Board of
Directors
The Claypool Foundation is governed by a board of family members and independent directors united by a commitment to thoughtful, lasting philanthropy.
Chair
Mary Dwan Claypool
Chair of the Foundation
Family Member
Board Members
Sheila Bhattacharya, MD
Professor of Global Health Equity, University of Minnesota
Senior Advisor, WHO Commission on Climate and Health
Sophia Claypool
Family Member
Kristina Claypool
Family Member
Former Trustee, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Henry Dwan
Principal, Dwan Family Office
Board Member, Minnesota Historical Society
Henrik Hammargren
Executive Director, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Former Senior Advisor, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Daniel Hemel
Professor of Law and Economics, NYU School of Law
Scholar of tax policy, government finance, and philanthropy
Göran K. Hansson
Former Secretary General, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Oversaw Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics
Antonia Hyllén
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Nobel Prize Outreach
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Swedish Institute
Marianne Cargill Liebmann
Philanthropist, Cargill-MacMillan Family
Board Member, National Dance Institute · Former Trustee, Whitney Museum of American Art
Dr. Maria Leissner
Ambassador-at-Large for Democracy, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Former Secretary-General, Community of Democracies
Samantha Power
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Sharon Sayles Belton
Former Mayor of Minneapolis
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Thomson Reuters
Noora Sjöström
Managing Partner, Sarek Equity Group
Board Member, European Institute for Inclusive Capital
Bence Taylor
Family Member
Artist, Essayist · Creative Director, Claypool Cultural Initiative
Annika Wallström
President, Claypool Holdings
Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group
"What is withheld perishes. What is given takes root in minds not our own, in days we will not see."
Founding Mission, 1939