MPR Board of Trustees

October 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)

  • Dr. Marc Gorelick, President & CEO, Children’s Minnesota (2024)

  • 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.