Board of Trustees
Meet our board of trustees. Our board has ultimate responsibility for the advancement of our mission. It approves our mission, convictions, strategic priorities, key policies, budgets and major initiatives, and it exercises ongoing fiduciary oversight to assure alignment between our mission and operations, to keep St. Thomas moving in the right direction.
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Jodeen A. Kozlak '85, Board Chair
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Kozlak Capital Partners, LLC -
James P. Kolar '84, Board Vice Chair
Former PWC Board Member and Central Market Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP -
Philip E. Soran, Board Vice Chair
Former CEO
Compellent Technologies
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John N. Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Industrial Equities, LLP -
Lisa S. Anderson '83 MA
Schoeneckers Foundation -
Archie C. Black
Chief Executive Officer
SPS Commerce -
Kathlene Holmes Campbell
Chief Executive Officer
National Center for Teacher Residencies Company -
Andrew J. Cecere '82
Chairman, President & CEO
U.S. Bancorp -
Michael V. Ciresi '68
Founding Partner
Ciresi Conlin LLP -
Reverend Dennis J. Dease '72
President Emeritus
University of St. Thomas -
Mark C. Dienhart, Ph.D. '75
President and CEO
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation -
Andrew S. Duff
Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Piper Sandler -
Timothy P. Flynn '79
Former Chairman (Retired)
KPMG International -
Geoffrey C. Gage '97
President & Owner
Geoffrey Carlson Gage Branding and Communications -
James P. Gearen '83
President
Gearen Holdings Inc. -
Amy R. Goldman
CEO and Chair
GHR Foundation -
Katharine Anderson Groethe
President
KG North American Import & Distribution -
David J. John '88
Managing Director
ASC Trust -
David Juran '88
President & CEO
Colliers Mortgage Holdings -
Paul L. Karon '85
Former CEO & Chairman
Benfield, Inc. -
Brett Keith '94
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Rockwood Equity Partners -
Robert D. Kelly, Ph.D.
President
University of Portland -
William P. Lentsch '96 MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis -
Reverend Edward A. Malloy
President Emeritus
University of Notre Dame -
John M. Morrison
Chairman
Central Financial Services, Inc. -
Stephen P. Nachtsheim '67
Former Director & Past Chairman
Deluxe Corporation -
Rory J. O'Neill '86
CEO & Managing Partner
Castlelake, L.P. -
Patrick G. Ryan '75
Chairman
Ryan Companies US, Inc. -
Debbra L. Schoneman '96
Managing Director, President
Piper Sandler -
Lisa Shannon
President and CEO
Allina Health -
Rob Vischer
President
University of St. Thomas -
Brad von Bank '95
Owner
Rêve Consulting and Rêve Academy -
Anne Sempowski Ward
Chief Executive Officer
CURiO Brands -
Ann L. Winblad '75
Former Managing Director and Founding Partner
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners -
Carol Frey Wolfe '83
Director
Frey Foundation Board -
The Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright
U.S. District Judge
District of Minnesota -
Mark A. Zesbaugh '86
President
Entrepreneurial 180