Metric Giles, Board Chair
Urban farmer and people and land connector

Kathleen Vellenga, Vice Chair
Writer and former state legislator

Stewart Stone, Secretary
Writer, community leader, urban tennis teacher

Leon Daisy, Co–Treasurer
Community leader

Carla Knight, Co–Treasurer
Accountant

Shaquan Foster, Director
Writer, editor

Marion Gómez, Director
Writer, teaching artist, youth poetry judge, program associate

Justin Holt, Director
Lawyer

Adam Luebke, Director
Lawyer

Michael Kiesow Moore, Director
Writer and communications professional

Deb Runyon, Director
Writer and Saint Paul business owner

Sagirah Shahid, Director
Writer and communications professional

Linda White, Director
Writer and Saint Paul business owner

Stephanie Wright, Director
Saint Paul business owner

Advisory Board Members

Carol Connolly
Shaunté Douglas
Mahmoud El-Kati
Nimo Farah
Pamela Fletcher
Sooriya Foster
Carolyn Holbrook
Steve Horwitz
L. Kelley Lindquist
Tim Nolan
Uri-Biia Si-Asar
Karen Starr
Lisa Steinmann
Dave Thune
Dan Tilsen
Pam VanderWiel
Susan Herridge
Marybeth McCarthy Yarrow
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Ann McKinnon
Mary Turck
Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay