ClearWay MinnesotaSM 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
Board Officers:
Board Chair – Thomas Weaver
Vice Chair – Joel Swanson
Secretary – Daniel Johnson
Treasurer – Bob Boerschel
Board Members:
Governor Mark Dayton appointed:
- Jim Rhodes, former State Representative, Director of Community Development at Auriton Solutions and Legislative Director of the Minnesota Department of Administration/Office of Enterprise Technology
Former Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed:
- Thomas Weaver, CEO of Achieve Services, Inc., and former Chief Operating Officer of the Metropolitan Council
Former Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers appointed:
- Bob Boerschel, intellectual property attorney and Corporate Counsel for Best Buy
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, Vice President of Public Policy and Mission Advancement at the Multiple Sclerosis Society Upper Midwest Chapter and former executive at United Health Foundation and 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
- David Jones, former Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Allina Health
- 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:
- Cynthia Bemis Abrams (resigned January 2013)
- James Deal (term expired September 2013)
- Vernae Hasbargen (term expired September 2013)
- 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.
2014 BOARD MEETINGS
March 19, 9 a.m. – noon
May 21, 9 a.m – noon
July 16, 9 a.m. – noon
September 17, 9 a.m. – noon
November 19, 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 ClearWay MinnesotaSM Board Committee Roster and Meeting Schedule
EXECUTIVE/GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Thomas Weaver, Chair
Joel Swanson, Vice Chair
Daniel Johnson, Secretary
Bob Boerschel, Treasurer; Chair, Audit/Finance Committee
Jenny Peterson, Chair, Program Grants and Contracts Committee
Lyn Stepaniak, Chair, Strategic Planning and Development Committee
Joy Rikala, Chair, Nominating Committee
April 16, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Meeting canceled
April 30, 11 am. – 1 p.m.
August 20, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
October 15, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
December 17, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE
Bob Boerschel, Chair
Brian Short
Galen Vetter
April 24, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
June 24, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
August 28, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
October 22, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
December 18, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
PROGRAM GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE
Jenny Peterson, Chair
Ellen Denzen
Daniel Johnson
Russel Kuzel
Howard Orenstein
March 6, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
May 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
July 7, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
September 4, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
November 6, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
Lyn Stepaniak, Chair
David Jones
Pamela Lux
Steven McWhirter
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
Jim Rhodes
Joel Swanson
No meetings pending
NOMINATING AND BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Joy Rikala, Chair
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
Lyn Stepaniak
Joel Swanson
Three external Committee Members
April 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chair vacant
Lois Buermann
Kim Faust
LeAnn Stagg
Connie Thompson
Meetings not public