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Board of Directors

Board members, emeritus board members and the advisory board of the PRN Alumni Foundation.

The PRN Alumni Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of former employees of Paisley Park and Prince. Those individuals, who worked closest with Prince, often on a daily, around-the-clock basis, have formed a foundation with a unified purpose of continuing Prince's legacy of social justice and charitable giving.

Board Members

Audrey L. Johnson

President of the PRN Alumni Foundation, she is a marketing and business development professional from the architecture, engineering and construction industry. She has served on the boards of the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Columbia Orchestra, and in 2022 launched On the Couch with Audrey J, a podcast exploring Prince's legacy.

Stacy Semler

The foundation's Treasurer, she has managed its bookkeeping since its inception. Her 15-year accounting career includes roles at the Institute of Production and Recording and Masters Recording Institute in Minneapolis, and her PRN connections reach back to a Metro Studios internship in the late 1980s.

Scottie Baldwin

Audio engineer who spent years behind the console mixing Prince's live shows.

Joelle Allen

Founder of Interaction Traction, Inc., an equity and inclusion strategy firm. She sits on the Forbes Communication Council and teaches marketing communications at the University of St. Thomas.

Steve Parke

Award-winning illustrator, designer and photographer who worked for Prince for 13 years as his in-house art director at Paisley Park. His book of Prince photography, Picturing Prince, was published in 2017.

Emeritus Board Members

Craig Rice

Entertainment executive, producer and director. A former Director of Paisley Park Enterprises, he served as Prince's manager and tour manager; his HBO documentary Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks was nominated for three Emmy Awards.

Jacqui Thompson

Recording industry executive for more than two decades. Hired at Paisley Park Studios in 1996, she became head management for Paisley Park Enterprises and helped create the stand-alone distribution channel for NPG Records.

Advisory Board

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