Our dedicated staff and leadership team are passionate about enriching communities and helping residents meet their goals. Meet some of our team below.
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Executives
Senior Leaders
Real Estate
Executives
Deidre Schmidt
President and CEO
Executives
Angela Riley
Chief Financial Officer
Executives
Thomas Adams, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President of Housing and Services
Executives
Karen Law
Executive Vice President of Talent, Equity, and Culture
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 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
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.
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.