Greg served as executive director of PFund for four years, through June 2010. Prior to his leadership of PFund, Grinley worked in fund development at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for ten years.
He also worked for many years in banking and audit. Raised in Terre Haute, Ind., he has a
bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Minnesota. Greg is also a past PFund board member and volunteer.
Greg lives in St. Paul with his partner Ray Terrill and their cat, Georgie.
He has deep local and national connections within LGBT communities, and has also volunteered for the Minnesota
LGBT Education Fund, the Minneapolis Arts Commission as a commissioner, The Aliveness Project, All God's Children
Metropolitan Community Church, and National Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues. He has served on the steering committee
for the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce Leadership Twin Cities program.
As executive director, Greg served on the Minnesota Council on Foundations Race and Diversity Committee and the LGBT Funders Network. He was also on the steering committee for Common Vision, a funders network strengthening support to LGBTQ in the Midwest. He recently completed the St. Thomas Institute for Executive Directors.
Susan Cogger Director of Development and Communications
Susan worked as a marketing and communications consultant for her own firm, Cogger & Associates for six years prior to joining PFund in 2007. She worked for 18 years at American Express Company and hasf management, strategic planning, marketing and communications experience.
Susan served for four years as a board member of PFund. Formerly board vice chair, she was also the vice president of communications
for three of those years. She has been active in other local LGBT organizations and is a founding board member of Equality
Minnesota (now Project 515 Education Campaign) and Project 515. Susan is also on the board of her church and volunteer for the Minnesota Opera.
She was raised in Detroit, Mich., and has a bachelor’s
degree from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisc.
Susan lives in Minneapolis with her partner Terry Williams and their two dogs, Bongo and Desi.
Lois Epstein Accountant
With a wide range of professional accounting experience, Lois Epstein serves as the trusted accountant for PFund and a number of other Twin Cities-based nonprofit organizations including the Minnesota Council on Economic Education and Kingfield Neighborhood Association.
Alfonso Wenker Director of Programs
Alfonso graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2009, studying justice & peace and public relations. Alfonso served as the 2006 – 2007 board co-chair for the Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance and the 2006 Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference.
Previous to PFund, Alfonso worked for OutFront Minnesota as a development intern and the University of St. Thomas Residence Life Office as an apartment coordinator and office assistant. Born and raised in St. Paul, Alfonso has been active in the community for several years volunteering with OutFront Minnesota, Rainbow Families, Clare Housing, Minnesota AIDS Project, 2007 Red Ribbon Ride, and the 2007 Midwest BLGTA College Conference.
Ryan Kroening Administrative Assistant
Ryan, a 2009 graduate of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, earned a Bachelor of Individualized Studies in cultural anthropology, design & family social science, along with a minor in GLBT studies. During his years at the U of M, he served as the event coordinator for the Queer Student Cultural Center, was an active member of the Midwest BLGTA College Conference planning committee in 2007, a co-chair of the Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference in 2007, and has served on the board of the MN GLBTA Campus Alliance. Ryan also worked as a peer advisor in the Honors College of Liberal Arts for four years.
Ryan, an active volunteer with PFund since 2007, joined the staff in July 2010. Ryan is currently a volunteer on the host committee for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change conference, ands a trainer with the Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance Education Committee. He also plays French horn and serves as a member-at-large and membership doordinator with the Calhoun Isles Community Band. Originally from a small-town in north-western Wisconsin, Ryan currently resides in Northeast Minneapolis.
