Board of Directors

Our outstanding board provides strategic leadership, maintains fiduciary responsibility, connects us to community resources and helps set the direction of our organization in providing career and college readiness programs.

Achieve Twin Cities board of directors members

Officers

Abdul Omari, PhD

Chair
Founder and CEO, AMO Enterprise

Shamayne Braman

Vice Chair
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Sonos

Nick Hara

Treasurer
Tax Managing Director, KPMG LLP

Members

Abdul Abdi

Ex Officio
Minneapolis Board of Education

Roma Anderson Milton

Retired Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, UCare

Ling Becker

Director, Ramsey County Workforce Solutions

Elizabeth Betzler

Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Thomson Reuters

Brett Bohlander

Owner/President, Atlas Manufacturing

James Burroughs

Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, Children’s Minnesota

Kristina Carlson

Senior Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, U.S. Bank

John Conlin

Senior Vice President, Target Properties

 

 

Scott Cummings

Minnesota Market Lead, Accenture

Laura Day

Senior Advisor, Minnesota Twins

Jacob Frey

Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Minneapolis

Derek Fried

Twin Cities Business Leader

Art Gardner, Jr.

Construction Manager, Hillcrest Development, LLP.

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Danielle Grant

Ex Officio
President and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities

Michelle Grogg

Executive Director, The Cargill Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development, Cargill, Inc.

Steve Liss

Retired Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Minneapolis Public Schools

Bradley Pederson

Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Sarah Quayle

Senior Director, Employee Experience and Organizational Change, Andersen Corporation

Caralie Roisum

Director of Marketing and Creative Services, APi Group

Amber Ruffin

Health Equity Program Manager, Be The Match

Jeff Savage

Senior Vice President, Chief Audit and Financial Services Officer, Xcel Energy

 

Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams

Ex Officio
Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools

 

Mike Smoczyk

Director of Professional Development, Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc.

Susan Soldin

Vice President Human Resources, Neuroscience Portfolio, Medtronic 

Sara Stamschror-Lott

CEO/Founder, Creative Kuponya

John Stanoch

Twin Cities Business Leader

Elizabeth Stevens

Retired Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Director of Financial Aid, St. Catherine University

Tony Tolliver

Twin Cities Business Leader

Sam Walling

Partner, Jones Day

Mat Watson

Senior Vice President Finance, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Best Buy

Chrissie Weyenberg

Director of Internal Audit, General Mills