Executive Committee
Nicole James Gilchrist ’03
Chair, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees
Vice President and Managing Counsel, Thrivent Financial
Steven J. Kirsch ’76
Secretary, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees
Partner, Larson King
Gregory L. Buck ’87
Acting Vice Chair and Treasurer, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees
President, Productivity
Trustees
Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada, Jr. ’02
Judge, Second Judicial District of Minnesota
Landon Ascheman ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
President, Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association
Owner, Ascheman Law
Brian Batzli ’85
Partner and Chairman Emeritus Merchant & Gould PC
John Choi ’95
County Attorney, Ramsey County
Sam Clark
Civil Division Director, Ramsey County Attorney’s Office
Gloria Contreras Edin ’05
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner and Founder, Contreras & Metelska
Scott Flaherty
Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister
Jeanne M. Forneris
Senior Vice President, Strategy and General Counsel, Corfigo
Judge Donovan W. Frank ’72
Senior U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Patrick Garay-Heelan ’09
Senior Vice President, Senior Wealth Advisor, 1834, a Division of Old National Bank
Dr. Linda N. Hanson
President Emerita, Hamline University
Frank V. Harris ’75
Executive Director (retired), Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
Duchess Harris ’11
Professor of American Studies, Macalester College
David G. Hellmuth ’92
Founding Partner, Hellmuth & Johnson
Jean F. Holloway
Dean Emerita
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Cryolife
Frances L. Kern ’13
Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission
B. Steven Messick ’08
Owner/Managing Attorney, Messick Law
Dr. Fayneese Miller
President, Hamline University
Chris Montana ’13
Founder, CEO and Head Distiller, Du Nord Craft Spirits
Judge Bhupesh Pattni ’12
Saint Louis County, Sixth Judicial District
Christopher D. Pham ’09
Senior Associate, Fredrikson & Byron
Mary Quist
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Medica
David D. Ransom ’91
Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Susan C. Rhode ’85
Shareholder, Moss & Barnett
Jessica Stomski ’08
General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian Community
Ugo Ukabam ’02
Director, Senior Counsel, General Mills, Inc.
Wendy K. Watson ’97
Education Coordinator, The Arc Minnesota
Sean Whitlock ’04
Principal/Chief Underwriter, Whitlock Capital Group
Melissa Lee Wright ’93
Assistant Attorney General, Smithsonian Institution