Staff & Board

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Leah Gardner

she/her/hers
Policy Director
Favorite food: Cheese
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Peter Woitock

he/him/his
Government Relations Manager
Favorite food: Tator tot hot dish
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Rachel Holmes

she/her/hers
Director of Advocacy & Community Engagement
Favorite food: Pasta
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Stephanie Robinson

she/her/hers
Statewide Food Access Liason
Favorite food: Anything sharable (and spicy!)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

Dave Schmiechen

Chair
Retired
formerly Andersen Corporation

Kurt Johansen

Treasurer
Vice President and Chief Counsel
Ameriprise Financial

Bridget Hayden

Secretary
Partner
Dorsey & Whitney

Leah Porter

Development Chair & Founder of Twin Cities Mobile Market
Strategic Services Consultant
Propel Nonprofit

Directors

Andrew Chelseth

University of Minnesota

Georgi Nguyen

Keystone Community Services

Sarah Kinney

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

Sharon Roberg-Perez

Robins Kaplin LLP

Keith Narr

Cargill

Rhys Williams

Farmer, Community Member

Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey

MN Department of Agriculture

Marna Canterbury

VP Community Health and Partnerships
Health Partners

Dr. Chris Taylor

VP People Experience and Inclusion
Fairview

Jana Gaffaney

General Mills

Michael Dominowski

Securian Financial