Leadership
Leadership team
Kent Whitworth
Director and CEO
Jennifer Jones
Associate Executive Director
Brian Juntti
Executive Vice President of Shared Services
Amber Annis, PhD
Associate Vice President of Tribal Nation Relations and Native American Initiatives
David Kelliher
Vice President of Public Policy & Government Relations
Ben Leonard
Senior Vice President of Historic Sites Network & Operations
Kevin Maijala
Senior Vice President of Education & Interpretation
Jack Matheson
Associate Vice President Strategy Implementation
Fred Neher
Vice President of Finance
Jennifer Pogatchnik
Vice President of Advancement
Brenda Raney
Senior Vice President, Library, Research, & Collections
Avi Viswanathan
Vice President of Inclusion, Outreach, and Community Engagement
Governing board
Officers
- Peter M. Reyes, Jr., President
- Thomas M. Forsythe, Vice President, Treasurer
- David R. Hakensen, Immediate Past President
- Kent Whitworth, Secretary
Executive council
- Ford W. Bell
- Barbara E. Burwell
- Grant W. Davis
- M. Mitchell Davis
- Elizabeth Driscoll Hlavka
- Joanell M. Dyrstad
- Richard E. Engebretson
- Carolyn M. Essig
- Stephanie L. Fehr
- Thomas M. Forsythe
- David R. Hakensen (Ex Officio - Immediate Past President)
- Dustin B. Heckman
- Monica Little
- Linda Brekke Mona
- Jennifer J. Murray
- Richard C. Nash
- Krista E. O’Malley
- Peter M. Reyes Jr.
- Sharon Sayles Belton
- Daniel J. Schmechel
- Diana L. Schutter
- Roger J. Sit
- Anton S. Treuer
- John R. Tunheim
- Noelle P. Turner
- Gwen N. Westerman
- Kent Whitworth (Ex Officio - Director and CEO)
Ex Officio
- Tim Walz, Governor
- Julie Blaha, State Auditor
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General
- Steve Simon, Secretary of State
- Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor
Emeritus council
- Nina M. Archabal+
- Charles W. Arnason+
- Annette Atkins+
- Sharon Avent+
- Bruce W. Bean+
- Gretchen U. Beito+
- Diane Berthel
- Kathleen Blatz
- Suzanne Blue
- Robert Bruininks
- Judith S. Corson
- Mark Davis+
- Michael J. Davis
- Charlton Dietz+
- Stephen D. Elliott
- Michael Farnell
- Harold A. Frederick
- Ram Gada
- Phyllis Rawls Goff
- William Green
- James T. Hale
- MayKao Hang
- Stanley S. Hubbard
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- Ruth S. Huss
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Dennis Lamkin
- Jean M. Larson
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- Charles Mahar
- Susan B. McCarthy
- William C. Melton+
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Dean Nelson
- Richard H. Nicholson
- Elizabeth M. Nordlie
- Peter Reis
- Mark Ritchie
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Susan Stevens Kenny
- William R. Stoeri
- Edward Stringer
- Bo Thao-Urabe
- Karen Thissen Wilson
- Missy Thompson Staples
- Kathy H. Tunheim
- Benjamin Vander Kooi
- Eleanor Winston
- Warren J. Zaccaro
Honorary council
- Lowell C. Anderson
- Charles W. Arnason+
- Bruce W. Bean+
- S. K. Dash
- Elizabeth S. Driscoll
- Michael J. Fox
- John Huss
- Sylvia Kaplan+
- Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
- William C. Melton+
- Stephen Nelson
- Mark Peterson
- Jeff Savage
- Jeanette (Jan) E. Warner
- Marvin R. Anderson
- Annette Atkins+
- Gretchen U. Beito+
- Mark Davis+
- Dennis Dvorak
- Ram Gada+
- Ruth Huss+
- Colles Larkin
- Terry McGibbon
- Joseph S. Micallef+
- Larry G. Osnes
- Kennon V. Rothchild+
- Gerald Vizenor
- Annette M. Whaley
- Nina M. Archabal+
- Sharon Avent+
- Ford W. Bell
- Charlton Dietz+
- Richard L. Ferrell
- Karen A. Humphrey+
- Lucy R. Jones+
- Robert (Bob) C. Mack
- Peg Meier
- Richard Moe
- Donald (Don) G. Patton
- Fred Perez
- Ramedo J. Saucedo
- Vernell Wabasha
- Mary Lethert Wingerd
+ Emeritus and Honorary Council Member