About Us
GroundBreak Coalition is a group of over 40 corporate, civic, and philanthropic leaders committed to moving beyond incremental change and showing that a racially equitable and carbon neutral future is possible now – first in Minneapolis-St. Paul and then across the country.
Our regional and national champions
Our coalition is growing, and we will update our champion list as it does.
Regional Champions
Tonya Allen
President, McKnight Foundation
Tawanna A. Black
Founder & CEO, Center for Economic Inclusion
Dorothy Bridges
Board Member, US Bank
James C. Burroughs II
Senior Vice President, Children’s Minnesota
Mayor Melvin Carter
City of St. Paul
Fmr. Commissioner Toni Carter
Ramsey County
Mayor Frey
City of Minneapolis
Peter Frosch
CEO, GREATER MSP
Darrel German
Regional President, Huntington Bank
Commissioner Marion Greene
Hennepin County Board Chair
James Hereford
President & CEO Fairview Health Services
Commissioner Jennifer Ho
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Eric J. Jolly, Ph.D.
President and CEO, St. Paul & Minnesota Foundations
Kate Kelly
Executive Vice President &
Regional President, PNC Bank
B Kyle
President and CEO,
St. Paul Area Chamber
Kenneth E. LaChance
Senior Vice President/Financial Advisory Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors
Chris LaTondresse
Beacon Interfaith Housing
Repa Mekha
President & CEO,
Nexus Community Partners
Ravi Norman
CEO, Norman Global Enterprises
Pilar Oppedisano
Head of Upper Midwest,
JP Morgan Private Bank
Marcus Owens
Executive Director, African American Leadership Forum
Jen Ford Reedy
President, Bush Foundation
David Reiling
Chairman & CEO, Sunrise Banks
RT Rybak
President and CEO,
Minneapolis Foundation
Kathy Tunheim
CEO & Principal, Tunheim
Jonathan Weinhagen
President and CEO,
Minneapolis Regional Chamber
National Champions
Jonathan Goldstein
Head, Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs
Chris Hilger
Chairman, President, & CEO
Securian Financial
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
President, Rockefeller Foundation
Jim Shelton
Chief Investment & Impact Officer,
Blue Meridian Partners
Steve Steinour
Chairman, President, & CEO,
Huntington Bank
Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation
Tim Welsh
Vice Chair, U.S. Bank
Steering Committee
Tonya Allen
McKnight Foundation
Kelly Baker
Thrivent
Susan Bass-Roberts
Pohlad Foundation
Tawanna Black
Center for Economic Inclusion
James Burroughs
Children’s Minnesota
Robert Butterbrodt
Wells Fargo
Dorothy Bridges
U.S. Bank
Mayor Melvin Carter
City of St Paul
Kari Collins
Ramsey County
Greg Cunningham
US Bank
Dondi Edwards
Wells Fargo
Rebecca Fabunmi
City of Minneapolis
Patricia L Fitzgerald
Hennepin County
Mayor Jacob Frey
City of Minneapolis
Jen Ford Reedy
Bush Foundation
Peter Frosch
GreaterMSP
Darrel German
Huntington Bank
Amy Goldman
GHR Foundation
Nicolle Goodman
City of St. Paul
Commissioner Greene
Hennepin County
Amelia Hardy
Best Buy
James Hereford
M Health Fairview
Jennifer Ho
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
David Hough
Hennepin County
Suzette Huovinen
Securian Financial
Kate Kelly
PNC Bank
Kenneth Kelly
First Independence
B Kyle
St. Paul Area Chamber
Kenneth E. LaChance
Wells Fargo
Chris LaTondresse
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative
Commissioner Martinson
Ramsey County Board Chair
Repa Mekha
Nexus Community Partners
David Mortenson
Mortenson Construction
Adair Mosley
African American Leadership Forum
Jim Mulrooney
Bremer Bank
Joe Nayquonabe, Jr.
Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures
Ravi Norman
Norman Global Enterprises
Ryan O’Connor
Ramsey County
Pilar Oppedisano
J.P. Morgan
David Reiling
Sunrise Bank
RT Rybak
Minneapolis Foundation
Nadege Souvenir
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
Steve Steinour
Huntington Bank
Stephen Spears
Bremer Bank
Alene Tchourumoff
Minneapolis Federal Reserve
Kathy Tunheim
McKnight Foundation
Jonathan Weinhagen
Minneapolis Chamber
Tim Welsh
U.S. Bank