Board of Directors
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
