Board of Directors

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ESSENCE BLAKEMORE
Ramsey Junior High School
St. Paul

JOANNE BENSON
Alliance Founder and Former Lt. Governor
St. Cloud

HAROLD (HOD) DAHL, TREASURER
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Minneapolis

SARAH DIXON, CEO (Ex Officio)
Minnesota Alliance With Youth
St. Paul/Duluth

MARY DOCKEN
Hobsons
St. Paul

EDMUNDO GARZA IV
AmeriCorps Promise Fellow
St. Paul

MARGARET ANN HENNEN, VICE CHAIR
Hennen Communications, LLC
St. Paul

MARK HIEMENZ, CO-CHAIR
Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation
St. Paul

RACHELLE JENSON
Former Co-Chair
College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth

ANN JOHNSON, SECRETARY
Delta Dental of Minnesota
Eagan

ESTHER LEE
Former Co-Chair
Chaska High School Graduate
Chaska

ANDREW NGUYEN
Denfeld High School
Duluth

JULIE PLAUT, Ph.D
Minnesota Campus Compact
St. Paul

LT. GOVERNOR YVONNE PRETTNER SOLON, HONORARY CO-CHAIR
Office of the Governor
St. Paul

ZACH PRUITT
Northfield Healthy Community Initiative
Northfield

DAMON SHOHOLM
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
St. Paul

AIMEE VUE, CO-CHAIR
Highland Park High School
St. Paul

LISA WINKLER
ServeMinnesota
Minneapolis

 

FORMER HONORARY CO-CHAIRS & BOARD MEMEBERS
Carol Molnau
Former Lt. Governor
Served: 2003-2011

Mae Schunk
Former Lt. Governor
Served: 1999-2003

FORMER YOUTH CO-CHAIRS & BOARD MEMBERS

Rebecca Jarvis
CBS News Anchor
Served: 1997-1999

Maya Babu, M.D.
Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic
Served: 2000-2002

Michael Radmer, J.D.
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Served: 2000-2002

Mike Minks, M.S.  
Youth Service America
Served: 2004-2008

Fayise Abrahim
Amherst College
Served: 2010-2011

FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
Cammy Lehr, Ph.D
Minnesota Department of Education
Served: 2007-2012