2012 Pathways Board Members
Chair
Maureen Bazinet Beck retired from the MPS after 30 years as a teacher, reading and math specialist, Principal, Coordinator of Special Projects, and Director of Development. Since her ‘official’ retirement, Maureen has been busier than ever, running a family Foundation, serving on several boards and organizations (primarily benefiting children). Maureen lives with her husband, Peter, and has two children who are currently completing their undergraduate degrees.
Secretary
Kate Christianson serves on the board of Pathways as a certified practitioner of Jin Shin Jyutsu healing touch. She has been an active volunteer at Pathways since fall 2004, working at the front desk, on the Care and Development committees, and in the treatment rooms, offering both classes and individual sessions of Jin Shin Jyutsu. Trained in art history, she pursued a career in arts communications and handmade European bread baking for several years before starting her Jin Shin Jyutsu training in 2002; she is also certified in Levels I through IV of Touch for Health. Kate lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Lynn, and their baseball-loving son. His sister lives way way far away, at college.
Treasurer
Rufus Winton works in investment management as did his father, Mike Winton, one of the original founders of Pathways. Outside of his investment work, Rufus serves as a Planning Commissioner for the city of Wayzata. In addition, he gives many hours a month as a board member for Pathways and still manages to find time to participate actively in the lives of his wife, Elizabeth, and their four school-aged children (along with a sundry of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, a rabbit, and 25,000 honey bees).
Other Board Members
David Buran retired from medical practice 11 years ago after practicing as an ear-nose and throat surgeon for 33 years. He had a special interest in hearing loss in children and adults and also in voice production, and hence cared for many singers and actors. He has always had an interest exploring various medical delivery systems and complimentary care and new modes of treatment.
Bob Daly has worked in financial services and loyalty marketing for nearly 20 years and currently has responsibility for the suite of FlexPerks Visa reward cards at U.S. Bank. Bob also serves on the board of advisors for a few start-up companies. Outside of business, Bob frequently coaches his three children's sports teams and is an avid outdoors man.
Mary Johnson is a Professor Emeritus from St. Olaf College where she taught in the nursing program for twenty six years. She is a Healing Touch provider at Pathways and teaches a course on energy healing in the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota. Mary and her husband Paul have three children and five grandchildren, two cats, Ivy and Tulip, and a wonderful horse named Pachelbel.
Ryan Miest is an Officer at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where his practice focuses on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and technology transactions. He is an alumnus of University of Iowa (B.B.A.) and the University of Minnesota (J.D.). Mr. Miest enjoys applying his creativity and problem-solving skills outside of the corporate context by working with non-profit organizations, providing pro bono services, and teaching. Ryan has assisted Pathways over several years in a variety of legal areas, including assistance with our Renewing Life program expansion discussion. He lives in south Minneapolis with his wife and two children.
Ron Moor has been a provider at Pathways since our opening year, 1989. He offers hands-on energy healing, as well as classes in wellness and personal growth. Ron is Director of The Center for Wholeness in Edina is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and holds an MBA from Indiana University. He has studied extensively with some of the most noted healers and thinkers of our time and is an ordained Minister of Healing himself. Ron has served on Pathways’ board many years and is a past board president. He lives in Edina with his wife and two sons.
Kristyn Mullin is currently the Director of Benefits for Allina Hospitals & Clinics with primary responsibility for designing and administering the organization’s welfare, retirement and non-qualified plans and wellness programs for over 24,000 employees. After graduating from the University of Iowa, College of Law, Kristyn began her legal career at Dorsey & Whitney. In 2004, she became the in-house benefits attorney for Allina and then two years later transitioned to her current role where she transformed the company’s benefit programs, implemented a system-wide wellness program and created a brand that encompasses it all, Be Fit. In addition to controlling Allina’s employee health care cost to well below national trend, Kristyn has partnered with the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing on several research projects, including studies on the efficacy of Resilience Training and the impact of Vitamin D levels on productivity. Kristyn lives in Wayzata with her husband, Andrew Mullin, and her two children, Walker (10) and Paige (8).
Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, MTS, FACP, is the Medical Director of Abbott Northwestern’s Penny George Institute for Health and Healing. Gregory is an Internist and Pediatrician noted for his work in cross-cultural and integrative medicine. A graduate of Carleton College, Harvard Divinity School, and the University of Minnesota Medical School, Greg has just returned to Minnesota, and to the board of Pathways, after six years in Tokyo, Japan where he was an Associate Professor at Keio University School of Medicine. Greg’s passion for Pathways harkens back to the 1980s and volunteering at Abbott Northwestern’s hospice with Howard Bell.
Penny Winton and her late husband, Mike Winton, were among the original founders and have been the major funders of Pathways. Mike served on the board of the Walker Art Center and was active with The Council on Crime and Justice. Penny served as President of U of M Alumni Association, and as board member for many other organizations (YWCA, Tubman Center, Weisman Art Museum and several others). It was their conviction that individuals with life-threatening illness need not be defeated by their illness but can discover an expanded sense of self on a complementary healing path that gave birth to Pathways. As a founder, Penny enjoys the privilege of uninterrupted board service as did Mike.