Board of Trustees

Officers

Chair

Mary Cullen Yeager ’89

Partner, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis
B.A., College of St. Benedict;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2002
www.faegre.com

Vice Chair

Kathleen Flynn Peterson ’81

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

Secretary

Judge Elizabeth Hoene Martin ’80

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

Treasurer

James C. Melville '90

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

Trustees

Louis L. Ainsworth '77

Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Pentair Inc., Golden Valley, Minn.
B.A., Seattle University
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2005
www.pentair.com

 

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

Vice President and General Counsel, Ecolab Inc., Minneapolis
B.B.A., St. Bonaventure University;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2004
www.ecolab.com

Stephen R. Bergerson '74

Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis.
Co-chair of firm's advertising, media, and entertainment law group
B.A., University of Minnesota;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2001
www.fredlaw.com

Stephen B. Bonner '72

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

Patricia A. Burke '78

Vice President, Labor Relations,
DHL Worldwide Express, Plantation, Fla.
B.A., University of Minnesota;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2005
www.dhl.com

Mary C. Cade ’77

Vice President and Senior Counsel, Medtronic Inc.
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
Trustee since 2007
medtronic.com

Jeffrey P. Cairns '81

Shareholder, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire;
J.D., William Mitchell
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
Trustee since 2006

John H. Hooley '80

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

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
Trustee since 2008
www.rkmc.com

 

Mark A. Metz '97

Carver County Attorney's Office
President, William Mitchell Alumni Board
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2008

 

 

Joseph S. Micallef '62

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

 

Ruth A. Mickelsen ’81

Former vice president and ethics advisor, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis
B.A., University of Minnesota
M.P.H., Harvard University School of Public Health
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2008

Daniel P. O’Keefe ’78

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

Ben I. Omorogbe '95

Managing Counsel and Second Vice President,
St. Paul Travelers
A.A., W. Los Angeles College;
B.S., Southern University, Baton Rouge, La.;
M.B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2002
travelers.com

Peter M. Reyes '97

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

Lenor A. Scheffler ’88

Partner and chair, Native American Law Section, Best & Flanagan LLP, Minneapolis
B.A., St. Olaf College
J.D. William Mitchell
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
Trustee since 2006
www.schwebel.com

Marschall I. Smith

Senior vice president, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M, St. Paul
A.B., Princeton University
M.B.A., University of Chicago
J.D., University of Virginia
Trustee since 2009
www.3m.com

Gregory J. Stenmoe '81

Partner, Briggs and Morgan, Minneapolis
B.A., M.B.A., University of Minnesota;
J.D., William Mitchell
Trustee since 2001
www.briggs.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
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
carlson.com

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright

Minnesota Court of Appeals
B.A., Yale; J.D., Harvard
Trustee since 2001
www.courts.state.mn.us

Donald Zibell '62

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