Dean's Advisory Council

Osa Akpata-Tanious
President, Public Affairs Student Association (PASA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Peter Bell
Former Chair, Metropolitan Council
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Laura Bishop
Former Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
St. Paul, Minnesota
Nisha Botchwey
Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robin Caufman
Adam Chelseth
Manager/Chief of Staff, Deloitte
Washington, DC
Mike Christenson
Director, Urban Investors Program, Augsburg University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gary Cunningham
President and CEO, Prosperity Now
Washington, DC
Arnoldo Curiel
Devin Driscoll
Lorie Gildea
MayKao Hang
Dean, College of Health, University of Saint Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
Shep Harris
Mike Hiltner
The Honorable William Howard
Judge, Hennepin County District Court
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lorie Humphrey
Senior Business Partner, Human Resources, Thrivent
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Charles Marohn
Kiyoshi Nakasaka
President and CEO, Washington CORE, LLC
Bethesda, Maryland
Noel Nix
Lois Quam
President, Blue Shield of California
Mark Ritchie
Former Minnesota secretary of state; former president, Global Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Breanna Schafer
Jim Southwick
Former VP, Global Government Affairs, Medtronic
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sarah Stoesz
Lois Takahashi
Director, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Sacramento, California
Dan Whalen
Philanthropist, Whalen Family Foundation
Oakland, California
Paul Williams
President and CEO, Project for Pride in Living
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Andrea Wood
Vice President of Social Impact, Best Buy
Richfield, Minnesota