Peg Birk Email & Phone Number

Peg is the President and Founder of Interim Solutions, a Minneapolis based specialty firm that works as internal executive leaders in foundations, non-profit organizations and associations undergoing senior management and organizational changes. Peg partners with boards of directors, staff and stakeholders to maximize leadership transitions. Peg recently joined the team at Ballinger-Leafblad to provide executive on-board coaching to their clients.Peg brings to her change management expertise, executive experience as the executive director for the George Family Foundation; interim president for the McKnight Foundation; interim president of the Forum for Theological Exploration; Transitional General Secretary of the National Council of Churches; co-executive director of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, interim executive director of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, Interim CEO of Sholom Community Alliance, interim executive director of Perpich Center for Arts Education, interim executive director of the Jeremiah Program-Minneapolis/St. Paul and interim president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations.Prior to founding Interim Solutions, Peg was senior vice president and general counsel for Federated Insurance; city attorney for the City of St. Paul; general counsel for AIG’s U.S. insurance business; and senior government affairs counsel and senior corporate counsel for The St. Paul Companies.Peg holds a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Houston. She is a certified Somatic Coach through the Strozzi Institute.Peg currently serves on the board of directors of the Strozzi Institute in Oakland, CA and on the Dean’s honorary advisory council at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She previously served on the McKnight Foundation board of directors, the Hamline University board of trustees, the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation board of directors, the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable board of directors and Global Rights for Women board of directors.Specialties: Change management; board governance; organizational analysis; strategy; organizational effectiveness; public policy; team building; professional development/coaching.

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