A2019 DAMA - MN Board Members

Dawn Michels
President

President's email :  damamnpresident@outlook.com

Dawn Michels is the Data Architect for Old Republic Title Insurance.   Dawn was hired to standup a data management competency for Old Republic.  Prior to joining ORT she was the Supervisor & Principal Enterprise Information Architect for the National Marrow Donor Program. Dawn’s career tapestry spans many industries and corporations in the Twin Cities including Target, General Mills, Fair Isaac, Securian, Lifetouch, Regis, Andersen (Windows and Doors), Guidant Corp (now Boston Scientific).  Dawn has spoken at 22 International Conferences on assorted Data Management Topics, using her Toastmaster Silver skills.  She is the current DAMA MN President. Data is her passion as well as her vocation. 

Frank Kadwell

Frank Kadwell is a data management consultant and has been a consultant for many years working in all facets of data management including Data Governance, Integration, Data Quality, Master Data Management, and Predictive Analytics.  Verticals include health care finance, retail, higher education, and government.  This is Frank's 4th year on the DAMA-MN board and is currently a PhD candidate at Capella University. He is also VP of Member Services at DAMA-I through the year 2020. Feel free to connect with him via LinkedIn at 

Lori Whitney

2019 VP of Facilities (Host Logistics)

damamnfacilities@outlook.com

Lori is serving her first time as Facilities Officer for DAMA-MN. Lori is the Capability Leader for Data Quality, Data Lineage, and Data Glossary at Allianz Life. She has worked in the financial services, healthcare, insurance, and retail industries. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriwhitney1

Noelle Rude2019 VP of Member Services

damamnmemberservices@outlook.com

Noelle is serving her third term as VP of Member Services for DAMA MN. Noelle is a Data and Information Governance leader for Thrivent Financial and has worked in the financial services, healthcare and insurance industries in the areas of data governance, program/project management, risk management and information technology. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelle-rude-5911781/

Steven Amusan
2019 VP of Finance

damamnfinance@outlook.com   

Steven is serving his second time as VP of Finance for DAMA-MN. Steven is currently a Data Governance Analyst at TCF. Steven has experience in both the public and private sectors in the areas of project management, risk management and reporting. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-amusan-10b0679a. 
         

Kenny Kalejaiye

Guy Gaskin

2019 VP of Web Services

damamnit@outlook.com

Deepak Bhaskar
Past President