Cornerstone Council

The Cornerstone Council is an advisory group of 14 experts who work in the field of estate planning and financial planning. Members lend their professional expertise and advice to Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation on Foundation services for professional advisors and their clients, as well as existing donors.

Cornerstone Council members serve two-year terms and meet three times a year with gift planners from Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.

Council Members

Gerald D. Brennan
First VP, UBS PaineWebber
Gregory A. Kvam
Attorney, Briggs & Morgan
Robert H. Chandler
Chandler and Brown
Sandra J. Martin
Attorney, Winthrop & Weinstine, PA
Larry W. Cumpston
Lawrence Cumpston & Associates, PLLP
Paul V. Olson
Managing Director of Investments, US Bancorp
Gary S. Edelston
Gary Edelston Insurance Services
Mary E. Shearen
Attorney, Best & Flanagan, LLP
Robert E. Harding
Attorney, Gray Plant Mooty, PA
Lowell V. Stortz
Attorney, Leonard, Street & Deinard
E. Burke Hinds, Chair
Hindsight Family Business Solutions, PLLC
Michael P. Vinyon
SVP, National Director, Charitable Management Group, Wells Fargo Private Client Services
Beverly B. Huber
President, LPL Financial Services
Thomas J. Wesely
Principal, Wesely & Wesely, CPAs