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ELL 2: Our Governance Work

Friday, August 28, 2026
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Faculty and Facilitators
ELL 2 Speakers
  • Alice Moren, Trustee, Blandin Foundation
  • Bukata Hayes, Board Chair, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation and Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • Dana Mortenson, Board of Directors, Mortenson Family Foundation
  • Sumair Sheikh, Board Chair, Northland Foundation and Executive Director, LISC Duluth
  • Dr. Julie Morita, President & CEO, Joyce Foundation
  • Brian Voerding, President & CEO, Initiative Foundation
  • Ambar Hanson, Executive Director, Mortenson Family Foundation
  • Jen Ford Reedy, President & CEO, Bush Foundation
  • Kevin Walker, President & CEO, Northwest Area Foundation
  • Benya Kraus, President & CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
  • Michelle Maryns, President & CEO, Minnesota Council on Foundations
Facilitators ELL 2
  • Erik Torch, Executive Director, Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation 
  • Migdalia Loyola Meléndez, Co-Executive Director, Headwaters Foundation for Justice 
  • Patrick J. Troska, Executive Director, Rooted Philanthropic
  • Eleanor Savage, President & CEO, Jerome Foundation 
  • Flor Frey, President, Frey Foundation of Minnesota 
  • John Wilgers, President & CEO, Greater Twin Cities United Way 
  • Tuleah Palmer, President & CEO, Blandin Foundation 
  • Heather (Johnson) Kukla, President, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies 
  • Bilal Alkatout, Co-Executive Director, Headwaters Foundation for Justice 
  • Aaron Zimmerman, Executive Director, PFund Foundation 
  • Patrick Ness, Executive Director, Foundations for Home 
  • Tariq Malik, 2nd Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director, Securian Financial Foundation 
  • Bill Graves, Founding President, John and Denise Graves Family Foundation 
  • Heather Logelin, President & CEO, St. Croix Valley Foundation 
  • Olivia Jefferson, Executive Director, Best Buy Foundation and Vice President of Social Impact, Best Buy
Convenor ELL 2

Awale (Wally) Osman, Director of Organizational Learning and Leadership Development for Equity and Belonging, Minnesota Council on Foundations

Wally leads the Minnesota Council on Foundations’ efforts to support the philanthropic community through the Equity, Belonging, Diversity and Inclusion Institute (EBDI Institute). The EBDI Institute offerings include the Experiential Leadership Lab, Center for Organizational Learning and Practice, Rural Urban Bridging for Impact, People of Color and LGBTQ+ Community of Practice, learning and evaluation.

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