Meet Directors Emeriti
Any Director who has served with distinction for at least two terms may qualify for election as a Director Emeritus by a majority vote of the Board of Directors upon the Director's retirement from the Board. Directors Emeriti shall be expected to continue serving the mission and goals of the Foundation by serving as spokespersons and mentors and by participating on committees as needed. They shall be invited to meet, without vote, at least annually with the Board, shall receive periodic reports on the Foundation's activities, and shall be listed on the Foundation's Annual Report and website.
[Foundation Bylaw Section 3.04, approved in June 2010]
Tom Gump
Elected 2023 (2015-2023)
Tom Gump is a lawyer and real estate developer serving as "of counsel" with Stier Law Offices. He is a past president of Edina Morningside Rotary Club (2016-17). He served as District Governor for Rotary District 5950 in 2020-21 and will serve as the Aide to the International President for 2024-25.
In 2023, Tom Gump was honored with Rotary International’s highest award, the “Service Above Self” award which is given to only 150 members worldwide to recognize exemplary humanitarian service.
He was Chair of the Community Involvement Programs Board of Directors and served on the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota Board. He also chaired Edina's Construction Board of Appeals.
Tom and his family live in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Edina.
Rich Meyer
Elected 2023 (2017-2023)
Rich Meyer became president of the Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation in 2007. Previously, he was vice president of organizational advancement for Minnesota Masonic Homes and director of the Children's Theatre Company's development program.
His skills, experience, and interests include personnel and HR, nonprofit and community service, policy development, program evaluation, communications and PR, special events, fundraising and grant writing, outreach, and advocacy.
Richard and his wife Annie live in Edina's Country Club neighborhood.
Dick Crockett
Elected 2023 (Exec Director 2003-2023)
Dick began his career in the nonprofit sector with his work as in-house legal counsel at North Dakota State University. He continued his work as a higher education attorney in Syracuse and finally with Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis.
Dick participated in many community nonprofit organizations and foundations in North Dakota, New York, and Minnesota. This experience in the nonprofit and foundation world led to a career transition in March 2003 to a new position as the Executive Director of the Edina Community Foundation.
Dick retired from the Foundation on March 15, 2023, and lives in Edina's Bredesen Park neighborhood with his wife Suzie. Their family includes two sons, their wives, and six grandchildren.
Jeff Ohe
Elected 2021 (2015-2021)
Jeff and his wife Alley live in the Heights neighborhood of Edina with their four children. Jeff is very active in the Edina community as a member of the Rotary Club of Edina (Club President in 2015-16) and serves on the board of the Edina Rotary Foundation. He also serves on the boards of the Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation and the Goal Line Club.
He is a member of the Edina Chamber of Commerce and a past board member of the Southdale YMCA. Jeff is the President of Cahill Advisors.
Mamie Segall
Elected 2019 (2013-2019)
Mamie has over 30 years of experience in healthcare public policy, business, and legal leadership, including over 10 years prosecuting healthcare fraud and leading health law legislative policy efforts as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General.
She and her husband, Bill Sierks, live in The Heights neighborhood of Edina and have three children. She is on the Board of the MN Elder Justice Center, served on the Edina Public School's Gifted Advisory Committees, the Edina Soccer Board and has been an active school and community volunteer.
Paul Mooty
Elected 2019 (2011-2019)
Paul is a lifelong Edina resident and a Partner and CFO of Faribault Woolen Mills. Paul is a current member and past President of the Rotary Club of Edina and serves on the Fairview Southdale Hospital Board of Directors.
He and his wife Jean live in the Parkwood Knolls neighborhood and have three children.
Richard Olson
Elected 2018 (2012-2018)
Richard Olson has a strong record of volunteer service to the Edina community–as chair of the Veterans Memorial Committee, as chair of the Foundation’s 4th of July Parade from 2009-2012, and in board leadership positions for the Edina Soccer Association and the Edina Basketball Association.
Richard lives in Edina’s South Harriet Park Neighborhood with his wife Susan.
Maxine Wallin
Elected 2017 (2011-2017)
Maxine Wallin (1926-2023) was a long-time resident of Edina and one of our community's leading philanthropists, continuing a strong tradition she began with her late husband, Winston Wallin. The Wallins began a college scholarship program in 1992 for students at South High School in Minneapolis who come from low- to moderate-income families.
Maxine attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota. She became a librarian at the University of Minnesota and a medical research librarian while the family lived in Utah. Maxine had four children and 13 grandchildren.
Scot Housh
Elected 2017 (2011-2017)
Scot Housh is an insurance broker and the President and CEO of Willis of Minnesota. He was raised in Edina and served on the Edina City Council from 2001 through 2010. He has also served on the Be The Match Foundation Board and as Co-chair of the Minnesota Bid Committee for the 2020 College Football Playoff Championship Game.
He lives in the Country Club neighborhood with his wife Susie.
Ron Erhardt
Elected 2017 (2011-2017)
Ron Erhardt is a self-employed financial planner with a long record of public service to the Edina community. Elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1990, Ron served Edina for 11 terms and received many awards for his leadership on transportation matters. He has served as Chair of the Edina Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Committee and on the Southdale YMCA Board of Management.
Ron lives in Edina's Sunnyside neighborhood.
Bernie Beaver
Elected 2015 (2008-2014)
Bernie Beaver moved to Edina shortly after finishing law school and put his undergraduate degree and CPA status to work with the accounting firm of Bouley Heutmaker Zibell & Co., from which he is now retired.
During his service on the ECF Board of Directors, he served as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee.
Bernie is a member of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club and lives in the Fox Meadow neighborhood with his wife Patricia. They have two daughters and six grandchildren.
Brad Beard
Elected 2015 (2006-2015)
Brad Beard as Chair of the ECF Board of Directors Human Resources Committee. He had a long career with Fairview Southdale Hospital and Clinics that included work in various administrative capacities and an extended term as its President. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Edina and has served on the Edina Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He and his wife Gwendolyn live in northwest Edina, and they have three children.
Carolyn Schroeder
Elected 2013 (2004-2012)
Carolyn Schroeder is a community volunteer and retired nurse. She, along with her late husband Clint, have lived in Edina for over 45 years, and their five children attended Edina Schools.
Carolyn has served as Board Chair of the Minneapolis Children's Hospital, the Minneapolis Children's Foundation, and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Foundation.
Bonnie McGrath
Elected 2013 (2009-2015)
Bonnie McGrath founded and managed a legal software training business for 20 years. She and her husband Lee have been Edina residents since 1993. They are active in the Country Club Neighborhood Association.
Geof Workinger
Elected 2011 (2004-2011)
Geof Workinger and his wife Betty are long-term Edina residents (since 1968) and live in the Harriet Park neighborhood. Geof retired after a career in human resources and employee benefits that included work for Prudential, 3M, General Mills, and Bemis Company. He has served on both the Edina Planning and Human Relations Commissions and as chair of the latter.
He has also provided volunteer service and leadership to the Storefront (Youth Action) Group and the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE).
Fred Richards
Elected 2010 (1999-2008)
Frederick S. Richards has lived in Edina since 1945 and married an Edina Morningside High School classmate. He was the Mayor from 1988 to 1997, after having served on the City Council for the prior 14 years. Fred has also served on the Edina Park Board, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and the Environmental Quality and Transportation Commissions. Fred practiced law for 25 years and also was the president of General Office Products.
He and Nancy have three children, two of whom now live in the community with their families.
Denny Maetzold
Electec 2010 (2004-2011)
Dennis Maetzold served on the Edina School Board for six years before being elected to the City Council in 1995 and then as Mayor from 1999 through 2004. He is retired from M & I Bank, and he and his wife Linda live in the Arden Park Neighborhood. They have been Edina residents since 1972, and their daughter graduated from Edina High School. Dennis served as Chair of the Southdale YMCA's 2005 Y Partners Campaign and on the Board of Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP).