Our Board
Our Board Officers

David T. Sommer
Chair
Vice President of Operations, Pet Resorts, NVA

Derek Nicoll
Chair Emeritus
Former Vice President of Growth Marketing, Quantum Health

Christy Bartlett
Vice Chair
Vice President, Enterprise Innovation, U.S. Bank and Wish Parent

Karen Larson
Treasurer
Retired - Former Vice President, Transformation Office, Thrivent
Our Board Members

Scott Aberson
System Vice President, Legal & Enterprise Risk Management, Sanford Health

Sam Bickel
General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer, ABOUT Healthcare, Inc.

Carrie Guthrie
Global Vice President, Corporate HR, Talent Management and DE&I, Polaris

Carita Hibben
Vice President Human Resources, C.H. Robinson

Josh Howell
President and CEO, Life Link III

Glenn Karwoski
Former Managing Director, Karwoski & Courage Public Relations and Adjunct Marketing Faculty, University of St. Thomas

Jillian Klein
Senior Vice President, Government & External Affairs, Strategic Education, Inc.

George McCrary
Former Executive Vice President of People and Culture, Chief Human Resource Officer, YMCA of the North

Nik Nayar
Chief Merchandising Officer, Blain's Farm & Fleet (Blain Supply, Inc.)

Rose Neale
General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Sun Country Airlines

Jim Sheehan
Retired - Former Chief Financial Officer, Hormel Foods

Jay Sivasailam
Chief Growth Officer, UCare

Mark L. Thompson
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Marsden Holding, LLC

Lisa Valensi
Attorney and Wish Parent

Mike Vanyo
Chief Financial Officer, Liberty Diversified International

Stephen Venable
Deputy General Counsel, Castlelake

Kim Anderson
Digital Assurance and Transparency Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP