Our Team
Honorary Co-Chairs

Beth Ford
CEO
Land O’Lakes

Cheryl Reeve
General Manager and Head Coach
Minnesota Lynx

Lindsay Whalen
Head Coach
University of Minnesota Women’s Basketball Team
Minnesota Local Organizing Committee (MNLOC)
Executive Board: Co-Chairs

Hugh Lombardi
Target Center – ASM

Julie Manning
University of Minnesota

Melvin Tennant
Meet Minneapolis
Executive Board: Members

Tom McGinnis
University of Minnesota

Carol Rodgers
Best Buy

Amanda Rome
Xcel Energy

Jessie Stomski Seim
Prairie Island Indian Community

Christine Sovereign
Accenture
Minnesota Sports and Events Executive Staff

Wendy Williams Blackshaw
MNSE President and MNLOC Co-Executive Director

Debbie Estes
MNSE Executive Vice President and MNLOC Co-Executive Director

Matt Meunier
MNSE Senior Director of Sales and Operations
MNLOC Team
Host Institution – University of Minnesota
- Mills Armbruster
- Stephanie Davis
- Sarissa Falk
- Rachel Galatowitsch
- Megan Lee
Host City – Minneapolis, MN
- Erica Bergum
- Tyler Boike
- Madonna Carr
- Brent Foerster
- Kevin Kurtt
- Kathy McCarthy
- Courtney Ries
- Tamara Spude
- Gia Vitali
Host Arena – Target Center
- Trent Arthur
- Nancy Fortney
- Jay Hackett
- Marcus Kroulik
- Amy Rahja
- Tom Reller
- Jen Ritchie
- Steve Sawyer
Minnesota Sports and Events
- Milan Burgess
- Alyssa Chapman
- Denzell Godwin
- Andrea Graham
- Kathy Gullickson
- Stephanie Hall
- Sydney Hardek
- Izzy Jones
- Coretta Kendricks
- Minori Nakamoto
- Stephanie Schmidt
- Matt Sovereign
- Taylor Sudduth
- Sandy Sweetser
- Ariel Astrachan Toback
- Will Villalta