Board of Trustees2024-25

Jeffrey C. Anderson, '82 JD
Hopkins, MN
Partner Lathrop GPM

Kelsey K. Ackmann '13
Medina, MN
Operations Manager, Mayo Clinc

Catherine Asta '75 
Edina, MN 
Attorney, Saint Paul, MN 

Mark Bergman '79
Minnetonka, MN
Founder and CEO, Bercom International, LLC

Rebecca M. Bergman 
St. Peter, MN (ex officio) 
President, Gustavus Adolphus College 

Suzanne F. Boda '82 
Winter Park, CO 
Retired Senior Vice President -- Los Angeles, American Airlines 

Robert D. Brown, Jr. '83, M.A., M.D. 
Rochester, MN 
Staff Neurologist, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and John T. and Lillian Matthews Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic 

Kara K. Buckner '97 
Edina, MN 
President/Chief Strategy Officer, Fallon Worldwide

Michael D. Bussey '69 
Woodbury, MN 
Senior Consultant, DBD Group 

Janette F. Concepcion, M.A., Ph.D. 
Stillwater, MN 
Clinical Psychologist, Concepcion Psychological Services 

Daniel G. Currell '94 
Saint Paul, MN 
CEO, Digital Commerce Alliance 

Sarah E. Cuthill '85 
Park City, UT 
Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Tane T. Danger '07
Minneapolis, MN 
Co-Founder, Danger Boat Productions, LLC

Edward J. Drenttel ’81, J.D. 
Inver Grove Heights, MN 
Attorney 

John M. Harris ’92, PhD 
Tyrone, GA 
Associate Director, Synovus

Eric H. Hedlund
Scottsdale, AZ
Retired Senior Vice President, Sundt Contruction, Inc.

Mary Dee J. Hicks ’75, Ph.D. 
Edina, MN 
Retired Organizational Psychologist 

The Rev. Alicia A. Hilding '08 
New Prague, MN 
Co-pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 

John S. Himle '77 
Minnetonka, MN 
CEO, Himle LLC 

Keith N. Jackson '89, JD 
Lakeville, MN 
Assistant General Counsel, Aon 

The Rev. Peter C. Johnson '92 
Minneapolis, MN 
Pastor of Small Groups and Service, St. Andrew Lutheran Church 

Charles M. Kelley '75 
Long Lake, MN 
Partner, Compass Capital Management 

Nicole M. LaVoi '91, Ph.D. 
Bloomington, MN 
Director, Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport University of Minnesota 

The Rev. Dr. David J. Lose 
Eden Prairie, MN 
Senior Pastor, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis 

Bradley S. Nuss '97 
Rochester, MN 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nuss Truck & Equipment 

Marcia L. Page '82, M.B.A. (chair) 
Edina, MN 
Founder and CEO, MPowered Capital

The Rev. Dee Pederson 
Saint Cloud, MN (ex officio) 
Bishop, Southwestern Minnesota Synod, ELCA 

Robert C. Schnell '81 
Orono, MN 
Senior Vice President, Christensen Group Insurance 

Karl D. Self ’81, M.B.A., D.D.S. 
Vadnais Heights, MN 
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis 

Rev. Amanda Simons '06
Edina, MN 
Director of Church Partnerships and Volunteerism, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota

Kent V. Stone '80, M.B.A. 
Palm Desert, CA 
Retired Vice Chairman, U.S. Bancorp 

The Rev. Heather Teune Wigdahl '95 
Menomonie, WI 
Senior Pastor, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

 

You are welcome to contact members of the Board of Trustees by sending an email to GACtrustees@gustavus.edu.