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United in Director Excellence

A NACD Minnesota Chapter Marquee Event

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Channon Lemon
Executive Director
NACD Minnesota Chapter
clemon@minnesota.nacdonline.org

Sheri Ellis
Program Manager
NACD Minnesota Chapter
sellis@minnesota.nacdonline.org

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About The Event

This event held on November 12, 2025 featured Minnesota United CEO, Shari Ballard, who was interviewed by NACD-MN board member, Beth Simermeyer. Attendees learned how Shari leveraged learnings from her corporate career to bring innovation to the Minnesota United organization.

Speaker

Chief Executive Officer, Minnesota United FC and 2025 Twin Cities Business Outstanding Director

Shari Ballard

Shari Ballard is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of deep retail experience. In August 2021, Shari charted a path into the world of professional sports; taking over as Chief Executive Officer for Minnesota United FC, the State’s Major League Soccer franchise…

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Moderator

Independent Director; Secretary, NACD Minnesota Chapter Board; 2024 NACD D100 and Twin Cities Business Outstanding Director

Beth Simermeyer, NACD.DC

Beth Simermeyer is a visionary independent board member and former Fortune 250 C-suite leader, distinguished by her impressive track record of accelerating growth and delivering transformational top and bottom-line results, leading large Global P&L’s in the consumer goods, industrial and healthcare sectors...

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NACD Minnesota
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Channon Lemon
Executive Director
NACD Minnesota Chapter
clemon@minnesota.nacdonline.org

Sheri Ellis
Program Manager
NACD Minnesota Chapter
sellis@minnesota.nacdonline.org

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NACD and the NACD Chapter Network organizations (NACD) are non-partisan, nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing directors with the opportunity to discuss timely governance oversight practices. The views of the speakers and audience are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NACD.