Meet Our Board of Directors

Dean Bachmeier, Treasurer

Dean Bachmeier has lived in Edina for more than twenty years. He spent his career in banking and finance, retiring as a principal from PCM Companies, a local private equity firm in 2016. He joined the non-profit Partners In Food Solutions as part-time CFO in 2017, transitioning to a Senior Financial Advisor role in 2021. Dean serves as Treasurer of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis where he and his wife Carol Greenland have been members since 1991.  

Dean has a B.A. in business/accounting from the University of North Dakota and an MBA from the Carlson School of Business at the U of M.  

Dean and Carol have been married for more than thirty years. Their daughter Lauren is a 2010 EHS grad. They enjoy spending time at their lake cabin near Aitkin and international travel.

David Alkire

David and his family moved to Edina in 2004, and he’s been involved in the community ever since. He has served as Precinct 14 Chair Election Judge and worked on the Fourth of July Parade Committee. More recently, he was a member of the Edina Street Funding Task Force. He is currently serving on the Planning Commission, and is Co-Chair of the Cahill District Plan project that is creating a vision for the future of the Cahill District.

In 2018, David retired from a 20-year career at The Toro Company where he served as Vice President of the Residential and Landscape Contractor Businesses. Before joining Toro, he held various leadership positions in marketing and operations at Honeywell and Bank of America. He holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

David and his wife, JoAnne, a marketing executive at Merit Medical, live in the Minnehaha Woods Neighborhood. Their three children have attended Edina Public Schools.

Sandra Bodeau

Sandy Bodeau is a principal at Gray Plant Mooty law firm. She practices in the areas of franchise law, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial transactions. As an attorney, she enjoys problem solving to reach achievement of targeted goals.

Sandy and her spouse Geoff have four children, all of whom attended Edina Public Schools. Sandy has been very active in volunteering in fundraising, educational and service roles benefiting Edina High School, Valley View Middle School and Creek Valley Elementary School. She has also worked as a parent volunteer for band, cross country running, track, speech, debate, football, lacrosse, soccer and free-style skiing teams. In addition, Sandy has served on the Deer Lake Conservancy board. She and Geoff are members of Our Lady of Grace church in Edina.

Sandy holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.

SCOTT BRENER

Scott is Senior Vice President/General Counsel at Cadence RX. Scott is a graduate of Georgetown University and Emory University School of Law. Scott's career has spanned both private and public sector environments, including four years as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry. He brings expertise in building relationships, with experience in healthcare reform and insurance, as well as labor standards, worker safety, transportation, technology, and telecommunications.

A former member of the Edina 4th of July Parade Committee, Scott has previous experience with the Edina Community Foundation and local volunteerism.  

Scott and his wife Maureen reside in the Country Club neighborhood. They have one son attending Georgetown and two sons at the Blake School in Minneapolis.

Caroline Correia

Caroline leads Business Development for BeEvents an innovative event design company based in Northeast Minneapolis. Her background is in fundraising and event management. She has worked for foundations and nonprofits in Connecticut, Seattle and Minneapolis.

Caroline volunteers as a puppeteer for PACER Center, co-founded the Meal Fund for Edina Public Schools, and currently serves on the Legislative Action Committee for Edina Public Schools.

Caroline received her BA in English Literature from Union College in New York. She lives in the Country Club Neighborhood.

Afira Hasan

Afira Hasan is an optometrist and has been in Edina for 12 years. She has served on school boards, Edina Give and Go, Edina Ed Fund, and is currently the Edina Morningside Rotary Club president.

She was born and raised in Houston, TX. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition at the University of Texas at Austin and completed her Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Houston. She opened a private eye care practice in 2018 and is now working with her husband to provide ophthalmology and optometry services to the Twin Cities area.

Afira lives in the Indian Hills neighborhood with her husband and two teenage children, one of whom is a freshman at WashU in St. Louis next year and another who is a junior at Edina High School. Afira enjoys playing tennis and traveling.

Jim Hovland

Jim Hovland, the Mayor of Edina, has served over 20 years on the Board. He is a partner in the Edina law firm of Hovland & Rasmus and a member of the I-494 Corridor Commission and the Regional Council of Mayors. He also belongs to the Edina Morningside Rotary Club and was recognized by the Edina Chamber of Commerce as its Business Person of the Year in 2004.

Jim lives with his wife LaRae, a French teacher, in West Edina. One of his two daughters lives in Edina, and his grandchildren attend Edina Public Schools.

Brad Johnson

Brad is an Investment Advisor and Partner in Tradition Wealth Management, with an office in the Centennial Lakes area. With more than 25 years of experience in the financial services field, he has built lifelong, trusting relationships with individuals, corporate executives, and business owners that involve the full range of financial planning stages: wealth accumulation, wealth preservation, income creation, and wealth transfer strategies. Brad has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and the Accredited Asset Management designation from the College for Financial Planning.

Brad resides in the Highlands neighborhood of Edina with his wife and their two children. He has been serving his local community during the past year as a founder of Art of Edina and Tradition Pass It On in the ECF Community Impact Program.

Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson practiced law for 43 years.  A long-time Rotarian, Jim served as president of the Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary Club and as District Governor for the 63 clubs of Rotary District 5950 in central Minnesota, as well as on several related Rotary Foundation boards. 

Jim’s volunteer activities include service on the Edina Human Rights and Relations Commission, which he chaired for three years. He also volunteers with the Minnesota Historical Society.

Jim is a graduate of the University of Minnesota (B.A., J.D).  He and his wife Ellen live in the Bredesen Park neighborhood.  He has three grown children and six grandchildren.  

Jasmine Brett Stringer

Jasmine joined the Edina Community Foundation board in September 2020. A graduate of American University’s Kogod School of Business, she also holds a distinguished alumna award. Jasmine is a keynote speaker and award-winning author, on-air TV personality, and host of a podcast and lifestyle blog. She recently founded #SharetheMicMN, a community impact fund with a mission to amplify the work, lives and stories of Black/Brown women residing in Minnesota by expanding the reach of their voices.

Jasmine and her husband live in the Bredesen Park neighborhood and spend some of their free time in southern Minnesota at the family farm.