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Board of Directors
The Growth & Justice Board of Directors consists of 25 distinguished Minnesotans, including Democrats, Republicans and Independents, people from business, labor, government and nonprofit communities, and from both the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.

Peter BachmanRetired, former Executive Director of Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Kristin BeckmannExecutive Director of the Minnesota State Council of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Marlana Benzie-LoureyEditor & Publisher, Askov American
Ron DeHarpporteReal Estate Developer, Affordable Housing; Board Member Minnesota Civil Liberties Union
Arlen ErdahlFormer U.S. Congressman; Attorney at Stassen, Stern, and Erdahl International
Lew FreemanDirector Shared Services at West Group
Tom GegaxCEO/President of Gegax Management Systems; Chairman, The Gramercy Fund
Tom KayserAttorney at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Sylvia KaplanRestaurant owner, political & community activist
Joel KramerFounder and Board Chair of Growth & Justice; Former Publisher Star Tribune
Mark LacekCo-founder and chairman, The Lacek Foundation
Chris LaVictoire MahaiPartner & co-owner, Aveus - a strategy, change and customer experience firm
Ross LevinPresident of Accredited Investors, Inc.
David LillehaugAttorney at Fredrickson & Byron; co-host of television show "Face to Face"
Lee LynchCEO of Carmichael Lynch advertising agency
Jan MalcolmChief Executive Officer, Courage Center
Jennifer MartinChair, Martin and Brown Foundation
Tom McBurneyPresident of McBurney Management Advisors
Jim McCorkellFounder & Chief Executive Officer, Admission Possible
Michael O'KeefePresident of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Erik PetersonNorthern MN Programs Director for the Labor Education Service
Jorge Saavedra F.Attorney at Law
Tina SmithChief of Staff, Office of the Minneapolis Mayor
Tene WellsPresident of WomenVenture
Betsey WhitbeckPresident of Whitbeck & Associates