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 September 1, 2026.

Officers and Committee Chairs

Anne Yoder, Board Chair

Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Hudie Broughton, Immediate Past Chair

Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor – Merrill Lynch

Paul Babcock, Chief Executive Officer

MacPhail Center for Music

Evan Everist, Secretary & Governance Committee Chair

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Christopher Perrigo, Treasurer and Audit & Finance Committee Chair

Partner, PwC

Rahoul Ghose, Development Chair

Chief Information Officer (CIO), ECMC Group

Syntyche Koumaglo, Human Resources Committee Chair

Senior Technical Training Developer, Cummins Inc.

Justin Kelly, Investment Committee Chair

CEO of Winslow Capital

Directors

Keven Ambrus

Chief Financial Officer, Amherst H. Wilder

Philip Barnes

CIO Community Banking & Wealth, Old National Bank

Margaret (Margee) Bracken

Arts Education Advocate
Life Member

Christine Buss

Community Arts and Education Advocate

Sarah Clarke

Attorney, Nakomis Energy LLC

Fay DeBellis

Institutional Consulting Director; Graystone Consulting of Morgan Stanley

Chip Emery

Retired; CEO, Supply Chain Services

Alexa Fang

President, Aspen Waste Systems

Leslie Greves

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

Natalia R. Hernández

Head of School, Breck School

Samir Jabiyev

VP Risk Management and Audit Services, Xcel Energy

Grace Li

Co-Founder & Co-President, ZIRAN

Linda Mack

Retired, Star Tribune Architecture Critic

Patty Murphy

Community Volunteer
Life Member

Mollie Novaria

Global Accounting Senior Director, Ecolab

Min Jeong Park Graf

Physician, Hennepin Healthcare

William Z. Pentelovitch

Retired, Maslon LLP, Of Counsel

Mary Cate Peris

Associate Partner, Director; McKinsey & Company

Anne Phibbs

Founder & President of Strategic Diversity Initiatives

Lowell Pickett

President and Co-Owner, Dakota Jazz Club

Peter R. Spokes

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

Jim Stake

Retired 3M Executive

Sylvia Strobel

President & CEO, Twin Cities PBS

Nicole Strydom

Deputy General Counsel, C.H. Robinson

Dave Thomas

President and CEO, Wenger Corporation

Dianne Thomas

Retired, School Administration Education, Psychology and Mental Health Consultant
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