Board of Directors
 

Barbara Kaufmann

Manager Education Giving, and Director
3M Foundation

bkaufmann@mmm.com

Barbara Kaufmann is Manager Education Giving, and Director, 3M Foundation. She is responsible for the strategy and implementation of 3M's support to education which targets Math, Science and Economics/Business education from elementary through Graduate School.


Barbara joined 3M in 1977 and since 1989 has served in various positions within 3M's Community Affairs Department. Barbara is a graduate of the College of St. Catherine receiving a B.A. in Business Management and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership. She currently serves on the Boards of the Minnesota Council on Economic Education, Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, SciMath MN and the Council for Opportunity in Education's Corporate Advisory Board. Barbara and her husband, Mark, have three children who are in college. She enjoys gardening, entertaining and travel.