Board & Leadership
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jim Knutson Kolodzne (Chair)
Director, American Indian Center, SCSU
Steve Joul (TREASURER)
President, Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Focus Areas:
Educational Attainment Chair
Lydia White
GRIP Education task Force
Health Care Access Co-Chairs:
Rosemond Sarpong Owens
Health Literacy/Cultural Competency Specialist
CentraCare Health System
Deb Hall
Director of Outpatient and Outreach
St. Cloud Hospital Women & Children’s Center
Housing Access Chair
Lisa Marvin
CEO, Essence Property Management, Inc.
Functional Area
Awareness Building Committee Co-Chairs
Kevin LaNave,
Director, Center for Service-Learning and Social Change
Debra Leigh,
Professor & Lead Organizer of C.A.R.E, St. Cloud State University
INSTITUTION Members
City of St. Cloud
Dave Kleis, Mayor
Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Steve Joul, President
United Way of Central Minnesota
Noreen J. Dunnells, Chief Professional Officer
St. Cloud State University
Earl Potter III, President
St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce
Teresa Bohnen, President,
School District 742/47/748:
Bruce Watkins, Superintendent
Equity Services Dept., District 742:
Luis Saenz, Director
NAACP
Katrina Scott, President
ETHNICITY/RACE representatives
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
AFRICAN
Ismail Ali
Somali Elders Council
ASIAN-AMERICAN
Shahzad Ahmad
Director, Multicultural Student Services, SCSU
HISPANIC/LATIN@
& AMERICAN INDIAN
Jim Knutson Kolodzne
Director, American Indian Center, SCSU
OTHER AT-LARGE MEMBERS:
FAITH COMMUNITIES:
Dee Pederson, Pastor, Bethlehem Lutheran Church
BUSINESS:
Jerry McCarter, CPA, Minnesota Real Estate Foundation
Charles (Chuck) Rau, General Manager, RIE Coatings
John Wertz, Chapter Chair – SCORE/ Retired Educator, District 742
HUMAN SERVICES
Mohamoud Mohamed, Executive Director, SASSO (St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation Organization)
Mark Sakry, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Central MN