2020 Trustee Education Institute
Posted on December 22, 2019 by Christopher Fletcher, Jennifer Davis, Robin Snidow, Kathleen Simpson, Laura Collins, Paul Liu, Greg Ratliff, Tamara Larsen, Dana Lanza, Shaady Salehi

Patrick J. Troska has been with The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota since 2000 when he was hired as a Program Officer. He was named Executive Director in January 2011, then President in 2018. In addition to providing leadership for the Foundation’s overall strategy, he also leads a couple special initiatives focused on real estate and community development in North Minneapolis. In the late 1990’s, he was a Fund Distribution and Community Initiatives Manager for the United Way of the Saint Paul Area. Patrick began his career in youth services. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in theology and social work from St. John’s University in Collegeville MN, and holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Augsburg College, Minneapolis. He chaired the board of directors of the Minnesota AIDS Project from 2010-12, and chaired the Heading Home Minnesota Funders Collaborative from 2015-2017. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Association for Black Economic Power, which is charged with opening Village Financial Cooperative, the only Black-led financial institution in Minnesota.
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