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