Board of Directors
MacPhail is Governed by a Talented and Committed Board of Directors
MacPhail is grateful to its all-volunteer Board of Directors for their support of our mission to transform lives and strengthen communities through music learning experiences. We deeply appreciate their support of and enthusiasm for all MacPhail offers.
Current as of August 1, 2025.
Officers and Committee Chairs

Hudie Broughton, Board Chair
Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor – Merrill Lynch

Anne Yoder, Vice Chair
Senior Director of Communications, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Paul Babcock, Chief Executive Officer
MacPhail Center for Music

William Z. Pentelovitch, Secretary and Governance Committee Chair
Retired, Maslon LLP, Of Counsel

Chip Emery, Treasurer and Audit & Finance Committee Chair
Retired; CEO, Supply Chain Services

Rahoul Ghose, Development Chair
Chief Information Officer (CIO), ECMC Group

Nicole Strydom, Human Resources Committee Chair
Deputy General Counsel, C.H. Robinson
Directors

Margaret (Margee) Bracken
Arts Education Advocate
Life Member

Evan Everist
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Alexa Fang
President, Aspen Waste Systems

Patty Murphy
Community Volunteer

Natalia R. Hernández
Head of School, Breck School

Justin Kelly
CEO of Winslow Capital

Syntyche Koumaglo
Senior Technical Training Developer, Cummins Inc.

Linda Mack
Retired, Star Tribune Architecture Critic

Marshall Tokheim
VP, Process Orchestration and AI at Ecolab

Mary Cate Peris
Associate Partner, Director; McKinsey & Company

Christopher Perrigo
Partner, PwC

Lowell Pickett
President and Co-Owner, Dakota Jazz Club

Peter R. Spokes
Retired, Wells Fargo Corporation Vice President; Community Volunteer
Life Member

Sylvia Strobel
President & CEO, Twin Cities PBS

Dianne Thomas
Retired, School Administration Education, Psychology and Mental Health Consultant

Fay DeBellis
Institutional Consulting Director; Graystone Consulting of Morgan Stanley

Min Jeong Park Graf
Physician, Hennepin Healthcare

Jim Stake
Retired 3M Executive

Christine Buss
Community Arts and Education Advocate

Sarah Clarke
Attorney, Nakomis Energy LLC

Keven Ambrus
Chief Financial Officer, Amherst H. Wilder