Meet our board of trustees. Our board has ultimate responsibility for the advancement of our mission. It approves our mission, convictions, strategic priorities, key policies, budgets and major initiatives, and it exercises ongoing fiduciary oversight to assure alignment between our mission and operations, to keep St. Thomas moving in the right direction.
Jodeen A. Kozlak '85, Board Chair
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Kozlak Capital Partners, LLC
James P. Kolar '84, Board Vice Chair
Former PWC Board Member and Central Market Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philip E. Soran, Board Vice Chair
Former CEO
Compellent Technologies
John N. Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Industrial Equities, LLP
Lisa S. Anderson '83 MA
Schoeneckers Foundation
Archie C. Black
Retired Chief Executive Officer
SPS Commerce
Kathlene Holmes Campbell
Chief Executive Officer
National Center for Teacher Residencies Company
Andrew J. Cecere '82
Former Chairman, President & CEO
U.S. Bancorp
Reverend Christopher S. Collins, SJ
Pastor
St. Martin de Porres Parish, Belize City
Mark C. Dienhart, Ph.D. '75
President and CEO
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
Geoffrey C. Gage '97
President & Owner
Geoffrey Carlson Gage Branding and Communications
James P. Gearen '83
President
Gearen Holdings Inc.
Amy R. Goldman
CEO and Chair
GHR Foundation
Katharine Anderson Groethe
President
KG North American Import & Distribution
David J. John '88
Managing Director
ASC Trust
David B. Juran '88
Chief Executive Officer
Colliers Mortgage Holdings
Brett Keith '94
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Rockwood Equity Partners
Robert D. Kelly, Ph.D.
President
University of Portland
Ryan J. Kruizenga '04
General Partner
Arthur Ventures
William P. Lentsch '96 MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Kathleen F. MacLennan
Consultant for Non-Profits with an Education Focus
The Constellation Fund;
UST Dougherty Family College (Advisory Board);
UST School of Law (Board of Governors);
Great Minnesota School (Advisory Board);
The Minneapolis Foundation;
Edina Give and Go;
College Possible MN
Reverend Edward A. Malloy
President Emeritus
University of Notre Dame
John M. Morrison
Chairman
Central Financial Services, Inc.
Stephen P. Nachtsheim '67
Former Director & Past Chairman
Deluxe Corporation
Rory J. O'Neill '86
CEO & Managing Partner
Castlelake, L.P.
Patrick G. Ryan '75
Chairman
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Debbra L. Schoneman '96
President and Managing Director
Piper Sandler
Lisa Shannon
President and CEO
Allina Health
Rob Vischer
President
University of St. Thomas
Brad von Bank '95
Owner
Rêve Consulting and Rêve Academy
Anne Sempowski Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Treehouse Ventures
Ann L. Winblad '75
Former Managing Director and Founding Partner
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Carol Frey Wolfe '83
Chair
Frey Legacy Foundation
The Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright
U.S. District Judge
District of Minnesota
Mark A. Zesbaugh '86
President
Entrepreneurial 180