Board of Directors

MacPhail is Governed by a Talented and Committed Board of Directors

MacPhail is grateful to its all-volunteer Board of Directors for their support of our mission to transform lives and strengthen communities through music learning experiences. We deeply appreciate their support of and enthusiasm for all MacPhail offers.

Current as of August 1, 2025.

Officers and Committee Chairs

Hudie Broughton, Board Chair

Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor – Merrill Lynch

Anne Yoder, Vice Chair

Senior Director of Communications, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Paul Babcock, Chief Executive Officer

MacPhail Center for Music

William Z. Pentelovitch, Secretary and Governance Committee Chair

Retired, Maslon LLP, Of Counsel

Chip Emery, Treasurer and Audit & Finance Committee Chair

Retired; CEO, Supply Chain Services

Rahoul Ghose, Development Chair

Chief Information Officer (CIO), ECMC Group

Nicole Strydom, Human Resources Committee Chair

Deputy General Counsel, C.H. Robinson

Directors

Margaret (Margee) Bracken

Arts Education Advocate
Life Member

Evan Everist

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Alexa Fang

President, Aspen Waste Systems

Patty Murphy

Community Volunteer

Natalia R. Hernández

Head of School, Breck School

Justin Kelly

CEO of Winslow Capital

Syntyche Koumaglo

Senior Technical Training Developer, Cummins Inc.

Linda Mack

Retired, Star Tribune Architecture Critic

Marshall Tokheim

VP, Process Orchestration and AI at Ecolab

Mary Cate Peris

Associate Partner, Director; McKinsey & Company

Christopher Perrigo

Partner, PwC

Lowell Pickett

President and Co-Owner, Dakota Jazz Club

Peter R. Spokes

Retired, Wells Fargo Corporation Vice President; Community Volunteer
Life Member

Sylvia Strobel

President & CEO, Twin Cities PBS

Dianne Thomas

Retired, School Administration Education, Psychology and Mental Health Consultant

Fay DeBellis

Institutional Consulting Director; Graystone Consulting of Morgan Stanley

Min Jeong Park Graf

Physician, Hennepin Healthcare

Jim Stake

Retired 3M Executive

Christine Buss

Community Arts and Education Advocate

Sarah Clarke

Attorney, Nakomis Energy LLC

Keven Ambrus

Chief Financial Officer, Amherst H. Wilder

Leslie Greves

Executive Vice President, Human Resources; Kraus-Anderson Company Inc.

Grace Li

Co-Founder & Co-President, ZIRAN

Dave Thomas

President and CEO, Wenger Corporation
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