Martha E. MacMillan (Mufy) has served as a Director on
the Board of Cargill, Inc, the Cargill Foundation and
Waycrosse, Inc. Her community involvement includes
many local, national, and international boards. Currently,
Muffy chairs the Twin Cities Public Television Board of
Trustees and serves as Vice-Chair of Global Minnesota.
Other active board positions include the American
Federation of Arts (New York), Walker Art Center, Alight,
Ellis Island Honor Society, Economic Club of Minnesota,
Allina Philanthropic Advisory Board, World Food Program Advisory
Council, Financial Company Bank (Bogota, Colombia), Women Warriors,
and Opportunity International, where she previously served as
Ambassador and Agricultural Capital Campaign Chair and is now
charing the Women and Girls Leadership Initiative.
Muffy has been a board member, donor, fundraiser, and/or volunteer for
more than 20 organizations. Some of the local organizations include:
past Chairman for Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation, PACER
Center, Minnesota Children’s Museum, Children’s Hospital of
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Blake School, St. David’s Center, Governor for
11 Who Care, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and others. She is known as
an active participant who enjoys being fully engaged with each
organization’s mission and brings experience leadership energy, and
financial support to help them reach their goals and objectives.
As Muffy’s five children have grown, it has given her more time to focus
on her passion of philanthropy and volunteering. Raised with
international exposure through her family’s business at Cargill, it was
only natural that her philanthropic works include a global perspective.
Muffy has helped hundreds of people in the developing world work their
way out of poverty. Her service in countries including Kenya, Rwanda,
Colombia, South Africa, India and Nicaragua demonstrate her
commitment to international service. Her fun-loving nature and passion
for making a difference in the world has inspired others to use their own
particular gifts and talents to get involved in areas of special interest for
them.
Muffy has been fortunate to receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the
country’s most prestigious award, as well as the 2015 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award at the United Nations; which honors women in business worldwide.
In 2022, Muffy also received the Humanitarian Award for Opportunity
International.
She is a life-long learner and active in the Harvard Kennedy School
Women and Public Policy program, Women Moving Millions, and local
garden and book clubs. Muffy maintains a personal interest in lifestyle
principles and in 2024, completed the Harvard Medical School Executive
Education Health and Wellness program for Designing a Sustainable
Nutrition Plan.
Muffy now enjoys time with her grandchildren, as well as opportunities
for travel, including a bucket-list trip to Saudi Arabia in 2024, golf,
photography, the game of Mah Jong, and is known as a master Bridge
contender.
(Philanthropy Pioneer Award)
