Board of Directors

Jennings Mergenthal, Board President

Community Engagement Specialist, Science Museum of Minnesota
Research and Puppeteer

Wilt Hodges, Board Vice President

Author/Advocate
State of Minnesota Public Servant/Columbia University Alum

Michelle Filkins, Board Secretary 

Professor and Reference and Instruction Librarian, Metro State University

Becca Seidel, Member of the Board

Deputy Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota

Isuru Herath, Member of the Board

Dr. Najaha A. Musse, DO, Member of the Board

Resident Physician in Family Medicine & Community Health

Sarah Degner Riveros, Member of the Board 

Lecturer, Languages & Cross-Cultural Studies
Augsburg University

Selena Moon, Member of the Board

Independent scholar in Japanese American Mixed Race and Disability History
Masters of Arts in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelors of Arts in History, Smith College

Cassie Williams, Member of the Board

Associate Director, Labor Education Service, University of Minnesota