Leadership & Board

Board Officers

Board Chair, Makeda Zulu= Senior Director of Community Partnerships, Urban Research and Outreach – Engagement Center

Vice-Chair, Karen Grabow, Principal, KGH Leadership

Treasurer, Sarah Curfman+, President & CEO, Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota

Directors

Rahiyma Allen, NAZ Parent Representative

Susan W. Allen, Founder & Principal, Brand Impact Consulting, LLC

Ziad Amra^, SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance

Jane McDonald Black, Executive Director, JAB Foundation

Deb Burke, Senior Government Relations Consultant, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

Michael Ciresi, Founding Partner, Ciresi Conlin L.L.P.

Annie Gillette Cleveland, VP, Communications & Marketing Strategy, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Jack Dempsey, Operating Advisor, Norwest Equity Partners

Dr. Damien Fair, Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain; Professor, University of Minnesota

Amelia Williams Hardy, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Best Buy

Brandon Hollman, NAZ Parent Representative

Paul Johnston, EVP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, Thrivent

Neel Kashkari, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Al Lenzmeier, Retired, President & COO, Best Buy

Tim Manning°, Global Head of Commercial Legal, M&A, and IP, Scoular

Matt Marsh, Managing Partner, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory

Geoff Martha, Chairman & CEO, Medtronic

Benito Matias, Principal, Ascension Catholic School

Rev. Elijah McDavid III, Senior Pastor, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church

Kelly McQueen, Regional President & Head of Corporate Banking – Minnesota, PNC Bank

Brianna Mooty, Counsel, Faegre Drinker

Brian Taylor*, Founding Partner & CEO, Pine River Capital Management

Karen Wilson Thissen, General Counsel and Secretary, General Mills

Rima Torgerson, Board Member & Former Chairperson, Interfaith & Outreach Community Partners

Laysha Ward, Retired EVP & Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

May Xiong, Chief Workforce Development Officer, Hennepin County

Makeda Zulu^, Executive Director, Urban Research and Outreach – Engagement Center

* Development Chair

= Executive Chair

+ Finance Chair

° Governance Chair

^ Impact Chair

Ex Officio Member

Jacob Frey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis

NAZ Executive Leaders

Rev. Dr. Alika Galloway, 21st Century Academy

Benito Matias, Ascension Catholic School

Pat Sukhum, Big Brothers Big Sisters

David McGee, Build Wealth MN

Jason Morrison, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Debby Prudhomme, Everyday Miracles

Katharine Campbell, Groves Academy

Julie Brekke, Hired

John Hunter, Hospitality House Youth Development

Shana Ford, KIPP North Star & KIPP Legacy

Phyllis Sloan, La Crèche Early Childhood Centers

Tyrize Cox, Minneapolis Public Schools

Dr. Stacey Joyner, Minneapolis Public Schools Early Childhood

Gevonee Ford, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD)

Kelly Wright, Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School

Clare Sanford, New Horizon Academy

Keith Kozerski, Northside Child Development Center (NCDC)

Jessica Herrod, Olu's Beginnings

Liza Anderson-Schmid, Patrick Henry High School

Suzanne E. Burks, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

Brandon Elsner, Playworks Minnesota

Paul Williams, Project for Pride in Living (PPL)

Brooke Rivers, Reading Partners

Julia Quanrud, ServeMinnesota

Barbara Yates, Think Small

Cathy Lawrence, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

Emma Corrie, Twin Cities R!SE

AsaleSol Young, Urban Homeworks

Erika Binger, V3 Sports

Craig Warren, Washburn Center for Children

Carolyn Smallwood, Way to Grow

Jenny Wright Collins, YMCA of the North/YMCA Beacons

Shakira Onwuachi, North Community YMCA