Staff & Board | Bush Foundation

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Staff
Board

Farhiya Abdulkarim

Grantmaking Coordinator

Learning and Evaluation Manager

Jackie Statum Allen

Jackie Statum Allen

Grantmaking Director

Amy Anderson

Program Operations Officer

Stephanie Andrews

Stephanie Andrews

Talent, Learning and Evaluation Director

Ramla Bile

Grantmaking Officer

Eileen Briggs

Grantmaking Director

Kevin Bruins

IT Administrator

Grantmaking Officer

Justin Christy

Learning and Evaluation Manager

Tharangi Cumarantunge

Tharangi Cumaranatunge

Finance Director and Treasurer

Mattie Harper DeCarlo

Mattie Harper DeCarlo

Grantmaking Officer

Anthonia Eboreime

Anthonia Eboreime

Communications Associate

Tina Emerfoll

Senior Accountant

Rudy Guglielmo, Jr.

Rudy Guglielmo Jr.

Grantmaking Officer

Amanda Rios Heintz

Grants Administrator

Greg Keane

Chief Financial Officer

Gao Lee

Talent & Learning Associate

Kent Linder

Finance and Facilities Associate

Tony LookingElk

Grantmaking Director

Molly Matheson Gruen

Molly Matheson Gruen

Program Operations Director

Communications Officer

Kallie O'Hara

Program Operations Officer

John Otterlei

Chief Investment Officer

Anita Patel

Vice President, Grantmaking

Carol Peterfeso

Carol Peterfeso

Managing Director of Investments

Jennifer Ford Reedy Photo

Jennifer Ford Reedy

President

Christopher Romano

Chief Operating Officer

Communications Director

Grantmaking Director

Lyndsay Ulrickson

Grantmaking Officer

Kia Vang

Executive Assistant to the President and Board of Directors

Nhia Vang

Program Operations Coordinator

Beth Villaume

Controller

Kristina Ward

Program Operations Officer

Board Members

Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Insurance, Thrivent Financial

Kathy Annette

Kathy Annette, Board Vice Chair

President, Blandin Foundation (retired)

Jodi Archambault

Strategic Advisor

Paul Batcheller

Paul Batcheller

Partner, PrairieGold Venture Partners

Mary Brainerd

President and CEO, HealthPartners (retired)

Armando Camacho

Armando Camacho

President and CEO, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

DeAnna Cummings

DeAnna Cummings

Program Director of Arts, McKnight Foundation

Kevin Goodno

Shareholder and Chair of the Board, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Mary Grove

Managing Partner, Bread and Butter Ventures

Tony Heredia

Tony Heredia, Board Chair

Senior Vice President, Compliance and Ethics, Target Corporation

Matt Kilian

President, Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Cynthia Lindquist

Dr. Cynthia Lindquist

President of the Cankdeska Cikana Community College

Alan Solano

President and CEO of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation

Malini Srivastava

Malini Srivastava

Associate Dean for Research, Creative Scholarship and Engagement, College of Design, University of Minnesota

Tracey Zephier

Legal Counsel, NDN Collective

Non-Board Investment Committee Members

President and CEO brightpeak financial; Senior Vice President Strategic Development, Thrivent Financial (retired)

Marie C. Pillai

Marie C. Pillai

Vice President: Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, General Mills (Retired)

Nii-Ayite Quaye

Principal, Vermilion Group, M.A. Mortenson Companies, Inc.

Tom S. Schreier, Jr.

Founding Director of the Inspired Leadership Initiative at the University of Notre Dame