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, Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President, Digi International, Inc.

Treasurer
Greg Wallace, Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Secretary
Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center and Courage Foundation*

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, Vice President, Jeffrey Slocum & Associates
• Craig Evanich, President, Renewal by Andersen
• Kevin Goodno, Chair of Government Relations Practice, Fredrikson & Byron Law Firm
• Craig A. Gordon, President, RBC Dain Correspondent Services
• Keith Halleland,  Halleland Law
• S. (Kris) Krishnan, Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President, Digi International, Inc.
• Eric Peterson, Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• 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