Fred C. Kiga and Linda L. Hoeschler Join
The Northwest Area Foundation Board of Directors
Fr: Susan Buckles, APR
Northwest Area Foundation
60 Plato Boulevard East
St. Paul, MN 55107
651-225-3865
St. Paul, Minn., (August 6, 2008) –Fred C. Kiga and Linda L. Hoeschler have joined the Northwest Area Foundation’s board of directors. Each will serve a three-year term beginning in July 2008.
Kiga is vice president of Northwest State & Local Government Relations and Global Corporate Citizenship for the Boeing Company. Prior to his position at Boeing, he served as director of the Washington State Department of Revenue and then chief of staff to former Washington Governor Gary Locke.
“Fred Kiga’s experience in the business world and in state government will be a great asset to the Northwest Area Foundation as we complete our strategic plan and strive to make even greater impact in reducing poverty in Washington and seven other states,” said Kevin F. Walker, president & CEO of Northwest Area Foundation.
A graduate of the University of Washington, Kiga holds a bachelor’s and master’s in Business Administration and a juris doctor. He serves on a number of boards and commissions, including the University of Washington Board of Regents, Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, the Association of Washington Business, Washington Dental Service Foundation and the Washington Research Council. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Marianne, and daughter, Nicole.
Hoeschler joins the board of directors after serving nine years as a foundation trustee, the last five years of which she was the chair. Hoeschler was executive director of the American Composers Forum, a St. Paul-based nonprofit, for over 12 years until 2003. Prior to that, Hoeschler held various positions in the corporate sector including vice president at Dayton Hudson (now Target) Corporation, group vice president of National Computer Systems and president of Landmark Investors, Ltd.
An honors graduate of Barnard College, Hoeschler is a Herbert Lehman Fellow at New School University where she received her Master of Arts degree. She received two Doctorates of Humane Letters in 2003 from St. John’s University and the University of St. Thomas. She has served on many business and charitable boards and is currently a member of the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, St. John’s University and United Theological Seminary. Hoeschler lives in St. Paul.
“Linda Hoeschler knows our organization well, having served with distinction as a trustee for many years. In addition to that institutional knowledge, she brings invaluable experience from both the nonprofit and business sectors. We look forward to tapping her knowledge as we move ahead with our poverty reduction mission,” said Walker.
The Northwest Area Foundation board of directors consists of 13 representatives from throughout the Foundation’s eight-state region. Kiga and Hoeschler join fellow board members Dorothy Bridges, Minnesota; Elouise Cobell, Montana; Louis Fors Hill, Minnesota; Patricia Jensen, Minnesota; Daniel Kemmis, Montana; Father Kevin McDonough, Minnesota; Elsie Meeks, South Dakota; Natalie Camacho Mendoza, Idaho; Sally Pederson, Iowa; William Thorndike, Jr., Oregon; and Sarah Vogel, North Dakota. Each director may serve for up to three consecutive, three-year terms.
The Foundation’s five trustees are Terrence W. Glarner, St. Paul; Linda Hoeschler, St. Paul; Thomas J. Horak, St. Paul; Rodney W. Jordan, Minneapolis; and Nicholas Slade, Minneapolis.
The Northwest Area Foundation is dedicated to supporting efforts by the people, organizations and communities in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable prosperity. These states were served by the Great Northern Railway, founded by James J. Hill. In 1934, Hill’s son, Louis W. Hill, established the foundation. To learn more, visit www.nwaf.org.
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