Our Board of Directors
Meet the volunteers whose leadership helps us create and support rewarding mentoring relationships for Twin Cities youth.
2025 Officers
Steve Hentges – Chair
Sr. Vice President, Finance, Dessert Holdings
Mallory Apperson – Vice Chair
Senior Content Marketing Manager, Post Consumer Brands
Emily Carlson – Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee
CFO- Institutional, Securian Financial
Katie Mattis Sarver – Secretary, Chair of Governance Commitee
Business Development Consultant, Katie Mattis Sarver Consulting
Tanya Hall – Chair of Development Committee
Director of IT Support Services, Optum
Abdul Dire – Chair of Programs Committee
Management, Solventum
Pat Sukhum – CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities
2024 Directors At Large
Kristine Engman
Trading & Risk Manager, Self Employed
Marci Fabrega – Secretary
Chief Mergers & Acquisition Counsel, Ecolab
Feben Gobena
Director of Global Portfolio, 3M
Grace Hinton
Consultant, Protiviti
Maria Hokanson
EVP, Marketing, Dairy Queen
Jennifer Jensen
VP of Best Buy Ads – Agency Partnerships, Best Buy
Kelvin Johnson
Sales & Marketing, Brevity Technologies Inc.
Sarah (SJ) Julius
Director of Enterprise Test & Measurement Analytics, Best Buy
Brianna Mooty
Counsel, Faegre Drinker
Duke Merickel
VP of Sales, Venture Solutions
Pat O’Brien
Vice President of Advanced Analytics, C.H. Robinson
Meg Paschall
Partner, EY
John Satumba
Vice President – Global Food Innovation, Cargill
Carlos Smith
Vice President – Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Federated Insurance
