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
Executives
Deidre Schmidt
President and CEO
Executives
Thomas Adams, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President of Housing and Services
Executives
Karen Law
Executive Vice President of Talent, Equity, and Culture
Executives
Jennifer Anderson
Interim Chief Financial Officer
CommonBond Board of Directors
Executives
Adam Bernier
Chair
Chief Operating Officer
O’Brien-Staley Partners
Tasha Alexander
Vice Chair
Senior Vice President Private Banker (Retired)
Wells Fargo Bank
Deidre Schmidt
President
President and CEO
CommonBond Communities
Barb Tretheway
Secretary
SVP and General Counsel (Retired)
Health Partners, Inc.
Cindy Koch
Treasurer
Vice President, Finance
Wells Enterprises, Inc.
Jamal Adam
Achievement Specialist
Wayzata High School
Megan Remark
President & CEO
Regions Hospital
Directors
Shailja Ambrose
Executive Recruiter, Banking and Financial Services
Versique Search and Consulting
Nicole Brookshire
President
Brookshire Customized Solutions, LLC
R. Patricia (Trish) Kelly
EVP, Head of Commercial Banking (Retired)
Huntington Bank
Wade C. Lau
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC
Fatima Moore
Principal
Firefly Advocacy
Sita Morantz
President & Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer (Retired)
Marsden Holding, LLC
Mohamed Omar
Chief Administrative Officer
Washburn Center for Children
Mark Runkel
Sr. EVP, Chief Transformation Officer
U.S. Bancorp
Matt Schriner
Senior Vice President (Retired)
Bremer Bank
Valerie (Val) Spencer
Community Volunteer
Eva Stevens
President (Retired)
United Properties Investment
Jennifer Thao
Vice President of Strategy
Wilder Foundation
Jackie Turner
Executive Chief Administration and Operations Officer
St. Paul Public Schools
CommonBond Housing Board
Wade C. Lau
Chair
President & CEO
Founders Properties, LLC
Deidre Schmidt
President
President and CEO
CommonBond Communities
Angela Riley
Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
CommonBond Communities
Cindy Bursell
VP, Regional Credit Officer
US Bancorp
Freddie Houston
Director, Performance Property Management Company
Artspace
Taylor Smrikarova
Director, Property Development
Seward Redesign
James Solem
Commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance & Metropolitan Council (Retired)
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.
