Current Members
MnACC Executive Board
Ryan Bench
Ryan Bench is a Financial Aid Counselor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and serves as the MnACC President.
Born and raised in the United States Air Force, Ryan has lived in several parts of the country including Alaska and Florida. Following high school graduation in Appleton, WI he went to school at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where he majored in Spanish. After graduation he moved to Ellsworth, WI with his wife Lisa and is now working on his Masters of Arts in Leadership at Augsburg College.
He looks forward to contributing to MnACC's mission of improving access to higher education for Minnesota's students of color.