
Each Member Organization appoints a Member Representative who acts as the primary liaison with Twin Cities Diversity in Practice (TCDIP), sharing information about TCDIP’s programming and initiatives within their organization and helping to engage more people in our work and mission. Member Representatives are also invited to help shape our programming by joining a committee, participating in our Annual Meeting and twice-yearly General Member Meetings, and voting annually to approve the slate of Directors for our Board. Serving as a Member Representative means being a champion for TCDIP within your organization and helping to advance inclusion and diversity in the legal community.

Our Member Representatives

S. Renee Dotson
3M

Irene Eckert
Abbot Laboratories

Christopher Jeska
Allianz

Mark Lasswell
Ameriprise Financial

Kristin Olmstead
Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak & Pikala PA

April Hamlin
Ballard Spahr LLP

Rebecca Bernhard
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Jeffrey Mulder
Bassford Remle

Sarah Crippen
Best & Flanagan LLP

Karen Ring
Best Buy

Michael Collins
Billion & Armitage

Theresa Gray
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Roshan N. Rajkumar
Bowman and Brooke LLP

Maggie Dalton
Cargill

Jennell C. Bilek
Carlson Caspers

John J. Norton
CHS Inc

Gus Cochran
Ciresi Conlin

Poonam Kumar
DLA Piper

Raegan Henderson
Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Michael Carey
Dykema Gosset

James D. Smith
Ecolab Inc

Casey Matthiesen
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whitney Smallwood
Fish & Richardson PC

Ellie Barragry
Fox Rothschild

Nancy Howard
Fredrikson & Byron PA
Recruiting Committee Chair

Jethro Trente et un
General Mills

Michael B. Fisco
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Curt Okerson
Greene Espel PLLP

Dan Hedlund
Gustafson Gluek

Bryan A. Wong
Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson PC

Peter Wanning
HAWS-KM P.A.

Sarah Ptacek
Henson Efron

James G. Bynoe
Intact Insurance Solutions

Ashleigh Leitch
JAMF

Kristin Parker
Jones Day

Jason Hill
Kennedy & Graven, Chartered

Emily Weber
Land o’ Lakes, Inc

Caryn A. Boisen
Larson King, LLP

Greg Otsuka
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd

Vanessa Vaughn West
Lathrop GPM

Michelle Gilboe
Lewis Brisbois, LLP

Susan Fitzke
Littler Mendelson PC

Nicole Dailo Jison
Life Time Fitness

David Asp
Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Keiko L. Sugisaka
Maslon LLP

Laura Vannelli
Mayo Clinic

Debra L. Weiss
Meagher & Geer PLLP

Evans Mburu
Medtronic, Inc

John Winemiller
Merchant & Gould PC

David Snieg
Mortenson Construction

Jim Vedder
Moss & Barnett

Sylvia Mankarious
Mueting Raasch Group

Christopher W. Fowlkes
Nelson Mullins

Reena I. Desai
Nichols Kaster PLLP

Sara G. Methner
Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Jerry Alcazar
Norton Rose Fulbright

Samantha Tschida
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC

Lori Johnson
Parker Daniels Kibort

Jennifer Richardson
Patterson Thuente

Suneel Arora
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA

Pete Goss
Pentair

David Snider
Prime Therapeutics

Sonia Miller-Van Oort
Sapientia Law Group

Maxwell Bremer
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Betty VanGorder
Seager Tufte Wickhem LLP

Lucina B. Rojina
Shumaker & Sieffert PA

Nicole Harris
Stinson LLP

Andy Pieper
Stoel Rives LLP

UJ Bhomik
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Caren Seenauth
Target Corporation

Nichole James Gilchrist
Thrivent

Kathryn Walker
Travelers

Kristen Holovnia
United Health Group

Peggy Lin
UNFI

Allira Bailey
US Bank

Kau Guannu
Wells Fargo & Company

Matthew C. Robinson
Winthrop & Weinstine PA

Ambrea Segner
Xcel Energy

Lindsey Davis
Zelle LLP

David Cialkowski
Zimmerman Reed