MPR Board of Trustees
August 2024
Officers of the Board
Bryan Phillips, Chair
Jim Dwyer, Vice Chair
Jean Taylor, President
Julie Causey, Secretary
Michael Palmer, Treasurer
Trustees
The year Trustee joined MPR’s Board of Trustees is denoted in parenthesis
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)
Sid Gandhi, EVP, Employee Benefit Solutions, Securian Financial Group (2019)
James Ganley, Managing Principal, AB CarVal (2023)
Sima Griffith, Managing Principal, Aethlon Capital LLC (2017)
Kandace Heck, EVP & Chief Audit Executive, U.S. Bank (2020)
Libby Hlavka, President, Driscoll Foundation (2017)
Dr Kenneth Holmen, President & CEO, CentraCare Health (2018)
Jennifer Kelly, General Manager & VP of Trust & Safety, Upwork (2024)
Drew Murphy, CEO, Trio Advisory (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, SVP, M.A. Mortensen Companies, Managing Director, Vermilion Group (2016)
Karen Richard, SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Andersen Corporation (2022)
Jean Taylor, President & CEO, American Public Media Group (2013)
Bo Thao-Urabe, Founder & President, Seed.Grow.Bloom LLC (2023)
Isaac Thompson, President & CEO, Oregon Symphony (2023)
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
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.