Leadership & Staff
R T Rybak
Former Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota and MN Gubernatorial Candidates
Timothy Baylor
Former Football Player Turned Real Estate Developer
Emmett D Carson
(Former) CEO and President of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Steve Rothschild
Early Promoter of Pay for Performance and Social Impact Investing in Minnesota
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Board
Board Members
Jim Pohlad
Executive vice president of Marquette Financial Companies; owner, Minnesota Twins MLB professional baseball franchise
Conley Brooks
Longtime head of lumber company Brooks Scanlon Inc
Edson W Spencer
Former CEO of Honeywell
Donors
Walton Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart
Donations
Close Gaps by 5 (formerly known as the MELF)
Close Gaps By 5 is a lean nonprofit organization led by Minnesota business and community leaders championing the use of early education to narrow Minnesota’s worst-in-the-nation achievement gaps.
MinneMinds
Minnesota early childhood
Memberships
Connext MSP
inclusive talent network, united by an ambition to ensure that young professionals of color in the MSP region are recruited, hired, and supported by local employers as they launch their careers
Miscellaneous Relationships
Itasca Seminar
Annual Meeting of the Minneapolis Foundation at Gull Lake