Marlana Benzie-Lourey

Editor and publisher, Askov American

Bernard Brommer

President Emeritus, Minnesota AFL-CIO

Ron DeHarpporte

Real estate developer, affordable housing; board member Wellstone Action

Kelly Doran

Founder and principal, Doran Companies, a diversified commercial real estate company

Arlen Erdahl

Former U.S. Congressman; attorney at Stassen, Stern, and Erdahl International

Linda Fisher

Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron

Lew Freeman, Secretary

Retired, former director, Shared Services, West Group

Vernae Hasbargen

Former legislative director, Minnesota Rural Education Association

Vivian Jenkins Nelsen

President and CEO, INTER-RACE Institute at Augsburg College

Thomas C. Kayser, Chair

Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Joel Kramer

Founder, CEO and publisher, MinnPost; founder and former executive director, Growth & Justice; former publisher and editor, Star Tribune

Kimberly Lowe

Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron

Lee Lynch

Founder & Former CEO, Carmichael Lynch

Michael O'Keefe

Retired president, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; former commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Erik Peterson

Director of Education/Labor Program Director for Wellstone Action

Walter “Rocky” Rockenstein

Former member, Minneapolis City Council; Retired attorney, Faegre & Benson

Jorge Saavedra F.

Attorney at Law

Martin Olav Sabo

Former U.S. Congressman; Co-chair, National Transportation Policy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center

Betsey Whitbeck, Vice Chair

President, Whitbeck & Associates