Board of Directors

Courage Center's board members work with staff and volunteers to develop Courage Center's guiding values and overall strategic direction.

Chair
Kent Eklund, Cincinnatus, Inc.

Chair Elect
John Church, Sr. VP, Supply Chain, General Mills

Past Chair
S. (Kris) Krishnan, Community Volunteer

Treasurer
Greg Wallace, Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Secretary
Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center*

Members at Large 

• Bruce Backberg, Community Volunteer 
• Dr. R. Edward Bergmark, Community Volunteer  
• Brian Beutner, CEO, mPay (Chair of Courage Foundation Board of Trustees)*
• KC (Kathy) Connors, Partner, NEPC
• Craig Evanich, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Andersen Corp. 
• Kevin Goodno, Chair of Government Relations Practice, Fredrikson & Byron Law Firm
• Craig A. Gordon, President, RBC Dain Correspondent Services
• Keith Halleland, Halleland Habicht PA
• S. (Kris) Krishnan, Community Volunteer
• Eric Peterson, Senior Associate General Counsel, Ingenix, Inc.
• Teresa Pfister, President, Marketing By Design
• Bethany Sjoblad, VP, MAR and Corporate Finance Special Projects, UnitedHealth Group 
• Peter Vaill, Community Volunteer 
• Tim Walker, Community Volunteer *
• Riff Yeager, Managing Director, Exponent Public Relations