Board of Directors
MacPhail’s Board of Directors
MacPhail’s mission is to transform lives and strengthen communities through music learning experiences that inspire.
MacPhail is grateful to its all-volunteer Board of Directors for their support of our mission and enthusiasm for our programs.
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Current as of March 1, 2022
Officers and Committee Chairs

Kate Cimino, Chair
Executive Director, Citizens League

Kate Whittington, Vice Chair
Chief Customer Officer, U.S. Bank

Kyle Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer
MacPhail Center for Music

Marshall Tokheim, Secretary and Governance Committee Chair
Vice President – Oracle Deployment Leader, Ecolab

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

Joseph Hinderer, Development Committee Chair
Senior Vice President and Managing Director (Investments), Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank

Dianne Thomas, Human Resources Committee Chair
Retired, School Administration Education, Psychology and Mental Health Consultant
Directors

Eric Anderson
Senior Vice President – Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management

Margaret (Margee) Bracken
Arts Education Advocate
Life Member

Ellen L. Breyer
President, Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable; Past President and CEO, Hazelden Foundation

Klerissa Church
Arts Education Advocate

Natalia R. Hernández
Head of School, Breck School

Karen Kelley-Ariwoola
Chief Operating Officer, Northside Achievement Zone

Linda Mack
Retired, Star Tribune Architecture Critic

Patty Murphy
Community Volunteer

Christopher Perrigo
Partner, PwC

Paul C. Reyelts
Chairman, Friends of the Falls

Lica Tomizuka Sanborn
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hilary Smedsrud
Retired, Communications Consultant

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

Virginia Stringer
Retired, Strategic Management Resources, Inc. Founder

Sylvia Strobel
President & CEO, Twin Cities PBS

Nicole Strydom
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Mandy K. Tuong
President & CEO, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing™

Reverend Carl Walker
Pastor, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church; Co-Founder, Walker West Music Academy

Anne Yoder
Senior Director of Communications, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce