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ppa (Prospect Park Association) board of directors

PPA’s board consists of not fewer than 11 and not more than 16 directors elected for 2-year positions. Terms are staggered to ensure at least half of the seats change in any given year. Two seats are designated, one for a university student and one for a business owner or lessee, or designated representative of a nonprofit, educational organization or governmental organization in the neighborhood. Any adult resident, property owner, business owner or lessee, or designated representative of a nonprofit, educational organization or governmental organization in Prospect Park is eligible to run for an elected position.

All PPA meetings are open to the public.

PPA BOARD ELECTIONS

PPA holds board member elections in May of each year to coincide with City-wide neighborhood organization board elections, initiated by Neighborhood Community Relations (NCR) in 2022. Participating in the city-wide election date brings greater attention to our neighborhood board election, giving more people the opportunity to participate as candidates and voters. The City of Minneapolis will help promote neighborhood organization elections held on the city-wide date. From 2017 through 2021, PPA board elections took place in September.

BYLAWS

PPA Bylaws - PPA’s Board of Directors voted to amend bylaws on October 28, 2024.

PPA Bylaws approved, August 22nd 2022. PPA’s bylaws were reviewed by Birken Law, a firm specializing in nonprofit law, and meet requirements established by Neighborhood Community Relations (NCR) for neighborhood organizations.
Contact: finance@prospectparkmpls.org if you have questions.

PPA Bylaws amended and restated as of January 27, 2020.

PPA Bylaws amended and restated as of December 10, 2018.

PPA Bylaws approved as of June 27, 2016.

(For comparison, see previous PPERRIA Bylaws, 1980-2016.)

View PPA's 2022 Equitable Engagement Plan.

View the 2016-2017 PPA Annual Work Plan.

Lists of PPA / PPERRIA MEMBERS of the Board of directors

Note: Before being incorporated as a non-profit in 1980, PPERRIA had a 40-member "Council" to help ensure broad participation across the entire neighborhood. These "council members" were signified as "board members" after the incorporation. 40 members constituted the PPA Board of Directors until September, 2016 at which time the change was made to reduce the number to 16 over a two-year transition period: in the 2016-17 year: 27 members; 2017-present: 16 members. Beginning in 2014 a two-year debate to change the by-laws to reduce the number to 16 was repeatedly rejected on the grounds that we were not a non-profit but rather a neighborhood organization and that broad representation was a benefit; nevertheless, the counter argument finally succeeded through repeated by-laws change meetings that asserted that meeting quorums would be easier to assemble, and no other non-profit boards maintained such a large number of members.
* designates board officers.

2016 - 2024


    All PPA meetings are open to the public.
    PPA Board of Directors, 2024-2025  (*Board Officer)
    Directors Term expiring June, 2026
    1. Steve Brackett* (Secretary)
    2. Britt Howell* (Vice President)
    3. Eric Amel* (President)
    4. Steven Barnett
    5. Jerry Stein
    6. Nico Vasilopoulos
    7. David Frank

    Student Representative (U of M) Seat: Nico Vasilopoulos
    Business Representative Seat: Jeff Barnhart


    		 Directors Term expiring June, 2025
    1. Ian Gorodisher
    2. Abraham Kao
    3. Gabrielle Metzger
    4. William Morris
    5. Lynn Von Korff* (Treasurer)
    6. Jeff Barnhart
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    PPA Board of Directors, 2023-2024  (*Board Officer)
    Directors Term expiring May, 2025
    1. Ian Gorodisher
    2. Abraham Kao
    3. Gabrielle Metzger
    4. William Morris
    5. Lynn Von Korff* (Treasurer)
    6. Jeff Barnhart

    Student Representative (U of M) Seat: <vacant>
    Business Representative Seat: Jeff Barnhart


    		 Directors Term expiring May, 2024
    1. David Frank* (Secretary)
    2. Susan Larson-Fleming
    3. Britt Howell* (Vice President)
    4. Eric Amel* (President)
    5. Dan Cross
    6. Jane Stockman
    7. Jerry Stein
    PPA Board of Directors, 2022-2023  (*Board Officer)
    Directors Term expiring May, 2023
    1. Jenna Hoge
    2. Ben Tuthill
    3. Laura Preus
    4. Amy Kaminsky
    5. Lynn Von Korff
    6. Reed Coffin
    7. Susan Larson-Fleming* (Treasurer)

    Student Representative (U of M) Seat: Simone Hendrix
    Business Representative Seat: Jeff Barnhart


    		 Directors Term expiring May, 2024
    1. David Frank* (Secretary)
    2. Karl Krause
    3. Britt Howell* (Vice President)
    4. Eric Amel* (President)
    5. Dan Cross
    6. Jane Stockman
    7. Jerry Stein
    PPA Board of Directors, 2021-2022  (*Board Officer)
    Directors Term expiring May, 2022
    1. David Frank* (Secretary)
    2. Susan Larson-Fleming* (Treasurer)
    3. Britt Howell* (Vice President)
    4. Eric Amel* (President)
    5. John Wicks
    6. Mary Britton
    7. Jerry Stein
    		 Directors Term expiring May, 2023
    1. Jenna Hoge
    2. Ben Tuthill
    3. Laura Preus
    4. Amy Kaminsky
    5. Lynn Von Korff
    6. Joseph Ring
    7. Reed Coffin

    Student Representative (U of M) Seat: Simone Hendrix
    Business Representative Seat: Jeff Barnhart
    PPA Board of Directors, 2019-2021  (*Board Officer)
    Directors 2019-2021 Term
    1. David Frank
    2. Susan Larson-Fleming
    3. Britt Howell* (Vice President)
    4. Eric Amel* (President)
    5. Bob Roscoe
    6. John Wicks
    7. Becca Cowin
    		 Directors 2018-2020 Term
    1. Will Watkins
    2. Sammie Messina
    3. Laura Preus* (Secretary)
    4. Amy Kaminsky
    5. Lynn Von Korff* (Treasurer)
    6. Joseph Ring
    7. Devan Blanchard

    Student Representative (U of M) Seat: TBD
    Business Representative Seat: Jeff Barnhart
    PPA Board of Directors, 2018-2019
    Directors 2018-2020 Term
    1. Lydia McAnerney
    2. Joleen Emery
    3. Laura Preus
    4. Noel Gordon Jr.
    5. Lynn Von Korff
    6. Joseph Ring
    7. Devan Blanchard
    8. Student Seat (TBA)

    		 Directors 2017-2019 Term
    1. Will Watkins (replacing Vince Netz who resigned)
    2. Eric Amel
    3. Claire Haskell
    4. Robert Roscoe
    5. Jeff Barnhart (business seat)
    6. John Wicks
    7. Susan Larson-Fleming
    8. Dick Kain
    PPA Board of Directors, 2017-2018
    Directors 2017-2019 term
    1. Vince Netz
    2. Eric Amel
    3. Claire Haskell
    4. Robert Roscoe
    5. Jeff Barnhart (business seat)
    6. John Wicks
    7. Susan Larson-Fleming
    8. Dick Kain
    		 Directors 2016-2018 term
    1. Phil Anderson
    2. Jonathan Schuster (student rep)
    3. John Cushing
    4. Del Hampton
    5. Lydia McAnerney
    6. Serifina Scheel
    7. John Kari
    8. Isabelle Wattenberg
    PPA Board of Directors, 2016-2017
    Directors 2016-2018 term
    1. Phil Anderson
    2. Viswa Challa (student rep)
    3. John Cushing
    4. Del Hampton
    5. Lydia McAnerney
    6. Sarah Nassif
    7. Reed Polakowski
    8. Serifina Scheel
    		 Directors 2015-2017 term
    1. Richard Adams
    2. Eric Amel
    3. Judy Britton
    4. Tony & Greta Garmers
    5. Dick Gilyard
    6. Ken Hampton
    7. Tamara Johnson
    8. Martha Joy
    9. Dick Kain
    10. John Kari
    11. Eric Lueneburg
    12. Vince Netz
    13. John Orrison
    14. Dick Poppele
    15. Peggy Rejto
    16. Evan Roberts
    17. Robert Roscoe
    18. John Wicks
    19. Ladan Yusef

Board lists 2002-2015