Steven Rizzi, Jr., Acting Chair
Attorney
Adams, Rizzi & Sween P.A.
Acting Chair since 7/28/25
Vice Chair since 12/11/24
Director since 12/9/1998

James Sheehan, Acting Vice Chair and Audit Committee Chair
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Hormel Foods Corporation
Acting Vice Chair since 7/28/2025
Audit Committee Chair since 12/11/2024
Director since 12/11/2024

Diane Baker, Member at Large
Executive Director of the YMCA of Austin
Member at Large since 12/11/2024
Director since 6/18/2014

Scott Aakre
Former Group Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer - Retail
Hormel Foods Corporation
Director since 04/16/25

Robert Clarke, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.Biol., F.R.S.Chem., F.R.S.Med. (U.K.)*
Executive Director of The Hormel Institute
Director since 10/21/2020

Thomas Dankert
General Manager, Austin Utilties
Director since 12/11/2013

Jon Erichson
Former City Engineer / Public Works Director, City of Austin
Director since 6/1/2023

Jeffrey Ettinger
Interim CEO
Hormel Foods Corporation 
Director since 12/18/2006

Garry Hart
Executive Director, Cedar Valley Services, Inc.
Director since 12/10/2025

Lieutenant Juan Hernandez
The Salvation Army
Director since 10/15/2025

Nitaya Jandragholica
Cultural Liaison and Spanish Interpreter for Mower County
Director since 12/08/2021

Michelle King
Attorney
Assistant Mower County Attorney
Director since 8/15/2018

Randall Kramer
Former Certified Financial Planner
Director since 12/09/2014

Molly Lanke
Executive Director, The United Way of Mower County
Director since 8/21/2019

Kathleen Linaker, Ph.D.
President, Riverland Community College
Director Since 8/23/2023

Joey Page, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Austin Public Schools
Director since 08/18/2021br>

Jeanne Poppe
Former Minnesota State Representative
Director since 12/11/2024

Tim Ruzek
Board Member, Parenting Resource Center
Director since 10/15/2025

Prathibha Varkey MBBS, MPH, MHPE, MBA
President, Mayo Clinic Health System
Professor of Medicine & of Preventive Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Director since 12/11/2024