Jennifer Pogatchnik

Vice President of Advancement

A passion for education and non-profit fund development brought Jennifer Pogatchnik to the Minnesota Historical Society in 2019. As Vice President of Advancement, Jennifer is responsible for the strategic direction for membership, corporate, foundation, and private philanthropy. She served as a senior program manager of major gifts and the director of development at MNHS before taking on her current role in 2020.

Jennifer’s vast experience includes leading teams, strategy development and execution, moves management, relationship building, solicitation, and stewardship. She is highly trained in building and cultivating lasting relationships with significant experience in transformational giving, principal gifts and planned giving.

Jennifer is a member of the MN Planned Giving Council. Prior to joining MNHS, Jennifer was the Senior Development Officer of Major Gifts at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Annual Fund at Wake Education Partnership. She holds an A.A. from Peace College and a B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from North Carolina State University.

Executive council

Ford W. Bell
Jesse Bethke Gomez
Linda Brekke Mona
M. Mitchell Davis
Elizabeth Driscoll Hlavka
Joanell M. Dyrstad
Richard E. Engebretson
Carolyn M. Essig
Stephanie L. Fehr
Thomas M. Forsythe
David R. Hakensen
Dustin B. Heckman
Bridget A. Larson-Lindner
Jennifer J. Murray

Richard C. Nash
Krista E. O’Malley
John Pacheco Jr.
Peter M. Reyes Jr.
Sharon Sayles Belton
Daniel J. Schmechel
Diana L. Schutter
Daniel W. Shogren
Roger J. Sit
Anton S. Treuer
John R. Tunheim
Noelle P. Turner
Kyle R. Ward
Gwen N. Westerman
Kent Whitworth (Nonvoting, Director & CEO)

Emeritus council

Nina M. Archabal+
Charles W. Arnason+
Annette Atkins+
Sharon Avent+
Bruce W. Bean+
Gretchen U. Beito+
Diane Berthel
Kathleen Blatz
Suzanne Blue
Robert Bruininks
Barbara E. Burwell
Judith S. Corson
Grant W. Davis
Mark Davis+
Michael J. Davis
Charlton Dietz+
D. Stephen Elliott
Michael B. Farnell

Harold A. Frederick
Ram Gada+
Phyllis Rawls Goff+
William Green
James T. Hale
MayKao Y. Hang
Stanley S. Hubbard
Karen A. Humphrey+
Ruth S. Huss
Lucy R. Jones+
Sylvia Kaplan+
Dennis L. Lamkin
Jean M. Larson
Monica Little
Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
Charles Mahar
Susan B. McCarthy
William C. Melton+

Joseph S. Micallef+
Dean M. Nelson
Richard H. Nicholson
Elizabeth M. Nordlie
Peter R. Reis
Mark Ritchie
Kennon V. Rothchild+
Susan Kenny Stevens
William R. Stoeri+
Edward C. Stringer
Bo Thao-Urabe
Karen Wilson Thissen
Missy Staples Thompson
Kathy H. Tunheim
Benjamin Vander Kooi
Eleanor C. Winston
Warren J. Zaccaro

Honorary council

Lowell C. Anderson
Marvin R. Anderson
Nina M. Archabal+
Charles W. Arnason+
Annette Atkins+
Sharon Avent+
Bruce W. Bean+
Gretchen U. Beito+
Ford W. Bell
S. K. Dash
Mark Davis+
Charlton Dietz+
Elizabeth S. Driscoll
Dennis Dvorak
Richard L. Ferrell
Michael J. Fox

Ram Gada+
Phyllis Rawls Goff+
Karen A. Humphrey+
John Huss
Ruth Huss+
Lucy R. Jones+
Sylvia Kaplan+
Colles Larkin
Robert C. Mack
Elizabeth S. MacMillan+
Terry McGibbon
Peg Meier
William C. Melton+
Joseph S. Micallef+
Richard Moe
Stephen Nelson

Larry G. Osnes
Donald G. Patton
Fred Perez
Mark Peterson
Kennon V. Rothchild+
Ramedo J. Saucedo
Jeff Savage
Barbara W. Sommer
William R. Stoeri+
Gerald Vizenor
Vernell Wabasha
Jeanette E. Warner
Annette M. Whaley
Mary Lethert Wingerd

+ Emeritus and Honorary
Council Member

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