MPR Board of Trustees
May 2022
Officers of the Board
Jim Dwyer, Chair
Mary Brainerd, Vice Chair
Rick King, Second Vice Chair
Jean Taylor, President
Sima Griffith, Secretary
Michael Palmer, Treasurer
Trustees
The year Trustee joined MPR’s Board of Trustees is denoted in parenthesis
Vivek Agrawal, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co. (2019)
Jeannine Befidi, Vice President, Global Employee Communications, Ceridian (2021)
Wendy Bennett, Consultant to Foundations in Global Health (2015)
Mary Brainerd, Former CEO, Health Partners (2014)
Julie Causey, Chairman Emeritus, Western Bank (2017)
Jim Dwyer, Chairman of the Board, 8th Ave Food & Provisions (2013)
Ivan Fong, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Medtronic (2014)
Sid Gandhi, SVP, Employee Benefits Solutions, Securian Financial Group (2019)
Sima Griffith, Managing Principal, Aethlon Capital LLC (2017)
Shawntera Hardy, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, PolicyGrounds Consulting (2019)
Kandace Heck, Executive Vice President & Chief Audit Executive, U.S. Bank (2020)
Libby Hlavka, President, Driscoll Foundation (2017)
Dr Kenneth Holmen, President & CEO, CentraCare Health (2018)
Rick King, Retired Executive, Thomson Reuters (2011)
Jonathan Low, Predictiv Consulting (2014)
Drew Murphy, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, Edison International (2020)
Michael Palmer, Retired President, Winslow Capital (2021)
Bryan Phillips, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (2021)
Nii-Ayite Quaye, Vice President, Vermilion Group, M.A. Mortensen (2016)
Karen Richard, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Andersen Corporation (2022)
Patricia S Simmons, MD, Professor, Executive, and Trustee Emeritus, Mayo Clinic (2014)
Jean Taylor, President & CEO, American Public Media Group (2013)
Mandy Tuong, President & CEO, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing (2021)
Active Life Trustees
Susan Boren King, Retired Partner, Spencer Stuart
Ian Friendly, Retired COO, General Mills
Randall J Hogan
Addison (Tad) Piper, Retired Chairman & CEO, Piper Sandler Companies, Inc.
Steven M Rothschild, Founder & Chair Emeritus, Twin Cites Rise
Honorary Life Trustees
William Pearce (1988)
Joanne Von Blon (1975-83, 1986)
President Emeritus, Minnesota Public Radio
William H Kling (1967)
Note: Members of the Board can be reached by mail c/o Minnesota Public Radio, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul, MN 55101.
Public Information and Opportunities
Minnesota Public Radio Board of Trustee meetings and Advisory Council meetings are open to the public. Find schedules for specific dates, times and locations for advisory council meetings. All board and committee meetings are held at The Kling Public Media Center, 480 Cedar Street in St Paul.