Blue chip mentors with corporate experience and global reach.

The Executive Springboard network of mentors has over 1000 years of executive experience! Over 90% of Executive Springboard mentors have experience in Fortune 1000 companies.  Each has run a function in a corporation for at least 5 years.  The Executive Springboard mentor network’s functional expertise includes:

• Sales
• Marketing and advertising
• Operations and supply chain
• Research and development
• Finance
• Information technology
• Human resources
• General management, Managing Director and CEO

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And the group is geographically diverse, residing ten countries.  Fifty percent of mentors have worked outside the US. 
 
Most of the Executive Springboard network have run small businesses after leaving corporate life.  More than half have served on boards of directors.  And all have long experience as mentors and as developers of talent.

Executive Springboard Mentor Network

Kate Nau

Former VP Strat Planning & Dev,
Schwans Home Service
Former SVP/Div CFO, Schwan's Consumer, Schwan's Home Service
Former SVP & Corp Treasurer, Schwan Food Co.​

Mike Crone

Former VP Sales, Häagen-Dazs
Former VP Sales, Nestle
​Former SVP Sales, Wells Dairy

Lou de Ocejo

Former VP HR, Heublein
Former SVP HR & Corp Affairs, Pillsbury
Former EVP HR, State Street Corp.

Paloma Elegido

Former Managing Director, Pillsbury and General Mills Iberica

Jote Taddese

Former Head of Global  Info Architecture Practice, Medtronic
Founder and COO of DiaspoCare, LLC
Former President and current Board Director, Books for Africa
Former VP of Engineering, Rally Health
​VP of Software Engineering, Optum Digital

Don Zvareck

Former President, DICKEY-john
Former President & COO, TSI
Former COO-US Operations, MFG Solutions
​VP & General Mgr, Mocorp

Patty Hamm

 Former VP HR, Net Perceptions, Fingerhut
  Former EVP Human Capital, Petters Group
  Former VP/Global CHRO, Imation
​  Former EVP HR, DataLink

Rob Hancock

Former VP Brand Mktg, Intercontinental Hotels Group Former SVP Global Marketing, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Dan Heschke

Former Chief Information Officer, Nestlé Ice Cream; Cool Brands International; Imation

Bobbi Dahlgren

 Former VP Supply Chain, G&K Services
Former VP Sourcing & Manufacturing, G&K
Former VP Sourcing & Corporate Admin, G&K
Former VP Sourcing & Procurement, Best Buy

Kennon Jaeger

Former VP Consumer & Customer Marketing,
​Pillsbury and General Mills

Martin Jamieson

Former Managing Director, Pillsbury UK/ Ireland and Head of Häagen-Dazs Europe    
   Former President, Pillsbury Canada
    Former President, Robin Hood Multifoods
    Former EVP Brands & Mktg, Loblaw Co  
    Former Pres/CEO, Ocean Nutrition

Caitlin Daly

Former Executive Director, Humane Society of Alamance County; Fredericksburg SPCA
VP & COO, Lollypop Farm, Humane Soc of Greater Rochester
President & CEO, SPCA Serving Erie County NY

John Keppeler

Former VP Worldwide Sales, CNS
Former SVP Worldwide Sales, Shock Doctor
​Former VP Sales & Marketing, FN America
​VP Sales, BodyChek Wellness

Pete Koehn

Former VP Global Operations, Imation
Former Gen Mgr, Imation Europe
​VP, Ops & Integration, Wolters Kluwer

Peter Kreutzner

Former President, Gin Brands, Diageo
​Former Gen Mgr, Hero Foods Canada
Former President, One Earth Farms
Former Pres/CEO, Life Science Nutritionals

John Kundtz

  Former VP Marketing, Pillsbury; CNS; Nielsen
  Former Interim VP Marketing, Fairview Health; University of Minnesota Health  ​

Ivy Bennett

Former Asst VP Marketing, Allstate Insurance
Former Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine
Former SVP Marketing, BMO Harris

Jay W. Lee

  Former President & MD, Imation Korea
  Former Advisor to Prime Minister of Korea
  Former Chairman, Korea Brand Forum
  Former Chairman, Korea Soc Net Assoc
  Former Board Member, Hyundai Steel
  Exec Vice Chair, Korea Mktg Assoc ​

Yves Lepage

Former Managing Dir, Pillsbury & General Mills France
Former President, General Mills France, Benelux & Italy
Former Sales Dir, General Mills Intl
Former MD, Yoplait Franchises & New Mkts
​Founder/CEO, NumericALL

Jennifer Hipskind

Former Div VP Fine Jewelry, JC Penney
Former SVP GM Central, JC Penney
Former Stores Group President, JC Penney
​Former SVP Store Env & Design, JC Penney

Adriana Lynch

Former VP Multicultural Mktg, ConAgra
Former SVP Marketing & Communications,
St. Joseph Health System
Former Chief Marketing Officer, Arbonne International; Isagenix; Walker Advertising
Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Outisders

Steve Moss

Former VP Marketing, Gilbey Canada Inc; Pillsbury
Former VP Strategy & Brand Dev, Heublein Intl; Pillsbury
Former CMO, Pillsbury Intl; Ice ​Cream Partners/Nestle Ice Cream; Imation
​President, Executive Springboard, LLC

Shay Wyley

Former Engineering and Supply Chain leader, Irish Distillers; Pillsbury and General Mills
Former  Expat MD, Pillsbury So Afr,  Phillippines;
Former MD, General Mills SE Asia
Former MD, Häagen-Dazs Intl Restaurants
Chairman of the Board and Former Interim President, Benilde-St Margaret's School

Phil Perkins

Former R&D leader, Pillsbury 
Former SVP R&D, Bush Bros & Co
Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists

Sam Reinkensmeyer

​Former SVP Fin & Investor Relations, ShopNBC
Former Chief Financial Officer, CNS; gDiapers; RS Medical; Bowtech Archery, Inc.

Ann Reckens

​Former VP Finance, General Mills
Board member for several organizations

Scott Remy

Former Sr Partner, Dir of Acct Mgmt, JWT
Former EVP Client Services Dir, BBDO
Former Chief Comms Officer, Nestle USA
Former SVP Comms & Pubic Affairs, DineEquity, Inc.

Jim Reynolds

Former SVP Marketing and R&D, Wells Enterprises 
Currently operates two small businesses​​

Julie Rose

Former VP Mktg Strategy & Global Comms, Ecolab
Board Member, Theresa Living Center

John Sullivan

Former VP and Gen Counsel, Cray Research;   Silicon Graphics International
Former SVP and General Counsel, Imation
EVP and General Counsel, Carlson, Inc.

Neng Pin Yap

Former HR Director, GE APAC
Former General Director, GM China & India
Former VP HR, Honeywell APAC
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Helayne Spivak

Former Chief Creative Officer, Y&R NY; Ammirati Puris Lintas; J Walter Thompson NY; Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Former Board member, Young & Rubicam
Former Director, VCU Brandcenter

Sara Sampson

Former SVP, Mideast, Carlson Marketing
Former MD, APAC, Carlson Marketing
Former VP, Marketing & Sales, Lifetouch
Former SVP Business Dev, Incentium
Former VP Sales, RTI

Randall Larson

Former Chief Creative Officer, Thorn Creative
Current Partner & CCO, Shinebox

Ned Russell

Former VP Brand Mktg, Las Vegas Sands 
Former Group MD, Saatchi Wellness
Former EVP, Global Client Leader, Publicis Groupe
Managing Partner, Healthcare, Stagwell

Luis Moreno

Former VP Marketing, Synchrony
Co-founder and Board Member, Twin Cities Business Peer Network
Advisory Board Member, Argosy University
Marketing Leader, NewPublica

Melody McKay 

Former SVP Global Services, Ergotron
​Current Mentor, Mentium

Janel Haugarth 

Former President/COO, Independent Business & Supply Chain Services, SuperValu
Former EVP Restructuring: Merch & Logistics, Supervalu
​Former Pres, Northern & NW Regions, SuperValu

Minoo Saboori

Founder, former President of Eden Interactive
Former Board Director, Third Eye Insight
​Former Managing Partner, Eden Central

Gretchen Rawdon

Former VP Culture & Diversity; 
​Former VP Human Resources, Talent Management & Org Effectiveness, Smiths Medical
​VP People Experience, Trimble Transportation

Don Berglund

Former SVP/COO, Fairview University Medical Center
​Former SVP Clinical Integration, Fairview Health Systems
Former EVP/COO, Norton Healthcare
Former CEO, Innovative Blood Resources

Michele Bedard

Former marketing leader, Volkswagen Canada; Volkswagen Americas
​Former VP Marketing, Sub-Zero Group, Inc.

April Anslinger 

Former Herbal Essence Global Brand Leader, P&G
Former Chief Growth Officer/CMO, Schwan Consumer Brands
SVP/GM Aveda North America, Estee Lauder Companies
​Chief Marketing Officer, Self Esteem Brands

Jeanette Winters 

Former Director of Knowledge & Learning, Intel
Former VP Learning & Development American Express; Pitney Bowes
Former SVP & CHRO, Igloo Products

Todd Arnold 

Former Engineering Mgr, NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program
Former Deputy Dir, NASA Public Affairs
Former Strategic Alliances Mgr, Intl Space Station
Former member, Kennedy Space Center Sr  Mgt Team

Don Reynolds

Business Advisor, U of MN Office of Technology Commercialization
Former President, Gandy Co.
Former VP Global Ops, United Technologies
Former President & COO, HEI, Inc.

Marita Genebashvili  

​Former Marketing Director, Chirina Ltd.
Former Lecturer, Caucasus School of Business
Co-founder, Microgreen;  Qwerty Global; SUPERGMIRI.ge
Founder inebe.ge
Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, OXYN

Thomas Schlick

Samir Behl 

Kenny Robinson

Former VP Service & Support, Emerson; ACCO Brands
Former SVP Global Service & Support, DataCard
Former COO, Xata Corp
Former VP Marketing & Engineering Dev, Sterilmed

Former CEO Godrej Pillsbury, Ltd
Former VP Intl Marketing, Pillsbury; General Mills
Former President Asia Pacific, General Mills
Former President Europe/India/Africa, Amway

Former VP Marketing, Pacific World Corp.
Former VP Global Marketing, US Playing Card Co
Former VP Marketing, Strategy & Innovation, Kao Corp.
Former VP Intl Marketing & Sales, Kao Corp.

Linda Feuss

Former VP and General Counsel, Pillsbury Bakeries & Foodservice
Former SVP Legal and HR, Pemstar
Former VP General Counsel & Corporate Secretary C.H. Robinson; Bayer Crop Science

Kirsten Castillo Hall

Former COO & CEO, Logistic Planning Service
Former COO, GlobalTranz
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Doug James 

Retired Air Force Colonel and former combat pilot
Former Dep Dir, Coalition Coordination Center, CentCom
Former Dep Asst Dir of Air, Space and Cyber Ops, USAF Pacific Command
Former Chief Pilot and A320 Fleet Captain, Jet Blue

Barry Wolfish 

J Mitchell

Mark Winston

Former VP Marketing, General Mills
Former Chief Marketing Officer, SVP Fuel for Growth,    Land O'Lakes
Board Member, Valley Agronomics; GreenPoint AG; Eggland's Best; AgriAFC

Former Director Lean, Sears Holdings
Former Director, Rexnord Business System
Former GM, VAG USA
​Former Alumni Chapter President, Kappa Alpha Psi 

Former Global VP, Sales Excellence, Honeywell;
Former VP/GM & VP Strategic Mktg, Honeywell ECC Americas
Former Integration leader, NOVAR Tridium Acquisitions, HON; Former VP/GM Nor Am Residential, Honeywell

Jon Potash

Former SVP Product Mgmt, Dufry Americas, Inc.
Former President Retail Group, 3Sixty Duty Free
Board Member, 3Sixty Duty Free

Bill Barrier 

Former VP Savory Foods, Firmenich
Former VP of R&D, EVP Worldwide Product Development & Quality, Intl Dairy Queen
Chief Strategy Officer, Pecan Deluxe Candy 

Pamela Moret 

Former Chief Product Officer, Ameriprise
Former CEO, IDS Life Insurance Company
Former CMO, Chief Innovation Officer, Thrivent 
Former CEO, brightpeak financial
Board Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN and Bush Foundation

Nicolas Bouve

Former MD, Häagen-Dazs Shops, Europe & Eurasia
Former Intl Dir, Häagen-Dazs Shops
Former SVP/MD for EMEA, Godiva Chocolatier
Former CEO, Corne Port-Royal Chocolatier
CEO, Pain Chaud Bakery and Coffee
Managing Partner, ZenBo SPRL

Kris Henderson 

Retired VP and General Manager, Cash Products, Ameriprise Financial
Former VP, Products, Ameriprise Certificate Company
Former VP, Asset Management Product Development, RiverSource (now Columbia Threadneedle) Investments​
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Tom Schapira

Former Manager, Accenture & AT Kearney Financial Services Strategy
Former Corporate Development Leader, FIS
​Founder, Imagine Capital Group

Bryce Austin

Former VP Information Systems, Payday of MN
Former CIO & CISO, Wells Fargo Business Payroll Services;
​Digineer, Inc.
Author, Secure Enough? 20 Questions on Cybersecurity for Business Owners and Executives 

Lorri Anderson

Former VP Human Resources,  Northwestern Travel; ExpressPoint Technology Services; Logic PD; Compass Electronics Solutions
Board Director, GIVING WoMN; Twin Cities HR Executive Forum 

Fran Holmes

Former attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service 
Former tax attorney, Colgate-Palmolive
Former Tax Director, Deloitte Tax
​City Council Member, Arden Hills, MN

Stephen Testa  

Joe Hanneman

Nila Leiserowitz

Former VP Business Development, Gilbey (Diageo) 
Former VP Finance & IT, Pillsbury Canada
Former CFO, Robin Hood Multifoods;Teva Pharmaceuticals Canada; Nike Canada; Nike Golf USA; Nike Mexico; Converse North America

Former CFO, Detector Electronics; Image Print Solutions; Fransden Corp; The Bernard Group
Former CEO, Rubber Industries Inc.
Former President, Elastech Solutions; Caliber Inc.

Former VP Interiors, Perkins+Will
Former Office Director, Chicago & LA, Gensler
Former Regional Managing Principal, Gensler
Former Global Board of Directors, Gensler
Trustee, Chicago Architecture Center, Intl Women's Forum
Advisory Board, U of MN College of Design

Julio Ampuero

Former Head of Digital Services, Allied Laundry Systems;
Former Global Sales Ops Leader, Director of Connect Enterprise, Digital Services, Security Sales, Divestitures & Business Transformation, Honeywell

Greg Flack

Former President/CEO, The Schwan Food Co.

Rick Keenan 

​Former VP Medicinal Chemistry, GSK
 Former VP New Business Opportunities, GSK
 Former VP Drug Discovery, GSK
​ President, RMK Drug Discovery Consultancy, LLC

Tom Lally

Former Gen Mgr Asia Pacific, Imation
Former VP, Imation Americas Consumer
​Former VP Sales, DataSpan

John Lin 

Former VP Strategy & BD, Avon Latin America
Former VP and Gen Mgr, Avon Canada, Avon China
Former Director, BRF China
Chief Commercial Officer, Citrosuco (Brazil)

Annette Andrews

Former Head of Diversity (Europe); Head of Reward (Ford Financial, Europe); Head of HR Ford Financial (Europe), Ford Motor Company
Former UK HR Director; Catlin Insurance
Former Chief HR Officer, Lloyd's of London
Founder & Director, Acaria Coaching & Consulting Ltd.

Kevin Wilde

​Former VP of Organizational Effectiveness & Chief Learning Officer, General Mills
Strategic Advisor, Institute for Corporate Productivity
Fellow, U of Minnesota  Carlson School of Management
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Manisha Shah

​Former Partner, Bridge Strategy Group LLC
Former Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
Founder, Emstar Consulting

  Al Chaney 

 Gayle Fuguitt 

Former Director of Sales, Pillsbury
Former Dir. Category & Customer Dev, Pillsbury
Former Head of Marketing & Community Relations,
American Red Cross North Central Blood Services
Former Head of Mktg & Comms, Marshfield Clinic
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​Gregg Tate

Former Head of Global HR Services, VP of HR & Knowledge Management, SVP of HR for Global Sales, adidas
Talent Strategy & Learning Advisor, Collective Brains
Founder, G.M.Tate, LLC

Former VP Global  Insights, General Mills
Former CEO, Advertising Research Foundation
Former Chief of Insight & Innovation, Foursquare
Marketing Research Hall of Fame
Board Member, Qualsights; MarketTools:; YWCA USA; Minnesota Opera 

Russ Singleton

Former VP Engineering, Molecular Dynamics
​Former General Manager, Philips Healthcare
Former President & CEO, Molecular Image, Inc.
Former COO, NovaRay Medical
Former VP R&D, MedRobotics

Nicole Vincent

Diana Garvis Purcel

Cigdem Gencer

Executive Dir, Assoc for Corporate Growth Minnesota
Owner, Dona Properties
Co-Owner, Action Fireworks & Kites
Leadership Coach, Dale Carnegie

Former CFO, Paper Warehouse; Famous Dave's of America; Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants;  iMedia Brands
Treasurer, Animal Humane Society
Director, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.​; PetMeds

Former CFO, Intrax Cultural Exchange; Wells Fargo Private Wealth Management
Former EVP, Data Strategy & Analytics, Wells Fargo
Former EVP, Head of Intl HR,  Wells Fargo
Founder & Executive Coach, Fazilet Consulting

Anna Tsantir 

Founder and CEO, Two Bettys Green Cleaning

Mark Panico

Former VP Mktg/Business Development, Honeywell
Former GM, Honeywell; Nalco Industrial & Institutional Services
Former Pres Data Comms Div, Legrand North/Central America
Former CEO,  Stay Online LLC
Executive Chairman, Lynn Electronics

Lisa Zell

Former EVP and General Counsel, CHS, Inc
Former EVP Business Solutions, CHS, Inc
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Midwest Reliability Organization

Kathy Strasser

Kathryn Moos

Lori Lamb

Former EVP Prod Mgmt & Dev, Wausau Financial Systems
Former EVP and COO, River Valley Bank
COO and CIO, IncredibleBank
Police & Fire Commissioner, City of Wausau WI
Advisory Committee, ICBA; The Clearing House: Early Warning
Board of Directors, Aspirus

Former Analyst, CBRE Global Investors
Former SVP Business Dev & Mktg, Home Investment Partners
Former CEO, VROU
Co-founder, OWYN

Former Assistant Attorney General, State of Washington
Former Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, University of Minnesota,  California State University Long Beach

Peter Himmelman

Grammy- and Emmy-nominated recording artist
Composer for TV shows Bones and Judging Amy
Founder, The Big Muse
Author of Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas Life

David Gordon 

​Former SVP of eCommerce and Healthcare PMO, Cigna
Former President, Choicelinx Corp.
Former CFO, The Yard Group
Former SVP Strategy & Prod Dev, ConnectiCare
Former Chairman, Mott Corp.
Chairman, Univ of Hartford Board of Regents

Bryn Fosburgh 

Former Group President, Construction, Geospatial, Transportation& Logistics sectors, Trimble
Former Chief Technology Officer, Trimble
SVP Corporate Strategy, Trimble
Director, simuwatt; UBCO

Justine Fedak

Former VP Corp Sponsorships , CMO, Harris Bank
Former SVP, Brand, Advertising & Sponsorship, Global Head Social Media & Sponsorship Mktg BMO Fin Group
Former Chief Marketing Officer, MERGE
Consultant & Motivational Speaker, Corporate Hippies
Chief Marketing & Cultural Officer, BIAN

Kurt Lieberman  

Former SVP RMS, Reynolds & Reynolds
Former VP GCS Division, Ecolab
Former SVP Strategy and SVP Professional Division, Thomson Reuters
Former Founder, Chairman and CEO, Magni Global Asset Management

 

 

  

  

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