Board of Directors

ClearWay Minnesota^SM has a 19-member Board of Directors comprising 11 at-large positions and eight appointed members. Board Members have expertise in areas of governance, finances, communications and marketing, grant-making, health care and insurance, tobacco control and cessation, community organizing, populations at risk, public affairs and/or human resources. Board and Board Committee meetings are held at the ClearWay Minnesota office.

Board of Directors
Meetings

Board Officers:

Board Chair – Thomas Weaver

Vice Chair – Joy Rikala

Secretary – Vivian Jenkins Nelsen

Treasurer – Bob Boerschel

Board Members:

Governor Mark Dayton appointed:

Jim Rhodes, Endowments and Pension Director for the Minneapolis Portfolio Management Group, LLC, and a former State Representative

Thomas Weaver, CEO of Achieve Services, Inc., and former Chief Operating Officer of the Metropolitan Council (note: Mr. Weaver was originally appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty, then reappointed by Governor Dayton)

Speaker of the House Paul Thissen appointed:

Janet Keysser, former manager of the state’s asthma program at the Minnesota Department of Health

Former Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers appointed:

Bob Boerschel, eFinancial Senior Counsel at Wells Fargo

Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk appointed:

Galen Vetter, former executive at Rust Consulting/Kinsella Media, Franklin Templeton Investments and McGladrey

Former Senate Majority Leader Lawrence Pogemiller appointed:

Daniel Johnson, nonprofit consultant, former executive at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and past president of the United Health Foundation and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation

Attorney General Lori Swanson appointed:

Steven D. McWhirter, Executive Vice President of Dougherty & Company, LLC
Brian Short, Chief Executive Officer of the Leamington Company and former U.S. Magistrate Judge

Board members filling the 11 at-large positions:

Ellen Denzen, researcher with the National Marrow Donor Program
Kelly Drummer, President and CEO of the Tiwahe Foundation
Russel Kuzel, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of UCare
Pamela Lux, Director of Human Resources Communications at Travelers Insurance and former Vice President at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen, co-founder of the INTER-RACE Institute, a diversity think-tank at Augsburg College
Howard Orenstein, Senior Assistant Hennepin County Attorney and former partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Cerisi
Jenny Peterson, Executive Director for Generations Health Care Initiatives
Joy Rikala, independent consultant, former Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension special agent and former police chief for the City of Minnetonka and the University of Minnesota Police Department
Lyn Stepaniak, Director of Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Technical and Patient Services at Medtronic, Inc.
Joel Swanson, President of Risdall Marketing Group

Former ClearWay Minnesota Board Members, from one year prior:

David Jones (resigned October 2014)
Larry Kryzaniak (resigned November 2013)
Teresa Matsui Sanders (resigned December 2013)

Board and Committee Meetings

The ClearWay Minnesota Board of Directors meets every other month throughout the year. Board Meetings are open to the public.

Board Meetings are typically held from 9 a.m. – noon in the ClearWay Minnesota office.

2015 BOARD MEETINGS

January 21, 9 a.m. – noon
March 18, 9 a.m. – noon
May 20, 9 a.m. – noon
July 15, 9 a.m. – noon
September 16, 9 a.m. – noon
November 18, 9 a.m. – noon

2014 COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Committees of the ClearWay Minnesota Board meet throughout the year. Most meetings are open to the public and are held at the ClearWay Minnesota office at Two Appletree Square, 8011 34th Ave. S., Ste. 400, Minneapolis, MN 55425.

2014-2015 ClearWay Minnesota^SM Board Committee Roster and Meeting Schedule

EXECUTIVE/GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Thomas Weaver, Chair
Joy Rikala, Vice Chair
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen, Secretary
Bob Boerschel, Treasurer; Chair, Audit/Finance Committee
Daniel Johnson, Chair, Nominating and Board Development Committee
Jenny Peterson, Chair, Program Grants and Contracts Committee
Jim Rhodes, Chair, Strategic Planning and Development Committee

December 17 (2014), 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
February 18, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 15, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 17, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
August 19, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
October 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
December 16 (2015), 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE

Bob Boerschel, Chair
Steven McWhirter
Jim Rhodes
Brian Short
Galen Vetter

December 18 (2014), 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
February 26, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
April 22, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
June 25, 1:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
August 27, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
October 29, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

NOMINATING AND BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Daniel Johnson, Chair
Kelly Drummer
Pamela Lux
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
Three external Committee Members

No meetings pending

PROGRAM GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE

Jenny Peterson, Chair
Ellen Denzen
Janet Keysser
Russel Kuzel
Joy Rikala

January 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
March 5, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
May 7, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
July 2, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
September 3, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
November 5, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

Jim Rhodes, Chair
Pamela Lux
Howard Orenstein
Joel Swanson
Anne Vars

No meetings pending

INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Galen Vetter, Chair
Lois Buermann*
Kim Faust*
LeAnn Stagg*
Connie Thompson*

*Eternal committee members

Meetings not public