Our Board of Directors

Suzy Greenberg


Founder/Executive Director, SOO Visual Arts Center


Visual Artist

Lee Lynch


Chairman of the Board, MinnPost


Board Member, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota & South Dakota


Board Member, Growth and Justice

Board Member, The Benton Foundation


Former Board Chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design


Retired Founder, Carmichael Lynch

Michael O’Keefe


Former President, Minneapolis College of Art and Design


Former CEO, McKnight Foundation


Former Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services


Former Board Member, Board of Regents, University of Minnesota


Former President, Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education, Washington, D.C.

Joe Selvaggio


Founder and Executive Director, MicroGrants, which grants $1,000 each to poor people of potential


Founder, The One Percent Club, a nonprofit which increases philanthropy in our community


Former President and Founder, Project for Pride in Living, which helps inner-city poor people with social services

Carol Thacher


Retired Attorney-at-Law, Gray Plant Mooty


Former Board Member, Citizen’s League


Former Board Member, WAMSO


Former Board Member, Minnnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association


Former Board Member, Sister Kenny Institute Rehabilitation Center


Former Board Member, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Dan Wallace

Principal, Idea Food, Inc.

Former VP Programming, American Marketing Association

Former Account Management at Fallon

Pat Zehrer

Macy’s District Visual Merchandising Manager, Chicago & Minneapolis


Consultant, Nonprofit Organizations

Allied Member, American Society of Interior Designers

Sue Crolick


President, Creatives for Causes/Art Buddies

Our Advisory Board

Rebecca Banwell

Art Director, Queen B Creative

Kristian Broin


Interior Designer, Medtronic

Karisa Buechner


Account Manager, Prime Therapeutics

Theresa Bush


Interior Designer, TJ Bush Interiors

Jillian Crawford

Designer, Photographer, J.Crawford Design & Photography

Brigitte DeChantal


Graphic Designer, Freelance

Sarah Duncan

Design Director, DecoPac

Garrio Harrison

President, Doublethink

Seth Johnson


Principal, Seth Johnson Design

President, AIGA Minnesota

Leslie McDougall


Principal, Stir Creative

Sarah McQuilkin


Public Relations Associate, Colle McVoy

Scott Mikesh

Designer/Illustrator, Scott Mikesh Creative

Valerie Moe

Graphic Designer, MN Premier Publications

Heather Olson

Marketing & Recruitment, Franke Fiorella

Ben Ptacek


Architect Intern, Pope Associates

Diane Robinson


Producer/Director, Diane Robinson Productions

Amy Steil


Principal, Mi Mi Design

Lisa Tsering

Principal, Lisa Marie Tsering Art & Design

Janelle Tubbs


Graphic Designer, Janelle Tubbs Design

Brooke Voss

Interior Designer, Brooke Voss Design