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Marilyn
Education advocate. Giver. Director.
Marilyn grew up in rural Minnesota and couldn’t say the
alphabet until the third grade. Now as a member of the
senior team of Cummins, a $1.2 billion company, she’s
adamant about giving to United Way and ensuring that
all young people have the tools and support they need
to succeed.
“I can go back in my life and name the mentors … the
home economics teacher, the shop teacher. They
planted the seed that education is important. They
planted seeds along the way and those seeds replaced
all the things in my head that I was told … that I was
dumb, that I was stupid, that I’d never amount to
anything. Those mentors, those people planted their
seeds and there were enough of those seeds to point
me in the right direction.”
Cummins
