Tom Welna
Director

Tom Welna, Macalester class of 1986, directs The High Winds Fund. He is a former Deputy Mayor of Saint Paul and established Saint Paul's curbside recycling programs and community energy conservation programs as the founding Executive Director of the Neighborhood Energy Connection. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Clean Energy Reinvestment Fund and the think-tank, Minnesota 2020. As Director of the High Winds Fund since 2002, he has focused his efforts on livability issues in the neighborhoods around campus.  Tom lives in the Merriam Park neighborhood with his wife and two daughters.

Sarah Cledwyn
Department Coordinator

Sarah has been with Macalester College since 2001, recently switching positions to work in the High Winds Fund.  Previously Sarah managed the Campus Center Information Desk as well as the Reservations program for the College.  Sarah has worked in several non-profit organizations dealing with customers and clients.  Sarah and her husband live in Mac Groveland and have a son.  Her passions include gardening, supporting the local economy, cooking and spirituality. 

Stephen B. Wellington, Jr
Board Chair

Stephen chairs our board of directors.  He is founder and President of Wellington Management, Inc. (WMI). WMI is currently ranked as one of the top ten real estate developers in the Twin Cities area.  Between 1976 and 1984, Steve worked for the City of St. Paul. As a leading St. Paul development official, Steve was responsible for such major redevelopment projects as District Energy, Lowertown redevelopment and the establishment of the Family Housing Fund.  Steve has been an active community volunteer and civic leader. Steve served on the Metropolitan Council and was Chair of the Midway Chamber of Commerce in 2005. He has also served as a board member of YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, the St. Anthony Park Community Foundation, District Energy St. Paul and the St. Anthony Park Bank. He is currently co-chair of the Plymouth Church Neighborhood Foundation, a non-profit developer of affordable housing. He also currently serves as a board member of Drake Bank and as a board member of Regions Hospital. Steve is a Yale alumnus, but we don’t hold that against him.   He has three adult children and lives with his wife, Kathy, in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul.

Susan Haigh
Board Member

Susan Haigh is President of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH) dedicated to eliminating poverty housing in the Twin Cities and making decent affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience. TCHFH partners with the community to make the dream of homeownership a reality for hundreds of hard working families who earn less than 50% of the area median income.  Before coming to TCHFH, Susan was elected and served ten years as a Ramsey County Commissioner from 1995 to 2005. She was a passionate advocate and leader for families who lived in poverty and who had special health and social service needs. Prior to her election to the County Board, Sue spent eleven years in the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office serving as a chief deputy prosecutor.  Sue is active in her community serving on the Macalester College Board of Trustees; as a long time volunteer at The House of Hope Presbyterian Church; and a member of the Minnesota Housing Partnership Board.  Sue has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Macalester College.   Sue is a 1973 graduate of Macalester College. She and her husband, have four daughters and live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Matt Entenza
Board Member

Macalester class of 1983, Matt served as an Assistant Attorney General.  While at the Attorney General's office Matt also was an Assistant Professor at St.  Mary's University teaching law. Matt later joined the Hennepin County Attorney's office, prosecuting white-collar crime. Matt represented Minnesota State House of Representatives District 64A from 1995-2007. As a State Representative, Matt continued his role as a public watchdog. Matt was elected House Democratic Leader by his colleagues, serving from 2002-2006. He did not seek re-election but ran for Attorney General. During his tenure, he served on the K-12 Finance, Education Policy and Commerce Committees and is widely recognized for his hard work and tireless focus on consumer and family
protections. Matt founded Minnesota 2020; a progressive, non-partisan think tank in June of 2007. He serves as the group's Board Chair and is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota Law School. Matt and his wife have 3 sons and live in Merriam Park.

Ellen Watters
Board Member

Ellen Watters, a 1983 Macalester Graduate is a partner in the consulting
firm, Civic Source, which produces community issues education programs and
other community engagement and community development projects. Prior to
launching Civic Source, Ellen served as Senior Vice President of Economic
Development for the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining
the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce in 2002, Ellen served as President
of the Midway Chamber of Commerce for nearly six years. Her earlier career
was primarily in communications and fundraising. Ellen also serves as Chair
of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal Homes of Minnesota. Ellen lives in St.
Anthony Park.

Brian Rosenberg
Macalester College President, Ex Officio

Brian Rosenberg, the 16th president of Macalester College, began his tenure at the college in August 2003.  He has focused on strengthening the connections between Macalester and the local urban community.  Rosenberg is a member of Leadership Circle of the Presidents Climate Commitment and has led the college in a number of sustainability initiatives.  Rosenberg is chair of the Commission on International Initiatives of the American Council on Education and Chair of the Presidents’ Council of Project Pericles, an organization founded by Eugene Lang and devoted to education for democratic citizenship. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the St. Paul Academy and Summit School.  Rosenberg is the former chair of the board of the Minnesota Private College Council.  Prior to becoming president, Rosenberg was the dean of the faculty and an English professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., a position he held from 1998-2003.  Rosenberg began his academic career as an adjunct assistant professor of humanities at The Cooper Union in New York City in 1982. He worked at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., from 1983 to 1998 as an English professor and as chair of the English Department and participated in the development of the college's strategic plan.   A Charles Dickens scholar, Rosenberg has written numerous articles on the Victorian author and other subjects as well as two books.  He was elected to the board of trustees of The Dickens Society in 2000.  He and his wife have two sons and live in Mac Groveland.