Our Staff & Board

Staff

Administration

Michael Friedman, Executive Director
Mark Peterson, Administrator

Community Advocates/Investigators

Leo Espinoza
Pauline Thomas
Edward Yellowhammer

Attorneys

Andrew Gordon, Associate Director and Legal Education Program Director
Trudell Guerue
Richard LeRoy
Hersch Izek

Family & Youth Restorative Services

Simone Abel, Program Director
Verónica González-Gaona, Coordinator
Sylvia Gutierrez

Program Support

Norma González-Gaona, Administrative Assistant & Receptionist

Board of Directors

Todd Guerrero, President
Fredrickson & Byron, P.A.

Clyde Bellecourt, Vice President
American Indian Movement Interpretive Center

Charlnitta Ellis, Secretary
High School For The Recording Arts

Angela Hall Slaughter, Treasurer
United Health Group & MAIBA

Tamara Cabán-Ramirez
Cabán-Ramirez Law Firm

Hon. Michael J. Davis
United States Chief District Judge

Terrence J. Fleming
Lindquist & Vennum

Natalie Johnson Lee
Council on Black Minnesotans

Jerod Peterson
Attorney at Law

Eric Ruzicka
Dorsey & Whitney

Honorary Board Members

Felino de la Pena

Peter Heegaard

David Nasby
General Mills (formerly)

Brian Palmer
Dorsey & Whitney

Steven A. Schumeister, Past President
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi