Board of Trustees

Executive Committee 

Gregory L. Buck ’87
Chair, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees 
President, Productivity

John J. Choi ’95
Vice Chair, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees 
County Attorney, Ramsey County

Brian Batzli ’85
Secretary, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees 
Partner and Chairman Emeritus, Merchant & Gould

Mary Quist
Treasurer, Mitchell Hamline Board of Trustees 
Senior Vice President and Controller (retired), Medica

Trustees 

Kenneth Abdo ‘82
Fox Rothschild 

Stephanie Albert
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer; President, Foundation, Delta Dental of Minnesota

Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada ’02 
Judge, Second Judicial District of Minnesota 

Landon J. Ascheman ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor 
Owner, Ascheman Law

Kenya Bodden ’01 
Legal Risk Manager, Amazon 

Megan Brennan ’06 
Assistant General Counsel, Labor and Employment, Andersen Corporation 

Matthew Brown ’09
Tax Partner, EisnerAmper

Gloria Contreras Edin ’05
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor 
Owner and Founder, Contreras & Metelska

Victoria Elsmore ’09 
Referee, Second Judicial District of Minnesota 

Scott Flaherty 
Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister 

Judge Juanita Freeman ’08 
District Court Judge, Second Judicial District of Minnesota 

Patrick Garay-Heelan ’09 
Senior Vice President, Wealth Advisor, 1834, a Division of Old National Bank 

Nicole James Gilchrist ’03 
Vice President and Managing Counsel, Thrivent 

Duchess Harris ’11
Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Professor of American Studies, Macalester College

David G. Hellmuth ’92 
Founding Partner, Hellmuth & Johnson 

Frances L. Kern ’13
Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission

B. Steven Messick ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner/Managing Attorney, Messick Law

Chris Montana ’13 
Founder, CEO, and Head Distiller, Du Nord Craft Spirits 

Kathleen M. Murray 
Acting/Interim President, Hamline University 

Judge Bhupesh Pattni ’12
District Court Judge, Sixth Judicial District, Minnesota

Jacqueline Perez ’19
President, Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association 
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Child Protection Division, Hennepin County

Christopher D. Pham ’09 
Senior Associate, Fredrikson & Byron 

David D. Ransom ’91 
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 

Lisa Spencer ’01 
President, Henson Efron 

Jessica Stomski ’08 
General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian Community 

Ugo Ukabam ’02 
Director, Senior Counsel, General Mills 

Sean Whitlock ’04
CEO and General Counsel, Whitlock Capital Group