Board
MIGIZI is governed by an ten-member board of directors selected from the community. In compliance with our organizational by-laws, two-thirds of our board is comprised of enrolled tribal members.
MIGIZI’s current Board members are:
Jacqueline Fraedrich, Chair
Retired K-12 Educator
Suzanne Kincade, Vice Chair
Human Resources Director – Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
Ronald McKinley, Treasurer
Education and Organizational Development Consultant
Joseph A. Erickson, Secretary
Professor, Education Department – Augsburg College
Carlos Mariani Rosa, Member
Executive Director – Minnesota Minority Education Partnership
Mona M. Smith, Member
Producer/Director/Media Artist – Allies: Media Art
Jillian Rowan, Member
Circle of Indigenous Nations, Univ of MN Twin Cities
Joseph Brown Thunder, Member
Principal, Buffalo Nickel Creative
Barbara Cole, Member
Deputy Solicitor General, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Marie Rainey, Member
Youth Worker, Division of Indian Work