JP National Governing Board of Directors & Community Boards of Trustees
JP NATIONAL GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2026
C. Nicole Mason
President & CEO, Future Forward Women
Meredith Moore
Vice Chair
President, Leverette Weekes & Company, Inc.
Lauren Odell
Chair
Partner & COO, Gladstone Place Partners
Olivia Peoples
Partner, The Bridgespan Group
Mike Ruetz
Treasurer
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Kadia Tubman
Secretary
National News & Disinformation Correspondent, Scripps News
former National governing Board Chairs
Sandra Davis, MDA Leadership Consulting
Nevin Harwood, Retired*
Doisey Landry, Community Volunteer*
Sue Hayes, Community Volunteer
John McMahon, Ernst & Young
Michael J. O’Connell, Visionary Founder
John D. Potter, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Susan Sands, S&B Properties
Richard Schmoker, Schmoker Family Foundation*
Jeff Smith, Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Bill Svrluga, Before Racism*
Kim Vanderwall, Vanderwall Consulting
Sandy Santana, Children’s Rights
Aisha Barry, 3M
(*Chair prior to 2009 expansion)
Austin Community Board of trustees
Maria Alena Archuleta
Community Leader
Jessica Bazan
O’Connell Robertson
Caitlin Brooke
Bright HealthCare
Steven Christopher
Austin Community College
Cathy Doggett
Paradigm Shift
Jimmy Flannigan
Austin Convention Enterprises, Inc.
Joe Gonzalez
Vera Bank
Cristina Guajardo
Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation
Jenny Lindsey
Kong, INC
Gretchen Preston
Vice Chair
Community Leader
Liza Ramirez
Chair
Frontier Bank of Texas
Carl J. Roell
The Texas Senate
Erika Rosa
Breaking Bread Outreach Ministries
Sean Skellenger
Skelly Build
Carmen Tilton
Texas Assisted Living Association
Van Vo
Community Leader
BALTIMORE Community Board of trustees
Winne Borden
Philanthropist
Derrick Chin
Chair
Palo Alto Networks
Angelique Jessup, Ph.D.
The Connectus Group
Brittny Herring-DeVore, Ph.D.
Center for Urban Families
Simone Gibson, Ph.D.
Morgan State University
Beshon Trusty, Ph.D.
Educator’s Empowerment Center
Tori Rose
Keystone Community Ventures
Boston Community Board of trustees
Barbara Cassidy
Chair
State Street Global Advisors
Jessica Lee
Lori Lennon
Thinkubator Media
Ethlyn O’Garro
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jean Teillon
Vice Chair
Ready Education
Brooklyn Community Board of trustees
S. Lemuria Alawode-El
DYCD
Gitanjali Faleiro
Chair
Greenhill & Co., LLC
Alex W. Nordholm
Bakala Capital
Samantha Santos
Citi
Kristina Shaw
Year Up
Fargo-moorhead Community Board of trustees
Sarah Dixon-Hackey
Clay County Public Health
Angela Mathers, Ed.D.
Vice Chair
Microsoft
Chandler Esslinger
FM Coalition to End Homelessness
Ashley Halvorson
Petite Maison
Cortnee Jensen
University of North Dakota
Laura Oster-Aaland, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University
Kara Gravley-Stack, Ph.D.
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Jered Pigeon
Minnesota State University Moorhead
David Shultz
Chair
Shultz + Associates Architects
Jessi Zenker
Offutt Family Foundation
Las Vegas Community Board of trustees
Irene Bustamante Adams
NV Workforce Connections
Arcelia Barajas
City of Las Vegas
Miles Dickson
Nevada GrantLab
Laura Ishum
MGM Resorts Intl.
Gard Jameson, Ph.D.
Compassionate Las Vegas
Edith Fernandez, Ph.D.
Nevada State University
Nancy Brune, Ph.D.
Chair
City of Las Vegas
Minneapolis-St. Paul Community Board of trustees
Mackenzie Bilunas
St. Croix Preparatory Academy
Tracey Breazeale
Community Leader
Lakyra Clarke
Cornerstone Advocacy Services
Dana Craven
Post
Jessica Dreher
Community Leader
Kyle Fagerland
Old National Bank
Matthew Frerichs
Maslon LLP
Tony Goodman
Chair
Kohler
Dan Grimsrud
Best & Flanagan, LLP
Christina Ironside
3M
Tami Jenkins
PaR Systems
Sarah Kolar
Intact Insurance
Ashley Mages
Boston Scientific
Sarah McCann
University of St. Thomas
Rhea Moen
St. Paul Public Schools
Suzanne Murphy
Xcel Energy
Erin Wall Newman
Lunr Capital
Joe Nunez
Vantage Law Group
Nekey Oliver
MN Office of Higher Education
Matt Remfert
CarVal Investors
Sophie Rich
Vice Chair
Target
May Thao-Schuck
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Bayza Weeks
Dunwoody College
Melissa Wildermuth
General Mills
Rochester-Southeast MN Community Board of trustees
Judy Braatz
Retired
Kenneth Brown
Retired
Tawonda Burks
Rochester Women’s Magazine
Jeffery Boyd, Ed.D.
Rochester Community and Technical College
Sidney Frye
Olmsted County
Robin Gwaltney
Gwaltney Group REMAX
Luis Lujan
Mayo Clinic
Dionne Hart, M.D.
Care from the Hart
Sheila Neidert
Chair
SGN Consulting
Jerry Perry
Perry Law Firm
Joselyn Raymundo
Entrepreneur
Rev. Luke Stevens-Royer
Vice Chair
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Dawn Tappy
Mayo Clinic