Board of Trustees
Contact
Deb.Calvert @wmitchell.edu
Officers

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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
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