39th Annual Meeting & Celebration

David McMillan, UMD’s Interim Chancellor, served as a regent on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents from 2011-2022. He worked at Allete, Inc and Minnesota Power from 1989 to 2018 where he served in a variety of roles including Allete’s Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Minnesota Power’s Executive Vice President. He received a bachelor of arts degree in economics and history in 1983 from the University of Minnesota Duluth and a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1987.

McMillan currently serves as chair of the Great Lakes Seaway Advisory Board and previously served as the board chair of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, UMD's Natural Resources Research Institute, the Area Partnership for Economic Expansion, and Goodwill Industrial Vocational Enterprises. He is also a past University of Minnesota Foundation trustee as well a member of a range of other regional boards.