The Constellation Fund has a growing staff of talented individuals committed to identifying and investing in the most impactful poverty-fighting assets in the Twin Cities.
PEOPLE
STAFF
Rose Carr
Chief Impact Officer
Andrew Dayton
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jose Diaz, Ph.D.
Chief Economist
Danyale Green
Beyond Dollars Program Director
Cooper Hanning
Impact Officer
Saanii Hernandez
Chief Operating Officer
Karisa Johnson
Research Associate
Amal Karim
Senior Impact Officer
Amy Larson
Advancement Associate
Matthew Morton, D.Phil., M.Sc.
Executive Director, CoLab
Sam Storck-Post
Evaluation Officer
Chris Wentzlaff
Chief Advancement Officer
Tiffany Xiong
Advancement Director
LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS
Our Board of Directors and Leadership Funders generously underwrite our administrative and operational costs so that every dollar donated to the Constellation Fund will directly support transformational poverty-fighting organizations in the Twin Cities.
Julie and Doug Baker*
Julie & Doug Baker Jr. Foundation
Susan Bass Roberts
Pohlad Family Foundation
Armando Camacho
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Katie Clark Sieben
Cargill Foundation
Andrew Dayton
The Constellation Fund
Eric Dayton
Askov Finlayson
Susan Corridoni
The Justin and Susan Kelly Foundation
Dr. Fayneese Miller
Hamline University
Wendy Nelson
The Carlson Family Foundation
John O'Neil
Kirkland & Ellis
Marcia Page
Värde Partners
Robert Pohlad*
Pohlad Companies
Lynne Redleaf
Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation
Tim Welsh**
U.S. Bancorp
Pahoua Yang Hoffman
HealthPartners
* Leadership Funders who, along with our trustees, generously cover all of Constellation's operating costs
** Chair of the Board of Directors
CONSTELLATION IMPACT COUNCIL
The Constellation Impact Council supports the continuous development and improvement of Constellation’s evidence-driven evaluation framework, helping to ensure that best-in-class metrics are used to bolster our grantmaking.
Richard Chase, Ph.D.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Aaron Sojourner, Ph.D.
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Judy Temple, Ph.D.
Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Department of Applied Economics
Abigail Wozniak, Ph.D.
Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
Mark Wright, Ph.D.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
PARTNERS
We are grateful to partner with a number of incredible organizations whose generous support for Constellation helps to make our work possible.