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More than 450 people have shared their expertise in the development of Compass.
Compass Funders
3M Foundation
Blandin Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Bush Foundation
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Initiative Foundation
Mardag Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
B.C. Gamble, P.W. Skogmo Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Northland Foundation
Northwest Minnesota Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Southwest Initiative Foundation
West Central Initiative
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Compass Governance Committee
Frank Forsberg, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Guy Gilmore, Pioneer Press
MayKao Hang, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Peter Hutchinson, Bush Foundation
Elizabeth Kautz, City of Burnsville
Sean Kershaw, Citizens League
Paul Mattessich, Wilder Research
Carleen Rhodes, The Saint Paul Foundation
Carolyn Roby, Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota
Steven Rosenstone, MnSCU
Marsha Shotley, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Robin Torgerson, 3M Community Affairs
Sandra Vargas, The Minneapolis Foundation
Kate Wolford, The McKnight Foundation
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Compass steering Committee
Sue Brorson, University of Minnesota Extension
Neal Cuthbert, McKnight Foundation
Drew Digby, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Nancy Fasching, Southwest Initiative Foundation
Brad Finstad, Center for Rural Policy and Development
Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographic Center
Don Hickman, Initiative Foundation
Wendy Merrick, West Central Initiative
Matt Rezac, Blandin Foundation
Mary Rothchild, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Marty Sieve, Northwest Minnesota Foundation
Technical Advisory Committee
Carol Berde, Strategy Consulting for Nonprofits and Philanthropies
Will Craig, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Tom Gillaspy, State of Minnesota
Todd Graham, Metropolitan Council
John Gunyou, City of Minnetonka
Ellery July, Minnesota Housing Partnership
Jay Kiedrowski, Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Toby Madden, Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota
Herman J. Milligan, Wells Fargo & Co.
Elizabeth Peterson, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Jeffrey Schneider, City of Minneapolis
Tom Stinson, Minnesota Department of Finance
Tom Walkington, Hennepin County
Tom Wegner, Land O’Lakes
Compass advisory group co-conveners
Aging – Dawn Simonson, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Children and Youth – Chris Ganzlin, The McKnight Foundation
Civic Engagement – Sean Kershaw, Citizens League
Disparities – Sandra L. Vargas, Minneapolis Foundation
Early Childhood – Barbara Yates, Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
Economy and Workforce – Michael Gorman, Split Rock Partners
Education – Alice Seagren, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education
Environment – Steve Morse, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Health – Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners
Housing – Tim Marx, Commissioner, Minnesota Housing
Immigration – Bill Blazar, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Sandra L. Vargas, The Minneapolis Foundation
Public Safety – Tom Johnson, Council on Crime and Justice
Transportation – Bob Johns, Center for Transportation Studies, U. of M.
See all the community members who worked on the advisory groups
Please note, affiliations are as of the time that the groups convened.
