LearnmoreMN Supporters
The following individuals and organizations have lent their name to the effort to raise awareness, promote discussion and identify solutions to the important challenges facing our state.
We thank our Lead Campaign Sponsors:
| Michael Baden | Wells Fargo |
| MaryAnn Baenninger, Ph.D. | College of Saint Benedict |
| Roger W. Banks | Council on Black Minnesotans |
| Dr. Eida Berrio | St. Olaf College |
| Blandin Foundation | |
| Tisha Bolger | Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley |
| David Brant | Achieve Minneapolis |
| James Scott Brew | LHB, Inc. |
| Keith Brooks | Anoka Ramsey Community College |
| Robert Brown | University of St. Thomas |
| Dr. George K. Brushaber | Bethel University |
| Dr. Dan Bruss | Bethany Lutheran College |
| Ellis F. Bullock | Grotto Foundation, Inc. |
| Adolfo Cardona | Latino Midwest News |
| Emmett D. Carson | The Minneapolis Foundation |
| Toni Carter | Ramsey County |
| Dr. Ellen Chaffee | Valley City State University |
| Emiliano Chagil | Augsburg College |
| Theodore Chien | Reden & Anders, LTD |
| Alex C. Cirillo, Jr. | 3M |
| John Clementson | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Robyn Cousin | Minneapolis Public Schools |
| Jennifer Dahlquist | Midwestern Higher Education Compact |
| Rev. Dennis Dease | University of St. Thomas |
| Denise Dieffenbach | University of St. Thomas |
| Charlton Dietz | St. Paul, Minn. |
| Barb Embacher | Mankato Area Public Schools |
| Janet O. Estep | U.S. Bancorp |
| David D. Etzwiler | Medtronic Foundation |
| Charlie Ferrell | Faegre & Benson |
| Stephanie Fox | Tunheim Partners |
| Allison Frailich | Tunheim Partners |
| William V. Frame Ph.D. | Augsburg College |
| Br. Craig Franz, FSC | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |
| Michael Freeman | Lindquist & Vennum |
| James Gelder | ING Life Group - US |
| Dr. Larry Goodwin | College of St. Scholastica |
| Brooke Hanson | Minnesota Campus Compact |
| Dr. Linda Hanson | Hamline University |
| Whitney Harris | Minnesota State Colleges & Universities – Office of the Chancellor |
| Bu Hayes | Bethany Lutheran College |
| Mario A. Hernandez | La Escuelita |
| Tom Holman | Morning Foundation |
| Dr. Robert Holst | Concordia University, St. Paul |
| Mark Holterhaus | Tunheim Partners |
| Sonia Hohnadel | Tri-College University |
| Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III | Tunheim Partners |
| Josiah Jackson | Minneapolis Information Centers, Inc. |
| Shelley Jacobson | Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis |
| Willie J. Johnson | Normandale Community College |
| Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur | Concordia College, Moorhead |
| Dr. Eric Jolly | Science Museum of Minnesota |
| Catherine Jordan | Children Youth & Family Consortium - University of Minnesota |
| David T. Knopick | Community National Bank |
| Dr. Steven Koop | Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare |
| Richard Kreyer | Minnesota Hospital Association |
| A. Ghafar Lakanwal | Multicultural Development Center (MCDC) |
| Joseph P. Lally | Delta Dental |
| Andrea J. Lee, IHM | College of St. Catherine |
| Chris LaVictoire Mahai | Aveus |
| Geoff Maruyama | Systems Administration Office - University of Minnesota |
| Joseph Marzano | Art Institutes International Minnesota |
| Robert Mattison | Retired, Graco Inc. |
| Jim McCorkell | Admission Possible |
| Dr. Margaret K. McLaughlin | College of St. Catherine |
| Jackie Means | Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis |
| Mark Murphy | Cargill Foundation |
| Steve Murray | Normandale Community College |
| Michael Newman | St. Paul Travelers Foundation |
| Michael O’Keefe | Minneapolis College of Art and Design |
| Jeff Ochs | Breakthrough Saint Paul |
| Dr. Robert A. Oden, Jr. | Carleton College |
| Stephen R. Ogren | Retired, Deloitte & Touche LLP |
| Evelyn Pallas | Kinney Family Foundation |
| Anita Pampusch | Bush Foundation |
| Traci Parmenter | Admission Possible |
| Kenneth Pellegrini | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |
| Cindy Peterson | Augsburg College |
| Dr. James Peterson | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| LaRue Pierce | St. Olaf College |
| Dr. Lawrence T. Potter Jr. | University of St. Thomas |
| Tauna Quimby | Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines |
| Br. Dietrich Reinhart, OSB | Saint John’s University |
| Dr. Leon A. Rodrigues | Bethel University |
| Dr. Brian Rosenberg | Macalester College |
| Philomena Morrissey Satre | Wells Fargo |
| Lenor A. Scheffler | Best & Flanagan, LLP |
| Nancy Siska | Cargill, Inc. |
| Chuck Slocum | The Williston Group |
| Rick J. Smith | Normandale Community College |
| Seth Snyder | College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University |
| John Stanoch | Qwest |
| Susan Kenny Stevens | LarsonAllen Public Service Group |
| Elona Street-Stewart | Board of Education, St. Paul Public Schools |
| Amy Sunderland | Adler Management |
| Janet Tauer | Minnesota TRIO Association |
| Jean Taylor | Taylor Corporation |
| Bao Lee Thao | Augsburg College |
| Dr. Christopher Thomforde | St. Olaf College |
| Loanne R. Thrane | St. Paul, Minn. |
| Thrivent Financial | |
| Joan Toohey | Macalester College |
| Kathryn H. Tunheim | Tunheim Partners,Inc. |
| William Tully | Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities |
| Mark Vaillancourt | Southwest Initiative Foundation |
| Edward T. Wahl | Faegre & Benson LLP |
| Hedy Lemar Walls | Minneapolis Public Schools |
| Kristi Rollag Wangstad | GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services |
| Barbara Washington | Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching |
| Robert Weisenfeld | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Jon Westby | Minneapolis Community and Technical College |
| Lauri Winterfeldt-Shanks | Moorhead Public Schools |
| Karen Woodward | Support Our Schools |
| Lee Pao Xiong | Concordia University |
| James Zastrow | M & I Bank |
| Priscilla Zee | St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce |
