About Us

Board of Directors

Paul Schroeder currently works as a consultant for higher education. Previously he spent six years at Capella University, a leading regionally-accredited for-profit university.

At Capella Mr. Schroeder has held a variety of senior management positions, including Senior Vice President, Operations and Business Transformation, Senior Vice President of Capella University (responsible for the day-to-day operations of Capella University), Senior Vice President, Business Management, and CFO. Mr. Schroeder also served as a director of Capella University from 2003 to 2006.

Prior to joining Capella, Mr. Schroeder held various executive management positions with Datacard Group, a privately held company providing hardware and software solutions to the financial card and government ID markets. Mr. Schroeder also held a variety of financial management positions at NCR Corporation, an NYSE-listed technology systems and services company.

Mr. Schroeder earned a B.A. from Haverford College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He is an avid golfer, rollerblader, and cross-country skier, and lives with his wife and three children in Edina.

His youngest daughter is very active in a range of athletic activities, and Paul is committed to helping Foundation IX further its mission of increasing access to athletics. In addition, one of his sisters was one of the first athletes in Illinois to take advantage of Title IX and participate in what at the time was a boys-only sport (tennis).

Board of Directors

Shelly Boyum-Breen
Foundation IX Founder/President

Nancy Hite
CEO YWCA of Minneapolis, Retired

Joanne Grobe
Creative Partner, velvetpeel

Shannon Pierce
Principal, Stagetime Productions

Stacey Clawson
Director of Curriculum and
Instructional Support,
Capella University

Joan Barnes
President
sweetspot
Strategic Communications & PR

Kadian Douglas
Staff Accountant,
Nonprofit and Government
LarsonAllen

Paul Schroeder
Retired, Capella University