Board of Directors

Suzanne Humbert, Board Chair

Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Minneapolis, MN

 

Patrick Skiles, Treasurer

Retired, Livonia, MI

 

Elizabeth Davis, Secretary

Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

 

David Arens

Founding Partner, Private Wealth, West Des Moines, IA

 

Nicole Barcliff

Policy Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Washington, D.C.

 

Melanie Brizzi

Chief Child Care Strategy and Operations Officer, The Consultants Consortium, Indianapolis, IN

 

Alicia Butler Pierre

Founder and CEO, Equilibria, Inc., Atlanta, GA

 

Maria Medina

Systems Director of Equity Initiatives, M Health Fairview; VP of Strategy and Food Systems for Haystack Data Solutions; former Mayor of Richfield, MN; Minneapolis, MN

 

Kelly Elkin

Commerical Banking Executive, Alerus Financial, St. Louis Park, MN

 

Walter Gilliam

Executive Director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, Omaha, NE

 

Edith Johnson

Retired, Las Vegas, NV

 

Roger Neugebauer

Executive Director and Founder, World Forum on Early Care and Education; Former Publisher, Exchange Magazine, Child Care Information Exchange; Redmond, WA

 

Dafina Williams

Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Opportunity Finance Network, Silver Spring, MD