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GIVENS FOUNDATION BOARD LIST

Archie Givens, Jr.

President; President & CEO of Legacy Management and Development Corporation, Minneapolis

Mary Franklin

Board Chair; Director of Firm Administration,

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP, Minneapolis

Toni Randolph

Vice Chair; Reporter, Minnesota Public Radio,

St. Paul

 

Ben Aase

Treasurer; Consultant, LarsonAllen, Minneapolis

Darlyne Bailey

Dean of Graduate School of Social Work, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvannia

Jessica Jackson President & Owner, Cirlutions, LLC,

Deneen Law

Director, Marketing Strategy and Analysis, Cardiovascular, Boston Scientific, St. Paul

Herman Milligan, Jr., Ph.D.

Marketing Consultant, Minneapolis

Thomas Nelson Attorney, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis

Beverly Propes

Licensed School Nurse, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis

Rebecca Robinson

Diversity Management Professional, Rogers

Barbara Shin, Ph.D.

Education Diversity & Equity Consultant, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Alvin M. Stafford

Banking & Real Estate Professional, Eagan

Jasmine Stringer Operator Specialist, General Mills, Minneapolis
Dominic Taylor

Associate Artistic Director, Penumbra Theatre Co.,

St. Paul

Matthew Winston

Vice President, Hays Companies, Minneapolis

HONORARY MEMBERS
Phebe Mae Givens Co-founder, Givens Collection; Retired Administrator, Willows Convalescent Center, Minneapolis
Roxanne Givens CEO, Ethnic Homes, Minneapolis

Margaret Hasse

Nonprofit Consultant, St. Paul

Josie Johnson

Founder & Co-Chair, Leland Johnson Common Vision Program; former University of Minnesota Regent, Minneapolis

Carol Meshbesher Community Volunteer, Minneapolis
Amos Rosenbloom Partner, Rosenbloom & Rosenbloom, Retired, Minneapolis

Claudia Wallace-Gardner

Event & Conference Consultant, Minneapolis

ADVISORS
Christopher Paul Curtis author
Rita Dove poet
Marian Wright Edelman Children's Defense Fund
Walter Mosley author
Alexs Pate author, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Sonia Sanchez author

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