Our Leadership

Board of Directors

Ms. Jackie Darrah (Chair) Community Volunteer

Mr. Scott Pollei (Vice Chair)
Dunn Lake Partners, Partner

Ms. Sheila Folkestad (Treasurer) 
Community Volunteer 

Mr. Phil Martin (Secretary)
Fox Rothschild, LLP, Partner

Wilson Acevedo
Optum, Deputy General Counsel – OptumRx

Mr. Joe Boone 
Water Street Partners, Managing Partner

Rev. Joseph Brown, S.J. 
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Professor/Chair of the Africana Studies Department

Fr. Christopher Collins, S.J. 
University of St. Thomas, Vice President of Mission

Mr. Tim Gelinske Bell Bank, Senior Vice President
Torgerson Family Foundation, Board Member

Ms. Emma Gergen
Carlson Private Capital Partners, Principal

Mr. Joel Grebenick
Northern Lakes Capital, Partner

Humberto Gutiérrez Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank

Fr. R.J. Fichtinger, SJ
Associate Pastor, Saint Thomas More Catholic Church

Mr. Robert Frost Lazard Middle Market, CEO

Fr. Tom Lawler, SJ
Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House

Mr. Tom Lydon (Chair-emeritus) Community Volunteer

Mr. Rod Medel
Medel & Associates, Managing Principal

Mr. Jason Morrison 
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, President 

Rev. Warren Sazama, S.J. Community Volunteer

Ms. Linda Roberts Singh 
Community Volunteer

Mr. Jamie Snelson
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Shareholder

Ms. Cristina Thomas, PhD
Senior Laboratory Manager & R&D Global Process Owner (Retired)

Dr. Yohuru Williams University of St. Thomas, College of Arts and Sciences, Dean

Mr. Shay Wyley
Independent Board Director