Leadership
We are proud to serve residents in more than 60 cities across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. From interns and volunteers to the members of our leadership team, we are passionate about enriching communities and helping residents meet their goals. Take a moment to meet some of our team!
CommonBond Communities Senior Leadership
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
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Cecile Bedor
Executive Vice President of Real Estate
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Karen Law
Executive Vice President of Talent, Equity and Culture
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Kevin Myren
Chief Financial Officer & Vice Pres. of Administration
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Derek Madsen
Executive Vice President of Resource Development
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CommonBond Board of Directors
Executives
Carleen Rhodes
Chair
Special Advisor Impact Investing
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Richard Wicka
Vice Chair
Principal (Retired)
MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities
Tom Joyce
Secretary
University of St. Thomas
Vicki Duncomb
Treasurer
Adam Bernier
Chief Operating Officer
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Directors
Jamal Adam
Achievement Specialist
Wayzata High School
Taylor Cooper
Real Estate Development & Architecture
Edward Goetz
Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
University of Minnesota
Cindy Koch
Senior Finance Director
General Mills
Tasha Alexander
Senior Vice President – Senior Private Banker
Wells Fargo
Nicole Brookshire
Director
Office on African American Affairs Milwaukee County
Charles (Chuck) Haynor
Senior Counsel
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Brad W. Hoffelt
Chief Financial Officer- Payments Group
U.S. Bank
R. Patricia (Trish) Kelly
EVP, Head of Commercial Banking
TCF Bank
Wade C. Lau
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC
Sita Morantz
President & Chief Human
Resources and Administrative
Officer
Marsden Holding, LLC
Megan Remark
President & CEO
Regions Hospital
Sean Rice
VP Finance, Institutional North America
Ecolab
Matt Schriner
Senior Vice President
Bremer Bank
Val Spencer
Community Volunteer
Mark Springett
AVP, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Eva Stevens
President(Retired)
United Properties
Jennifer Thao
Executive Office Director
Wilder Foundation
Michelle Walker-Davis
Executive Director
Generation Next
CommonBond Housing Board
Bernadette Hornig
Vice Chair
Portfolio Manager
Hornig Companies
Freddie Houston
Director, Performance Property Management Company
Artspace
Wade C. Lau
Chair
President & CEO
Founders Properties, L.L.C.
Austin Mautz
CFO & Vice President
Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
Kevin Myren
Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
CommonBond Communities
George C. Lang
Overlook Realty Investment Advisors (Retired)
Deidre Lal Schmidt
President
President and CEO
CommonBond Communities
James Solem
Commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance & Metropolitan Council (Retired)
Leanna Stefaniak
Director of Business Development and General Counsel
At Home Apartments
Jim Urbanek
EVP (Retired)
TCF Financial Corporation
Richard Wicka
Principal (Retired)
MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate
Wisconsin Board of Managers
Kristi Luzar
Chair
Executive Director
Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA)
Vice Chair
Open
Nicole Brookshire
Director
Milwaukee County Office on
African American Affairs
Bill Cummings
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Ryan Daniels
Executive Director
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation
Irma Yepez Klassen
Program Officer
Zilber Family Foundation
Austin Mautz
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President
Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
Leo Ries
Executive Director, LISC (Retired)
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities
Joe Schwenker
Development Consultant
Evergreen Partners
Daniel (Dan) Sell
Finance Director
Continental Properties Company, Inc.
Derek Taylor
Partner
Husch Blackwell
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