Foundation Board of Trustees

About the Courage Center Foundation Board of Trustees

The Courage Center Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable organization that supports the mission of Courage Center. The Foundation receives bequests and other gifts and manages those assets for the benefit of Courage Center consumers. Foundation funds are managed by professional investment managers, who are overseen by an experienced group of investment professionals who serve as foundation trustees.

Chair
Brian Beutner, CEO, mPay Gateway

Past Chair
Lester A. Brunker, Senior VP - Investments, UBS Financial Services 

Secretary
Susan Rhode, Attorney at Law, Moss & Barnett

Co-Vice Chairs, Development
Lynn Giovannelli, Director of Operations, The Friends of the Saint Paul Library
Eric M. Peterson, Senior Associate General Counsel, OptumInsight, Inc.

Co-Vice Chairs, Investment
Brian Gustafson, Carlson Investment Group (Tonkawa)
Tom Erickson, Co-founder, Bluestream Ventures

Board of Trustees

• Lorinda Burgess, VP Finance, CRDM Sales & Marketing - Medtronic
• Virginia Schoenbohm Clymer, Community Volunteer
• John Church, Sr. VP, Supply Chain, General Mills, Inc., Ex Officio, Chair, Courage Center Board
• J. Marie Fieger, President, Nemer Fieger & Assoc. Inc.
• Matt Ginter, VP, Investor Relations, 3M
• Mary Frey, Community Volunteer
• Peter Hasselquist, Twin Cities Automotive
• Jolie Klapmeier, Blue Water Yachts
• Jan Malcolm, Ex-Officio, CEO, Courage Center & Courage Foundation*
• Mike McElroy, Executive Vice President, Ryan Companies US, Inc.
• Bob Peltier, President and CEO, Edina Realty Home Services
• Bret A. Puls, Partner, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP  
• Jo Ellen Saylor, Community Volunteer
• Colleen McGough Wood, McGough Construction/Community Volunteer