Who is doing the work?
Committees
As a statewide social change community foundation, the Women’s Foundation actively engages diverse communities in our work. For the MN Girls Are Not for Sale campaign, committees all have diverse membership and leadership by community leaders guiding our campaign strategies.
Public Education Committee
- Jeff Bauer, The Family Partnership
- Kim Borton*
- Mark Cross, Journalist
- Deborah Cundy, Carlson
- Lisa Duff, Community Leader
- Mary Beth Hanson*
- Luz Maria Hernandez, Community Leader
- Wilhelmina Holder, Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment
- Laura Keller, Pixie Dust Inc.
- Kate Kelly, chair; Community Leader
- Jeff Moravec, Writer
- Samantha Capen Muldoon, Marketing Consultant
- Liz Richards, MN Coalition for Battered Women
- Sarah Riley, Padilla Speer Beardsley
- Lee Roper-Batker*
- Naweichi Temu*
- Terry Williams*
Grantmaking Committee
- Cordelia Anderson, National Coalition to Prevent
Child Sexual Exploitation - Kim Borton*
- Sheila Carrington*
- Vednita Carter, Breaking Free
- Joy Friedman, Breaking Free
- Mary Beth Hanson*
- Amy Hartman, Cherish Our Children
- Beth Holger-Ambrose, MN Dept. of Human Services
- Roberta Jones, Hennepin County Attorney
- Kate Kelly, Community Leader
- Suzanne Koepplinger, MN Indian Women’s Resource Center
- Katie Kramer, Office of U.S. Sen. Al Franken
- Sharon Lubinski, U.S. Marshall
- Lauren Martin, PhD. University of Minnesota
- Karen McElrath, Charlson Family Foundation
- Beatriz Menanteau, Advocates For Human Rights
- David Nelson, Carlson Family Foundation
- Wendy Nelson, Carlson Family Foundation
- Josephine Pufpaff, YouthLink
- Kate Richtman, Juvenile Division, Ramsey County
- Lee Roper-Batker*
- Artika Roller, PRIDE – The Family Partnership
- Peter Rosenblatt, The Link
- Susan Segal, Minneapolis City Attorney
- Sudha Shetty, University of MN’s Humphrey Institute
- Shunu Shrestha, Program Against Violence & Sexual Assault
- Valerie Spencer, Community Leader
- Naweichi Temu*
- Rosa Tock, chair; MN Department of Education
- Patty Wetterling, MN Dept. of Health
- Terry Williams*
Fundraising Committee
- Grayce Belvedere Young, The Prouty Project
- Mary Lee Dayton, Community Leader
- Barbara Forster, Community Leader
- Heidi Humphrey, US Bank
- Berit Johnson, Dell Compellent
- Kate Kelly, Community Leader
- Dick McFarland, Community Leader
- Katharine Priedeman, US Bank
- Lee Roper-Batker*
- Rachael Scherer, Medtronic
- Sudha Shetty, University of MN’s Humphrey Institute
- Valerie Spencer, chair; Community Leader
- Kate Strickland, Milkweed Press
- Naweichi Temu*
- Terry Williams*
*Women’s Foundation of Minnesota staff
Bold indicates Women’s Foundation of Minnesota Board of Trustees
Partners
Thanks to the following partners who have helped guide this campaign although they are not on a standing committee.
Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation
Sergeant John Bandemer
St. Paul Police
Jeff Bauer
The Family Partnership
John Choi
Ramsey County Attorney
Michele Garnett McKenzie
Director of Advocacy
Advocates for Human Rights
Rachel Lloyd
Executive Director, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Mark Rubin
St. Louis County Attorney
