Members of ARC’s Board of Directors come from a variety of experiences and backgrounds in both the private and public sector. They provide the leadership and expertise that guide ARC programs around the world.

Board of Directors

John Gappa, Board Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Malt-O-Meal Company
Minnesota

Holly Myers, Recent Past Chair
Vice President, Blue Oak Foundation
California

Neal Ball, Founder & Honorary Chair
Corporate Advisor
Illinois

Walda Roseman, Vice Chair
CEO, CompassRose International, Inc.

Michael McCormick, Secretary
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Minnesota

Carol Winslow, Treasurer, Chair - Board Governance Committee
Founder & Principal, Channel Medical Partners
Illinois

Peter Bell
Chair, Metropolitan Council
Minnesota

Bernie Benson, Chair - Advancement Committee
Minnesota

Ben Boyum, 
Chief Operating Officer, DCM Services, LLC

Susan Briggs, M.D., M.P.H., FACS;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Harvard Medical International Trauma and Disaster Institute
Massachusetts

David Duclos
Minnesota

Stephanie Gordon Farsht
Target Corporation
Group Manager, Strategy
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, The Carlson School

Walter Franz III, M.D.
Consultant, Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Minnesota

Melvin Goldfein, Chair - Audit and Compliance Committee
Minnesota

Anne Goldfeld, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Investigator, The Immune Disease Institute

Sheila Leatherman, Chair - Program Quality Committee
Research Professor, School of Public Health, UNC
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
Minnesota

Mark Lindberg
Director, International Programs and Operations
The Medtronic Foundation

Svjetlana Madzar, Chair - Human Resources Committee
Senior Lecturer, Carlson School of management
Minnesota

Douglas Penman,
CEO, Nukotoys, Inc.

Tracy Poe, Ph.D.
Illinois

Holly Robbins
Attorney, Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Minnesota

Jim Rustad
Minnesota

M. Jay Shahidi
President, Decorative Construction, Inc.
Principal, M.J. Shahidi Businnes Consulting, Co.
Minnesota

Perry Witkin, MHA
President, Stat Technologies, Inc.
Minnesota