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Terry T. Saario has extensive experience in philanthropy, corporate affairs, and government, serving as a program officer at the Ford Foundation, special assistant to President Carter's Assistant for Women's Affairs in the White House, deputy assistant secretary in the Education Department during the Carter Administration, director of corporate contributions and community affairs at the Standard Oil Company, vice president of community affairs at the Pillsbury Company, and president of the Northwest Area Foundation. She has served on numerous nonprofit and corporate boards, and is currently an active member of the Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable, the Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation Board, the Benton Foundation, the Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation, and the Wendell Foundation. She is also a past chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra board. Saario holds bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from the University of California, Riverside. She received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University | 