Our Leadership

Mary K. Boyd
Young Hearts Open Minds Chief Executive Officer
Dean, Graduate School of Education, Hamline U (ret.); Area Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools (ret.)

Bill Svrluga
Founder & Director of Product Development
President, WJS Consulting Group

Frank Forsberg
Chief Operating Officer
Former Sr. Vice President, Twin Cities United Way
F. P. Forsberg Consulting, LLC

Tony Helmer
Vice President, Development
Crowley, White, Helmer & Sevig

Marie Lister
Director of Training
Instructor, Early Childhood Education Program, teacher, Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School, University of Minnesota

Tom Moss
Director of Finance
Deputy Commissioner, MN Department of Human Services (ret.); Public Strategies Group (ret.)

Jon Sessler
Director, Learning Experience Design & Content Development
Learning & Innovation Consultant PBS

Kathy Graves & Brigitte Parenteau
Public Relations & Communications
Parenteau Graves

Joseph Cecere
Marketing & Branding
LITTLE Co.

Beverly Bauman
Vice President of Staff Development and Education, New Horizon Academy

Lydia J. Carlis, PhD
Chief Program & People Officer, Acelero, Inc.

Gillian Dowley McNamee, PhD
Professor; Director, Teacher Education Program; Director, Language and Literacy Partners; Erikson Institute

Patricia A. Kay
Chair, Department of Education and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Berkshire Community College

Steve Lepinski
Executive Director, Washburn Center For Children (Ret.)

Mary Muhs, EdD
Academic Program Director, Early Childhood Education, Rasmussen University

Kelly Phillips
Program Director at Monument Square and Magic Seasons, Early Childhood and School-Age Centers, Childcare Centers of the Berkshires, Inc.

Michael Pittman
Director, New Horizon Academy, Brooklyn Center

Dr. Sheila Williams Ridge
Director, Shirley G. Moore Lab School, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

Deby Ziesmer
Early Childhood Director/Pritzker Fellow, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board

Mary K. Boyd
Chief Executive Officer, MKB Associates; Area Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools (Ret.); Director of Ramsey County Community Services (Ret.); Dean, Graduate School of Education, Hamline University (Ret.)

Marty Lange
Senior Vice President, National Geographic Learning; former Senior Vice President, Chief Products Officer, McGraw Hill

Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, EdD
NCSP, ABPdN
Diplomate, The American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology
INSPiRE Neuropsychology Clinic Community High School District 218, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Lori Markson, PhD
Professor, Psychology & Brain Sciences; faculty Director of Undegraduate Research, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Daniel C. Miller, PhD
ABPP, ABSNP, NCSP
Executive Director, Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice, Texas Woman’s University; President, KIDS, Inc./School Neuropsychology Institute

Dr. Charisse B. Pickron
Assistant Professor, Institute of Child Development, College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota

Sandra R. Waxman, PhD
Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University & Director of the University Infant & Child Development Center

Catherine Allan
Executive Producer, Twin Cities PBS (Ret.)

Kristin Pederson
Senior Director, Vice President, TPT Education, Twin Cities PBS

Theo Jolosky, PhD
Jolosky Market Reasoning; Director of Product Management, Pearson Clinical Assessment (ret.)

Michael Quinn Patton, PhD
Founder and CEO, Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Art Rolnick
Economist, University of Minnesota; Former Senior Fellow, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Former Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Lynne Atlas-Ingebretson
Chief of Staff, World Savvy

Michael C. Bingham
Senior Vice President, Presbyterian Homes & Services; Former CEO of Twin Cities RISE!

Tim Marx
Counsel, Winthrop & Weinstine PA; Former President & CEO of Catholic Charities Minneapolis & St. Paul

Marcus Pope
President, Youthprise

Angela Watts
Director of Health Equity Strategic Initiatives & Impact
Hennepin Healthcare

Paul Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer, Project for Pride in Living

Otis Zanders
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ujamaa Place

Susan Haigh
President and Chief Executive Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (Ret.); Former Ramsey County (MN) County Commissioner

Thomas Moss
Former Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services; Chief Operating Officer, Public Strategies Group (Ret.)

Connie Nelson
Director of Re:DESIGN; Former Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Revenue; Partner Emeritus, The Public Strategies Group (Ret.)

John Couchman
Vice President, Programs & Grants, St. Paul Foundation (Ret.)

Frank Forsberg
Former Sr. Vice President, Twin Cities United Way
F. P. Forsberg Consulting, LLC