Leadership
CommonBond Communities Senior Leadership
Deidre Schmidt
President & CEO
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Derek Madsen
Executive Vice President of Resource Development
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Cecile Bedor
Executive Vice President of Real Estate
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Kevin Myren
Chief Financial Officer & Vice Pres. of Administration
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Lisa Wilcox-Erhardt
Executive Vice President of Housing and Services
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CommonBond Communities Wisconsin Leadership
Joe’Mar Hooper
Wisconsin Market Leader
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CommonBond Board of Directors
Jamal Adam
Community Specialist
CORE Program – University of Minnesota
Chanda Smith Baker
Senior Vice President of Community Impact
The Minneapolis Foundation
Margaret Belanger, CSJ
Carondelet Village
Mary Bennett
First Vice President
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Adam Bernier
Chief Operating Officer
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Dana S. Cottrell
Team Lead
Xcel Energy
Vicki Duncomb
Treasurer
Chris Gallagher
Senior Design Architect/Principal
Eppstein Uhen Architects
Edward Goetz
Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
University of Minnesota
Kyle Hansen
Chair
Executive Vice President
Commercial Real Estate Group
U.S. Bank
Brad W. Hoffelt
Chief Financial Officer- Payments Group
U.S. Bank
Tom Joyce
Secretary
University of St. Thomas
R. Patricia (Trish) Kelly
EVP, Head of Commercial Banking
TCF Bank
Wade C. Lau
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC
Lakeisha Lee
Collaborative Coordinator, LSS-Streetworks
Life Skills Mentor / 180 Degrees, Brittany’s Place
Megan Remark
President & CEO
Regions Hospital
Sr. Carol Rennie, OSB
Spiritual Director
Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery
Carleen Rhodes
Vice Chair
Special Advisor Impact Investing
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Sean Rice
VP Finance, Institutional North America
Ecolab
Deidre Schmidt
President
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities
Mark Scholtes
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Matt Schriner
Senior Vice President
Bremer Bank
John Schwab
Partner in Charge, Construction and Real Estate
WIPFLi
Mark Springett
AVP, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Eva Stevens
President, United Properties Investment
Chief Operating Officer, United Properties
Michelle Walker
Executive Director
Generation Next
Hamse Warfa
Principal
Tayo Consulting Group
Richard Wicka
Principal (Retired)
MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate
CommonBond Housing Board
Bernadette Hornig
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
Vice Chair
Principal (Retired)
MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate
Wisconsin Board of Managers
Bill Cummings
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Ryan Daniels
Executive Director
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation
Chris Gallagher
Senior Design Architect/Principal
Eppstein Uhen Architects
Kristi Luzar
Executive Director
Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA)
Austin Mautz
Vice Chair
CFO & Vice President
Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
Leo Ries
Retired
LISC
John Schwab
Chair
Partner in Charge, Construction & Real Estate
WIPFLi
Joe Schwenker
Development Consultant
Evergreen Partners
Willie C. Wade
Chief Marketing Officer
Employ Milwaukee