MnSCU Citizens Advisory Commission members
Contact: Melinda Voss, (651) 296-9443, melinda.voss@so.mnscu.edu
- Vance Opperman, co-chair, Minneapolis, CEO of Key Investment, Inc.
- Glen Taylor, co-chair, North Mankato, CEO of Taylor Corporation
- Joanne E. Benson, White Bear Lake, CEO of the Minnesota Business Academy in St. Paul and former lieutenant governor
- Julie Bleyhl, Madison, legislative director of AFSCME Council 6, past member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and the former Minnesota State Universities Board
- Andrew Boss, St. Paul, member of the MnSCU Board of Trustees, retired chief executive officer and chair of St. Anthony Park Bank
- Wilson Bradshaw, St. Paul, president of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul and Minneapolis, a MnSCU institution
- Cheryl Dickson, St. Paul, former president of the Minnesota Humanities Commission
- Nancy Domaille, Rochester, CEO of Domaille Engineering of Rochester, immediate past chair of Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and member of Greater Rochester Area University Center Board of Directors
- John Frobenius, St. Cloud, president of St. Cloud Hospital and co-president of Centracare Health System
- Jack M. Geller, Mankato, president of the Center for Rural Policy and Development at Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Carol R. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Public Schools superintendent
- Reatha Clark King, Minneapolis, president and executive director of the General Mills Foundation, vice president of General Mills Inc., former president of Metropolitan State University
- Jan Krasny, Moorhead, student at Minnesota State University Moorhead and vice chair, Minnesota State University Student Association
- Sen. Roger Moe, Erskine, Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate ??? Greg Mulcahy, St. Paul, co-treasurer of Minnesota State College Faculty
- Kathleen Nelson, Duluth, president of Lake Superior College of Duluth, a MnSCU institution
- Collins W. Oakgrove, Red Lake, former teacher in Minneapolis Public Schools and at the University of Minnesota, and director of education for the Red Lake Tribal Council
- David Olson, Minnetonka, president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
- Paul M. Olson, Grand Rapids, president and CEO of the Blandin Foundation and chair of the Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development
- James Pehler, St. Cloud, president of the Inter Faculty Organization and a former state representative and senator
- Hazel Reinhardt, Minneapolis, consultant and former Minnesota state demographer
- Ed Schones, St. Paul, co-president of Minnesota State College Faculty, former president of United Technical College Educators
- Patricia Spence, Rice, immediate past chair of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and former Little Falls mayor, teacher and business owner
- Rep. Steve Sviggum, Kenyon, Speaker, Minnesota House of Representatives
- Elsa Vega-Perez, St. Paul, program officer for the Otto Bremer Foundation
- Michael Vekich, St. Louis Park, member and immediate past chair of the MnSCU Board of Trustees, business and financial consultant
- Ray Waldron, South St. Paul, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO
- Elaine V. Voss, Blaine, a member of the Governor's Citizen Advisory Commission on Redistricting and the SBI Investment Advisory Council, and former deputy secretary of state
- Tom Westerhaus, Cold Spring, superintendent of the ROCORI Area Schools and adjunct professor at St. Cloud State University
- Shaun Williams, Cloquet, student at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, a MnSCU institution, and vice president, Minnesota State College Student Association
- Lee Pao Xiong, St. Paul, president and CEO of the Urban Coalition, Metropolitan Council representative, former director of government and community relations at Concordia University
Mary Choate, Bloomington, chair of the MnSCU Board of Trustees, is an ex officio member of the commission. She and her husband own and operate seven McDonald's restaurants.
