Leadership Team

Staff:

Judi Dutcher – Chief Executive Officer
Darin Opperman – Director of Research

Board of Trustees:

Laurie Bentson Kauth – President
Kimberly Bentson Kauth – Vice President
Mark Niblick – Treasurer
Steve Grosser – Assistant Treasurer
George Reilly – Secretary
Lowell Stortz

The Bentson Foundation is a 501(c)3 private family foundation founded in 1956. Larry and Nancy Bentson spent most of their lives in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Larry was the CEO of MidContinent Media and was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001. Lifelong philanthropists, Nancy and Larry created The Bentson Foundation to continue their legacy of giving.

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