayles Belton
Director, Community Relations and Corporate Philanthropy
GMAC Financial Services
Brockman Schumacher
Licensed Psychologist
Jake Virden
Program Director, Deacon’s After School Program
Anne Sullivan/Inishinabe Academy
Roland Wells
Pastor
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Tia Williams
Member, Advisory Committee, SPEAC
Hope Community