Our Team

Our dedicated staff and leadership team are passionate about enriching communities and helping residents meet their goals. Meet some of our team below.

  • All
  • Executives
  • Senior Leaders
  • Real Estate

CommonBond Board of Directors

Executives

Tasha Alexander
Chair
Senior Vice President Private Banker (Retired)
Wells Fargo Bank

Cindy Koch
Vice Chair
Vice President, Finance
Wells Enterprises, Inc.

Deidre Schmidt
President
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities

Barb Tretheway
Secretary
SVP and General Counsel (Retired)
HealthPartners, Inc.

Mohamed Omar
Treasurer
Chief Administrative Officer
Washburn Center for Children

Jamal Adam
Achievement Specialist
Wayzata High School

Megan Remark
Chief Operating Officer
HealthPartners

Directors

Adam Bernier
Chief Operating Officer
O’Brien Staley Partners

Nicole Brookshire
CEO/President
Brookshire Customized Solutions, LLC

Michaela Clubb
Director of National Program
The BrandLab

Bill Cummings
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Wade C. Lau
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC

Laura Liu
Chief Operating Officer (Retired)
College Possible

Matt Schriner
Senior Vice President (Retired)
Bremer Bank

Val Spencer
Community Volunteer

Eva Stevens
President (Retired)
United Properties

Jennifer Thao
Vice President of Strategy
Wilder Foundation

Jackie Turner
Chief Administration and Operations Officer
St. Paul Public Schools

Jocelyn Whitfield
Outreach Coordinator
Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities

CommonBond Housing Board

Wade C. Lau
Chair
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC

Deidre Schmidt
President
President & CEO
CommonBond Communities

Jennifer Anderson
Secretary
Interim Chief Financial Officer
CommonBond Communities

Cindy Bursell
VP, Regional Credit Officer
US Bancorp

Vishal Dutt
Vice President of Capital Markets
Venture Commercial Mortgage

Freddie Houston
Director, Performance Property Management Company
Artspace

Eva Stevens
President (Retired)
United Properties

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
Director, Equitable Homeownership Solutions
Product Development at MGIC

Nicole Brookshire 
President
Brookshire Customized Solutions

Bill Cummings 
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

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.

Our Impact

Every day, our supporters, volunteers, staff, and community members make our work possible. Below you can view our latest annual report with resident testimonials, stories of impact, program statistics, and financial information.