The board of directors is responsible for making sure United Way is headed in the right direction. They meet on a monthly basis to discuss strategic issues the organization is facing.

Essentially, the board holds United Way's senior staff responsible for carrying out the mission. The board is comprised of community leaders from throughout the greater Twin Cities region and ensures that United Way is an organization you can trust.

 Board of Directors Officers

Irving Weiser, chair of the board
RBC Wealth Management, retired chairman

Jon R. Campbell, vice chair of the board
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota Region, CEO

Leslie Frécon, corporate secretary/treasurer/chair of audit committee
LFE Capital, chairman and CEO

 Board of Directors Members

Calvin U. Allen, chair of human capital committee

HealthPartners, Inc., senior vice president

Carol Arthur, CAE representative
Domestic Abuse Project, Inc., executive director

Lynn Casey, chair of strategic marketing committee
Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc., chairman and CEO

Fred Easter, CAE representative
The City, president and CEO

Suzanne Koepplinger, CAE representative
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, executive director

Christopher Policinski, campaign chair and chair of resource development committee
Land O' Lakes, Inc., president and CEO

William J. Roche, chair of finance committee
RSM McGladrey, Inc., managing director

Steven M. Rothschild, chair of community impact committee

Timothy Welsh, chair of governance committee

McKinsey & Company, director

Julie M. Baker

Timothy Baylor
JADT Group, LLC, president

Peter Bell
Metropolitan Council, chair

Ivy S. Bernhardson
District Court Judge

Kenneth A. Burdick
Secure Horizons, CEO

Jennie P. Carlson
U.S. Bancorp, executive vice president of human resources.

Meria J. Carstarphen, Ed.D
St. Paul Public Schools, superintendent

Michael C. Connelly
Xcel Energy, Inc., vice president and general counsel

Thomas M. Crosby
Faegre & Benson, partner

Tobin Dayton
JobDig, president

Brian J. Dunn
Best Buy Company, president and COO

John Ewaldt
AFSCME

Robert W. Fulton
St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health, director

David Goodwin
Reviva, president

Michael J. Hoffman
The Toro Company, president and CEO

Deborah L. Hopp
Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, publisher; MSP Communications, vice president, publishing

Ann Rockler Jackson
Rockler Companies, Inc. CEO

Brad Keil
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP, managing partner

Sean Kershaw
Citizens League, president

Nancy M. Lindahl
Creative Strategies Plus, Inc., founder

Kathryn V. Marinello
Ceridian Corporation, president and CEO

William McCarthy
Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council, president

Robert J. Moeller
Moeller Management Consultants, president

Linda J. Mona
Creative Environments Design Group

Jeff Noddle
SUPERVALU, INC., chairman and CEO

Reverend Michael J. O’Connell
Church of the Ascension

Mitch Pearlstein, Ph.D
Center for the American Experiment, founder and president

Kathleen L. Pinkett
Securian Financial Group, vice president

Kendall J. Powell
General Mills, Inc., president and CEO

Mary Cathryn Ricker
St. Paul Federation of Teachers, Local 28, president

Sheila Riggs, DDS, DMSc

Arthur J. Rolnick
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, senior vice president and director of research

Frank P. Russomanno
Imation, Corp., president and CEO

Douglas M. Steenland
Northwest Airlines, Inc., president and CEO

Michael W. Unger
Unger Law Office, attorney at law

Sandra L. Vargas
The Minneapolis Foundation, president

Kevin Warren

Minnesota Vikings Football, LLD, vice president of operations and legal counsel

Pamela Wheelock
Minnesota Sports and Entertainment/Minnesota Wild, executive vice president and CFO