Louis Fors Hill and Ted Strong join Northwest Area Foundation Board of Directors
Cornelia Butler Flora Elected Board Chair
St. Paul, July 15, 2005: At its annual meeting today, the Northwest Area Foundation trustees approved the appointment of Louis Fors Hill and Ted Strong to the Foundation’s board of directors. Each begins a three-year term immediately.
In a separate action, at its annual meeting, the Foundation’s board of directors elected Cornelia Butler Flora to a one-year term as board chair. Flora is Director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. A board member since 1998, Flora served as board vice chair from 2002-2005.
Louis Fors Hill currently serves as chairman of Rockwood Capital Management, Inc., an entity formed to maintain and grow the financial, personal and family heritage assets. Hill also serves on numerous philanthropic boards representing diverse charitable objectives.
Louis Fors Hill is the great-grandson of railroad magnet and entrepreneur James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway. It was James Hill’s son, Louis W. Hill, Sr. who established the foundation in 1934. Louis Fors Hill served as a foundation trustee from 1968 to 1977, and from1994 to 2003.
Hill is a 1971 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in geology. He is a native of St. Paul, Minn., and lives there with his wife Kathrine.
Ted Strong is a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and resides in Grandview, Washington with his wife Alta. He has served on numerous federal and tribal commissions focused on economic development, tribal rights, and resource protection and development.
Strong managed the environmental engineering for the Black Rock Reservoir Feasibility Project, a proposed 1.3 million acre-feet reservoir developed by the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance. He served as project leader for the Yakama Hydroelectric Project, a re-licensing competition for two Columbia River dams. He also served on the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, focused on health and environment, economic prosperity, conservation, sustainable communities and civic engagement.
Strong was a technical advisor to the President’s Commission on Indian Reservation Economies under with he participated in three exploratory and trade missions to the Pacific Rim countries.
The board of directors is comprised of up to 13 representatives from throughout the Foundation’s eight-state region. Each member may serve for three consecutive three-year terms. Hill and Strong join fellow board members (original appointment date in parenthesis) Dorothy Bridges, Minneapolis (2002); Elouise Cobell, Montana (2000); Cornelia Butler Flora, Ames, Iowa (1998); Humberto Fuentes, Idaho (1998); Patricia Jensen, North Dakota (2000); Daniel Kemmis, Montana (2000); Nick Smith, Minnesota (1998); Sandra Vargas, Minnesota (2002).
The five members of the Foundation’s trustees, and their original appointment dates, are: James A. Dodge (2004); Terrence W. Glarner (2002); Linda L. Hoeschler (1998); Dr. Thomas J. Horak (2004); Rodney W. Jordan (2004).
The Northwest Area Foundation, headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., helps communities reduce poverty in its eight-state region: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. These states were served by the Great Northern Railway, founded by James J. Hill. In 1934, Hill’s son, Louis W. Hill, Sr. established the Foundation. Today, it brings technical assistance and financial resources that help identify, share and advocate community-focused strategies for long-term impact. The Foundation has approximately $452.5 million in assets. For additional information, visit www.nwaf.org or call 651/224-9635.
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