Board of Directors
For more than 70 years, our board of directors has provided leadership, support, and strategic direction.
Board members have experience across many sectors and bring to the table a variety of professional skills along with a wide breadth of global experience.
Most of all, we are proud to call each one a Global Minnesota member.
Special thanks to our retiring board members for their years of support of Global Minnesota:
Khadija Ali
Harvey Charles
Clint Connor
Trevor Gunn
Rebecca Hawthorne
Ying Iverson
Mara Garcia Kaplan
Angela Schulz
Ambassador Iván Roberto Sierra Medel
Anna Wasescha
Mathew Woodlee
2025-26 Board Members
Board Chair
Uri Camarena-Michel, Somos
Vice Chairs
Jacob A. Gayle, Ph.D., Global Health Diplomat (Ret.)
Martha (Muffy) MacMillan
Past Chair
Ross Wilson, U.S. Ambassador (ret.)
Treasurer
Jack Malone
Directors
Patrick Andersen, President & CEO, CWT
Scott Berney, President, Carlson Holdings, Inc.
Bradley Buck
Lisa Clarke
Stewart Derechin
Adam DeRosier, Director of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Land O’Lakes
Caren Dewar, Executive Director, Regional Council of Mayors
Steven J. Dickinson, Chair, International Practice, Avisen Legal
Drinal Foster, Founder & CEO, Black Girl Wanders, LLC
Marlene Lopez Ibarra, Global Portfolio Director, Commercial Branding and Transportation Division, 3M
Mumtaz A. Kazim, M.D.
Sam Krawczyk, Equity Research Associate, Sit Investment Associates
Mary G. Lawrence, M.D.
John Marsalek, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Laura Masica, VP, Learning & Development (ret.)
Lori McDougal, Board Director, Reshape LifeSciences Inc.
Tanna Moore
Gillian S. Morris, Principal, KPMG LLP
Tom Newton, Vice President Business Development, KNOCK Inc.
Rastislav Nichta
Robert M. Oberlies, Chair, Asia Practice, Co-Chair, Cross-Border Transactions Practice, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron
Brenda R. Quaye, Owner, Venstar, LLC
Michael Robinson
Jennifer S. Rude, Director, Franchise Sales and Development – U.S. & Canada, American Dairy Queen Corp.
Nell Smith
Todd Smith, Vice President, Global Enterprise Services, Donaldson Company, Inc.
Lee Suro, Vice President, Marketing, UnitedHealthcare Global
Joseph Terry, M.D., Associate Professor, Vitreoretinal Surgeon (ret.)
Michelle Thom, MPA, Ed.D.
Sue Vallafskey, Teacher, Teacher Trainer, School Administrator (ret.)
Donovan Walsh, President, The Financial Services Consulting Group (TFSCG)
Ex Officio DirectorsÂ
Jan Bauer, Consul of the UK Government Office
Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, Head Consul of the Consulate of Mexico in St Paul
Sandra Cruz, Consul General of the Consulate General of El Salvador in Minnesota
Beth Richardson, Consul General of Canada in Minneapolis
Honorary Directors
Sheila Bonsignore
Gary Capen
Thomas Colwell
David Fox
Charlie Hartwell
Peter C. Hawthorne
Leni Moore
Susan B. Plimpton
Robert H. Scarlett
Robert W. Sit
Ertugrul Tuzcu
Katherine W. Youngblood