Board of Trustees

Officers

Chair

Kathleen Flynn Peterson ’81

Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis
B.A., College of St. Catherine
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2004
www.rkmc.com

Vice Chair

Stephen B. Bonner ’72

President and CEO,
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Chicago
B.A., Amherst College
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2005
www.cancercenter.com

Secretary

Peter M. Reyes ’97

Attorney, Cargill Inc., Wayzata, Minn.
B.A., University of St. Thomas
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2005
www.cargill.com

Treasurer

Louis L. Ainsworth ’77

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis
B.A., Seattle University
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2005
www.faegre.com

Trustees

Lynn M. Anderson ’80

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Holiday Companies
B.A., St. Olaf College
M.S., Northwestern University
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2007
holidaystationstores.com

Lawrence T. Bell ’79

Retired Vice President and General Counsel, Ecolab Inc., Minneapolis
B.B.A., St. Bonaventure University;
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2004

Jeffrey P. Cairns ’81

Shareholder, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2004
www.leonard.com

Richard “Dick” R. Crowl ’76

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (ret.)
Reliastar Financial Corporation
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2006

John M. Degnan ’76

Shareholder, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis.
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2010
www.briggs.com

 

Lisa A. Gray ’86

General counsel, Cerberus Operations & Advisory Co
B.A., Hamline University, MN
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2010
www.cerberuscapital.com

Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85

Minnesota Court of Appeals
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2011
www.mncourts.gov

John H. Hooley ’80

Retired Executive Vice President of Supervalu
B.S., St. John's University, MN
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2009

James J. Hoolihan ’79

Chairman and CEO, Industrial Lubricant
B.A., University of Notre Dame
MBA, University of Minnesota
J.D.,William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2011

Stephen R. Lewis, Jr.

President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, Carleton College
Chairman, RiverSource Funds
B.A., Williams College
Ph.D., Stanford
Trustee since 2007

David M. Lilly Jr.

Consultant, Danbury Consultants
B.A., Dartmouth College
J.D., University of California-Hastings College of Law
Trustee since 2004

Martin R. Lueck ’84

Chair, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis
B.S., Winona State University
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2008
www.rkmc.com

Retired Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson ’76

Shareholder, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2010
www.briggs.com

Judge Elizabeth Hoene Martin ’80

Washington County District Court, Minnesota
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2004
www.co.washington.mn.us

 

James C. Melville ’90

Shareholder, Kaplan Strangis and Kaplan, Minneapolis
B.S.B., MBA, University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2003

Justice Helen M. Meyer ’83

Minnesota Supreme Court
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2010
www.mncourts.gov/

Joseph S. Micallef ’62

Retired President of Fiduciary Counseling
B.A., University of St. Thomas
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2009

Ruth A. Mickelsen ’81

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
B.A., University of Minnesota
M.P.H., Harvard University School of Public Health
M.A. Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2008
www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics

Daniel P. O’Keefe ’78

General counsel and executive vice president, Aon Benfield Inc., Minneapolis
B.A., University of St. Thomas
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2008
www.benfieldgroup.com

Ellen G. Sampson ’84

Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis
B.A., Cornell University
M.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
J.D. William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2011
www.leonard.com

Lenor A. Scheffler ’88

Partner and chair, Native American Law Section, Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis
B.A., St. Olaf College
J.D. William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2008
www.bestlaw.com

William R. Sieben ’77

Partner, Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, Minneapolis
B.A., St. Cloud State University
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2006
www.schwebel.com

David M. Sparby ’80

Senior Vice President and Group President, Xcel Energy, Minneapolis
B.A., College of St Scholastica
MBA, University of St. Thomas
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2011
www.xcelenergy.com

William F. Stute ’97

Partner,Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis
B.A., Augsburg College, Minneapolis
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2011
www.faegre.com

Thomas Tinkham

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis
B.S., University of Wisconsin
J.D., Harvard
Trustee since 2004
www.dorsey.com

Eric C. Tostrud ’90

Partner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen
B.A., St. Olaf
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2006
www.locklaw.com

William A. Van Brunt

Executive Vice President, Carlson Companies,
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J.D., Boston University School of Law
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Trustee since 2007
www.carlson.com

Donald Zibell ’62

Partner (ret.), Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell & Co., Minneapolis
B.A., University of Minnesota;
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2003
www.bhz.com

Trustees Emeriti

Austin "John" Baillon '54
Robert S. Burk '65
Charlton H. Dietz '57, LL.D. '93
Willis M. Forman '59
Samuel L. Hanson '65
Paul W. Kraemer
Constance S. Otis
Karlin S. Symons '88
Jerrol M. Tostrud