Minnesota Public Radio Inc.

Dianne Krizan is the parent of a second grader and a future kindergartener. She brings to the Board expertise in management and fundraising. Dianne held positions of increasing leadership scope in the for profit sector for eighteen years, including director of Research and Development for General Mills. In these positions, she was responsible for leading divisions of over sixty people and managing budgets of $8 million. Four years ago she transitioned into the nonprofit sector. As senior administrative director of the Development division at Minnesota Public Radio, she leads a staff of 30 people in raising more than $20 million annually. Dianne holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in public affairs.

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Annie Baxter is a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio, where she has curated a series on nature sounds and regularly gathers scintillating sonic events known as "sound bytes".

Doug Rowe is a broadcast engineer for Minnesota Public Radio. He is in charge of making sure that all of MPR's stuff is up and running at all times. MPR has like 49 stations or something, and they're not at all close together, so Doug gets punchy sometimes. Doug's real instrument is bass trombone, but Brodie was here first. Doug lives in Northfield with his lovely wife Jen. Doug's chair is sponsored by Fred and Jeannie Hoeser.

Kerri joined Minnesota Public Radio in June 2004 as host of Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning and Talking Volumes, the joint book club of MPR, the Star Tribune and the Loft Literary Center. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981, serving as a political reporter for KARE-11 for several years. She has won numerous awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists National Achievement Award, Minnesota Broadcasters Award, the Associated Press Award and a Gracie award from the Association of Women in Radio and Television.

Addison L. Piper retired from Piper Jaffray effective at the end of 2006, having served as vice chairman of Piper Jaffray Companies since the completion of our spin-off from U.S. Bancorp on December 31, 2003. He worked for Piper Jaffray from 1969 through 2006, serving as assistant equity syndicate manager, director of securities trading and director of sales and marketing, before serving as chief executive officer from 1983 to 2000 and as chairman from 1988 to 2003. From 1998 through August 11, 2006, Piper also had responsibility for our venture and private capital fund activities. Piper holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Williams College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. Piper is a member of the board of directors of Renaissance Learning Corporation, Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media Group and regent of St. Olaf College. Piper is the former chair of Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Minnesota Communications Group, former vice-chair of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Board of Governors of the Securities Industry Association, former chair of the NYSE Regional Firms Advisory Group Committee, former director of Allina Health System, Minnesota Business Partnership, St. Martin's Church Foundation, Greenspring Corporation, and former trustee of Woodhill Country Club, Guthrie Theater, Washburn Children Guidance Center and the Stanford University Business School Trust. Piper recently served as senior warden at St. Martins By-the-Lake Church.

Mr. Hogan has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pentair, Inc., an industrial manufacturing company, from 2002 to present. From 2001 to 2002 he was President and Chief Executive Officer and from 1999 to 2001, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pentair. Prior to joining Pentair, he was President of United Technologies’ Carrier Transicold Division. Before that, he was with the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies, General Electric, and McKinsey & Company. Mr. Hogan has a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.