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 Executive Leadership
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
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Thomas Adams, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President of Housing and Services
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Karen Law
Executive Vice President of Talent, Equity and Culture
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Angela Riley
Chief Financial Officer
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Cecile Bedor
Executive Vice President of Real Estate
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Derek Madsen
Executive Vice President of Resource Development
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CommonBond Board of Directors
Executives
Richard Wicka
Chair
Principal (Retired)
MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate
Adam Bernier
Vice Chair
Chief Operating Officer
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Deidre Schmidt
President
President and CEO
CommonBond Communities
Barb Tretheway
Secretary
SVP and General Counsel (Retired)
Health Partners, Inc.
Cindy Koch
Treasurer
Jamal Adam
Achievement Specialist
Wayzata High School
Megan Remark
President & CEO
Regions Hospital
Tasha Alexander
Private Banker
Wells Fargo Bank
Directors
Shailja Ambrose
Business Relationship Manager
Wells Fargo & Company
Nicole Brookshire
President
Brookshire Customized Solutions, LLC
R. Patricia (Trish) Kelly
EVP, Head of Commercial Banking
Huntington Bank
Wade C. Lau
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC
Fatima Moore
Director of Government Relations
City of Minneapolis
Sita Morantz
President & Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer
Marsden Holding, LLC
Mohamed Omar
CFO
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
Sean Rice
VP Finance, Institutional North America
Ecolab
Mark Runkel
Sr. EVP, Chief Transformation Officer
U.S. Bancorp
Matt Schriner
Senior Vice President
Bremer Bank
Taylor Smrikarova
Project Manager
Seward Redesign
Valerie (Val) Spencer
Community Volunteer
Eva Stevens
President (Retired)
United Properties Investment
Jennifer Thao
Vice President of Strategy
Wilder Foundation
May Thao-Schuck
VP of Career and Professional Development
St. Catherine University
CommonBond Housing Board
Wade C. Lau
Chair
President & CEO
Founders Properties, L.L.C.
Bernadette Hornig
Vice Chair
Portfolio Manager
Hornig Companies
Deidre Schmidt
President
President and CEO
CommonBond Communities
Angela Riley
Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
CommonBond Communities
Freddie Houston
Director, Performance Property Management Company
Artspace
George C. Lang (Emeritus)
Overlook Realty Investment Advisors (Retired)
Taylor Smrikarova
Project Manager
Seward Redesign
James Solem
Commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance & Metropolitan Council (Retired)
Leanna Stefaniak
Director of Business Development and General Counsel
At Home Apartments
David Weiss
CEO
General Capital
Wisconsin Board of Managers
Kristi Luzar
Chair
Executive Director
Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA)
Irma Yepez Klassen
Vice Chair
Program Officer
Zilber Family Foundation
Nicole Brookshire
President
Brookshire Customized Solutions
Bill Cummings
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Ray Hill
Executive Director
Milwaukee’s Historic King Drive (BID 8)
Austin Mautz
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President
Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
Leo Ries
Community Development Consultant
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities
Joe Schwenker
Development Consultant
Evergreen Partners
Marsha Sehler
Director of Business Development (Retired)
Uihlein Wilson Architects
Daniel (Dan) Sell
Finance Director
Continental Properties Company, Inc.
Derek Taylor
Partner
Husch Blackwell
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