Sianneh Mulbah is entering her 14th season with the Timberwolves and Lynx and her sixth as Chief People & Inclusion Officer. She is responsible for developing and executing the organization’s comprehensive Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, and DEI strategies.

During her tenure, Mulbah has played a vital role in reshaping the organization’s culture. She utilizes human resources to craft business strategies, facilitate decisions, and meet the needs and objectives of the organization and its employees.

In 2019, Mulbah became the first employee of the Timberwolves and Lynx to receive the prestigious Sports Business Journal “Game Changers” award. Mulbah was among forty women across the nation honored for their work in transforming the industry and leading the next generation in the sports business. In 2018, Mulbah was named to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list, which recognizes high-achieving business leaders in the community. Most recently, Mulbah was named one of Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Top 50 Influential Black Leaders in the Twin Cities and was named a Twin Cities Business 2021 Notable BIPOC Executive for her leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mulbah serves on the board of directors of the Twin Cities chapter of Women in Sports and Events (WISE) and Girls on the Run MN and is the secretary of the Native American Parent Council for ISD 196.

A graduate of Bemidji State University, Mulbah earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She then went on to complete dual master’s degrees in Organizational Management–HR and Business Administration from Concordia University-St. Paul.

Patty McPhee, joined Medtronic in May 2014 as Vice President of Human Resources to design, build and lead a Global Talent organization. She played a key role in the Covidien acquisition which doubled the size of Medtronic and was the largest deal in healthcare at the time. Today, the Global Talent team is recognized as delivering value and enabling a Mission and performance- based culture. Through her team’s partnership, Medtronic is building a reputation for “careers that change lives”. Patty came to Medtronic from Best Buy Co., Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President of Global Talent Management and Development, playing an important role in the company’s turn-around strategy and early execution. Prior to Best Buy, Patty served as SVP of Human Resources at Bank of America, where she developed and implemented the org and people strategy for its omni-channel op model and played a key role during the financial crisis. She entered the corporate world at 3M where she spent 13 years in HR. At Medtronic, Patty leads, builds and executes high impact end-to-end global talent management, transformation, and leadership development to enable individual and business performance, while contributing to the employee experience. Key focus areas include talent acquisition, talent management, performance management, succession planning, career and leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and culture. Patty earned a B.A. in business and psychology from the College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University in Minnesota – where she gained her initial recruiting skills in college admissions and was nominated as her class commencement speaker. Patty also earned her M.A. in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. She is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and in the CSB Hall of Fame with her College of St. Bendict volleyball team.

Tia is an experienced board member and health technology leader known for building cultures that create enterprise value through customer experience excellence and purpose driven brands supported by scalable technology platforms. She joined CaringBridge as the CEO in 2021, ensuring all operations contribute toward the CaringBridge vision – a world where no one goes through a health journey alone. Prior to joining CaringBridge, Tia was the Chief Commercial Officer at Generate Life sciences and has spent the last 20 years in executive roles with a foundation in blue chip technology and consumer packaged goods companies. She has led commercial value creation, creating successful go to market strategies in Global Fortune 100, Private Equity and VC backed companies primarily in the Health Tech industry. In addition to serving on the CaringBridge board of directors, Tia is an independent board member for Inherent BioSciences, a biotechnology company pioneering epigenetic medicine for complex diseases. She also serves on the Advisory Committee for the American Cancer Society National Breast Cancer Roundtable. And is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Once a Husker, always a Husker. Tia holds a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Nebraska and is a Seth Godin altMBA graduate. Her free time is spent enjoying the outdoors with her husband, two teenage daughters and white lab on feet, bikes, skis, and water devices.