Board

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Treasury Management Team Leader, Western Bank

Team Lead Manager, Fraud Detection, Target Corporation

Vice President, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America

Chief HR & Talent Officer, The Imagine Group

President, Perrill

Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

Owner/Appraiser, JPL Appraisal Services

Senior Vice President & Marketing Director, US Bank

Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron PA

President of the Somali American Bar Association

Principal – NorthStar Healthcare Advisory

Mike Wynne is the President and CEO of EMERGE Community Development. He has led the organization since its launch in 2006. Before that, he served in a succession of positions with Pillsbury United Communities, EMERGE’s heritage organization. He was first hired as a direct service staff person in 1988, and then served as center director, program director, and vice president before launching EMERGE in its current form.

As President and CEO, Mike has led the development of a portfolio of highly acclaimed public/private partnerships, community development initiatives and entrepreneurial initiatives. Mike earned his BA in Sociology and Urban Studies from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has completed graduate certifications in non-profit management and finance at the University of St. Thomas, The James Shannon Institute for Renewing Community Leadership, The Executive Leadership Institute at the University of Michigan School of Social Work & Business; and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship.

Mike is a life-long Minneapolis resident and grew up in North Minneapolis and the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. He has been a featured presenter at national and regional conferences and seminars including the Alternative Staffing Alliance, Minnesota Council on Nonprofits, United Neighborhood Centers of America and Corporation for Supportive Housing.