Menttium Team
Supporting development & diversity in the global business community
Our leadership team has a history of developing innovative mentoring programs, offering best-in-class products and consulting alongside unparalleled customer service. With clients across the globe, we are a pioneer and international leader in formal corporate mentoring programs.
Kim Vappie, Chief Executive Officer
Kim Vappie, Chief Executive Officer and co-owner of Menttium Corporation, invested Menttium with the vision to help companies meet today’s workforce challenges through mentoring. As CEO, Kim is growing a company and its portfolio of products and services that will meet the demands of the 21st century workforce.
Prior to joining Menttium, Kim worked in human resources and employee relations for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, including Target Corporation and Prudential. She worked in Liberty Mutual’s law department, served as fellow in the Hamline University School of Law and on the Executive Council of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. Kim received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Management from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, and her Juris Doctorate from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul.
Lynn Sontag, Chief Mentoring Officer
Lynn Sontag joined Menttium as an Executive Consultant in 1996, and took on the roles of President, CEO, and Co-Owner in 2002. Lynn assumed the role of Chief Mentoring Officer in 2009. She’s an accomplished human capital strategist and facilitator with more than 20 years experience in organizational effectiveness, executive management and supervisory development. A seasoned executive, she has 15 years of rich history at 3M Corporation, where she was responsible for the development, implementation and facilitation of the Internal Mentoring Programs, Supervisory Roundtables and Directors’ Roundtables.
Lynn is an alumna of Minnesota’s St. Cloud State University. She earned her Masters in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota.