Leadership Council Members
Jackie Statum Allen
Grantmaking Director
Bush Foundation
Heather Britt
Executive Director
Wilder Research
Tikki Brown
Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Melvin Carter
Mayor
City of St. Paul
Paul Cerkvenik
President
Minnesota Private College Council
Rebecca Fabunmi
Director of Economic Development & Policy Inclusion - Mayor's Office
City of Minneapolis
Mercedes Ramírez Fernández
Vice President Equity and Diversity
University of Minnesota
Frank Forsberg
Independent Consultant
F.P. Forsberg Consulting LLC
Jacob Frey
Mayor
City of Minneapolis
Sonia Gass
Executive Director
Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties
Danielle Grant
President & CEO
Achieve Twin Cities
Rabya Hassen
Community Relationship Officer
Mortenson Family Foundation
Heidi Johnson
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff
ECMC Group
Shannon Smith Jones
Senior Vice President, Community Impact
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Cisa Keller
President & CEO
Think Small
Tiffany Scott Knox
Director
Saint Paul Promise
Trumanue Lindsey Jr.
Vice President of Equity & Inclusion
Minneapolis College
Jazmine Logan
Corporate Responsibility Specialist
The Cargill Foundation and Corporate Responsibility
Jesse Mason
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs
Minnesota State
Garrison McMurtrey
Ramsey County Commissioner
Ramsey County
Christa Mims
Director of Education Support Services
Hennepin County
Eric Moore
Chief Officer of Insights and Innovation
African American Leadership Forum
Deidra Peaslee
Interim President
Saint Paul College
Sharon Pierce
President
Minneapolis College
Ea Porter
Asst. Director of Community Partnerships and Recruitment
University of St. Thomas
Paul Pribbenow
President
Augsburg University
Greg Rathert
Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Saint Paul College
Patrice Relerford
Vice President of Collective Impact & Giving
Minneapolis Foundation
Carlos Mariani Rosa
Executive Director
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership
Sondra Samuels
President & CEO
Northside Achievement Zone
Lisa Sayles-Adams
Superintendent
Minneapolis Public Schools
Stacie Stanley
Superintendent
Saint Paul Public Schools
Marquita Stephens
CEO & President
Urban League Twin Cities
Jennifer Stern
CEO
Great MN Schools
Sofia Terzic
Assistant Vice President - Community Affairs Manager
US Bank
Keisha Varma
Associate Vice President
University of Minnesota