Leadership
Leadership team
![Kent Whitworth](/sites/default/files/2023-04/2.jpg)
Kent Whitworth
Director and CEO
![Jennifer.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Jennifer%20J%202.jpg)
Jennifer Jones
Associate Executive Director
![Brian.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Brian%201.jpg)
Brian Juntti
Executive Vice President of Shared Services
![Amber Annis.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Amber%201.jpg)
Amber Annis, PhD
Associate Vice President of Tribal Nation Relations and Native American Initiatives
![David.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/David%202.jpg)
David Kelliher
Vice President of Public Policy & Government Relations
![Ben Leonard.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Ben%202.jpg)
Ben Leonard
Senior Vice President of Historic Sites Network & Operations
![Kevin](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Kevin%201.jpg)
Kevin Maijala
Senior Vice President of Education & Interpretation
![Jack Matheson.](/sites/default/files/2024-02/jack-3.jpg)
Jack Matheson
Associate Vice President Strategy Implementation
![Fred.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Fred%201.jpg)
Fred Neher
Vice President of Finance
![Jennifer Pogatchnik.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Jen%201v2.jpg)
Jennifer Pogatchnik
Vice President of Advancement
![brenda.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Brenda%202.jpg)
Brenda Raney
Senior Vice President, Library, Research, & Collections
![Avi.](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Avi%202.jpg)
Avi Viswanathan
Senior 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 Kenny Stevens
- William R. Stoeri
- Edward Stringer
- Bo Thao-Urabe
- Karen Wilson Thissen
- Missy Staples Thompson
- 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