Board
Thritha Anand
New Haven, CT
MPH Graduate Student, Yale University
Terry Gips
President and Co-Founder
St. Louis Park, MN
President, Sustainability Associates
Helen Glover
Washington, DC
Consultant,
Lewis-Burke Assoc. LLC
Collie Graddick
Chair
Hamilton, Georgia
Organic Farmer and
Consultant, MN Dept of Agriculture
Brady Johnson
Treasurer
Duluth, MN
Applied Technology Entrepreneur
Lori Myren-Manback
Vice-Chair
St. Louis Park, MN
Therapist and CEO/Co-Founder, Inclusivi-Tee
Kristi Staley
Treasurer
Richmond, Virginia
CPA, Business Development Director for ESG, BPM
Avonna Starck
Fridley, MN
Minnesota State Director
Clean Water Action
Brian Zakem
Secretary
Minneapolis, MN
Retired Mental Health Professional
Li Zhou
New York, NY
VP of Strategic Partnerships,
Hyphen
Fellows
Hunter Hermes
Minneapolis, MN
Project Manager at Epic Systems
Dream Team
Chris Dykstra
Minneapolis, MN
Founder and CEO, Warecorp; Founder, GoodCarts; Partner, Brown Venture Group; Publisher and Founder, TheContributor.com
Dr. Yvette Erasmus
Minneapolis, MN
Psychologist, Yvette Erasmus, LLP
Gretchen Hagle
Excelsior, MN
Marketing Consultant & Program Manager, Green Interchange and Blessed Earth Southeast
Dr. Stuart Hill
Penrith, Australia
Emeritus Professor and Foundation Chair of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Steven Hoffman
Boulder, CO
Founding and Managing Partner, Compass Natural Marketing
MaryAnne Howland
Nashville, TN
Founder and CEO, Ibis Communications; Founder and CEO, Global Diversity Leadership Exchange
Michael Martin
Minneapolis, MN
CEO and Founder, Effect Partners and r.Cup
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Palo Alto, CA
CFO, East Bay Community Foundation and CEO/Founder of Red-Horse Financial Group, Inc.
Staff
Interns
Katie Block
Wellesley College
Class of 2025
Kaitlyn Downer
Oregon State University
Class of 2025
Qitong Fan
University of Michigan
Class of 2025
Luke Guyer
Pitzer College
Class of 2026
Rachel Lee
UT - Austin
Class of 2025
Timothy Li
UCLA
Class of 2024
Joe Parmigiani
Dartmouth College
Class of 2028