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Board of Directors

James Alberts II
Church of God in Christ
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Board Member since 2009

Kathi Austin Mahle
United Methodist Church
Golden Valley, Minnesota
Board Member since 2006

Mary F. Bednarowski
Roman Catholic
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Member since 1996

Bill Cahoy
Roman Catholic
Cold Spring, Minnesota
Board Member since 2010

Susan (Suzie) Colianni 
Roman Catholic
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Member since 2018

Nicholas Denysenko
Orthodox
Valparaiso, Indiana
Board Member since 2019

Harold (Hal) Dragseth
Lutheran
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Board Member since 2009

Bruce Ensrud
Lutheran
Edina, Minnesota
Board Member since 2016

Cynthia Gehrig 
Unitarian
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Board Member since 2018

Leslie R. Green
Roman Catholic
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Board Member since 1999

Grant Grissom
Presbyterian
Media, Pennsylvania
Board Member since 1992

Patricia Lull
Lutheran
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Board Member since 2018

Darrell H. Jodock, Chair
Lutheran
Saint Peter, Minnesota
Board Member since 1999

Harry Pappas
Orthodox
Crestwood, New York
Board Member since 2008

M. Susan Peterson
Lutheran
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Board Member since 2000

Mary Pickard
Unitarian
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Board Member since 2012

Gary Reierson
United Church of Christ
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota
Board Member since 2000

Jerry Roelofs
Lutheran
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Board Member since 2019

Ellie Roscher
Roman Catholic
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Member since 2018

Clyde Steckel
United Church of Christ
Saint Anthony, Minnesota
Board Member since 1993

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

Paul Bassett
Nazarene
Overland Park, Kansas
Board Member since 1997

Joel A. Elftmann
United Church of Christ
Bloomington, Minnesota
Board Member since 1997

Joyce McFarland
Episcopalian
Excelsior, Minnesota
Board Member since 1983

Thomas Quigley
Disciples of Christ
Mukilteo, Washington
Board Member since 1985

Douglas Wallace
Baptist
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Member since 1980

EX OFFICIO

Ann Marie Biermaier, OSB
Roman Catholic
Saint Joseph, Minnesota
Delegate for the Prioress, Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict

John Klassen, OSB
Roman Catholic
Collegeville, Minnesota
Tenth Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey

Eugene McAlister 
Saint John’s University
Collegeville, MN
Interim President, Saint John’s University

Kilian McDonnell, OSB, Founder and President
Roman Catholic
Collegeville, Minnesota
Founder, Collegeville Institute

Michael Patella, OSB
Roman Catholic
Collegeville, Minnesota
President’s Delegate, Saint John’s University

Susan Rudolph, OSB
Roman Catholic
Saint Joseph, Minnesota
Prioress of Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict

 

 

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January 8, 2021

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