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:
Syd Beane, Chair
Film Maker and Community Development Consultant
Jacqueline Fraedrich, Vice Chair
Retired K-12 Educator
Suzanne Kincade, Secretary
Human Resources Director – Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
Ronald McKinley, Treasurer
Education and Organizational Development Consultant
Joseph A. Erickson, Member
Professor, Education Department – Augsburg College
Tony Looking Elk, Member
Program Officer – Otto Bremer Foundation
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