Greater Minnesota Nonprofit Summit

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2021 Greater MN Summit

Conference Attendees

Last updated on 6.16.21


  • Mandie Aalto, Advocates for Family Peace
  • Sarah Ackerman, Western Mental Health Center
  • Eunice Adjei, Adom Consulting LLC
  • Allison Ahcan, Blandin Foundation
  • James Alberts II, Higher Works Collaborative
  • Vicki Allen, ExercisAbilities
  • Joseph Allen, Gizhiigin Arts Incubator
  • Terri Allred, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
  • Gema Alvarado, Parenting Resource Center, Inc.
  • Sandy Andress, Mahube-otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.
  • Tiffany Barnard, Southwest Initiative Foundation
  • DeAnn Barry, Lakes Area Senior Activity Center, Inc.
  • Darrell Beauford, Propel Nonprofits
  • Carrie Bendix, Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Inc.
  • Robert Benes, Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc.
  • Laurie Berner, Arc Northland
  • Ali Bilden Camps, United Way of Carlton County
  • Karen Blackburn, Cook County Higher Education
  • Cory Boushee, Northwest Minnesota Foundation
  • Marianne Bovee, Age Well Arrowhead
  • Angie Bowman, Child Care Aware of Minnesota
  • Chris Brown, Minnesota State University, Mankato Foundation
  • Amy Brownell, Advocates for Family Peace
  • Donald Brunette, Access North Center for Independent Living of Northeastern M
  • Eleanor Burkett, Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration
  • Jason Carlson, Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc.
  • Connie Carmichael, Living at Home of the Park Rapids Area
  • Sarah Casey, West Central Initiative
  • Shelly Castaneda, United Community Action Partnership, Inc.
  • Ashley Charwood, Bemidji State University
  • Padam Chauhan, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Tracie Clanaugh, First Witness Child Advocacy Center
  • Sara Cole, Duluth Area Family YMCA
  • Jessi Darst, Habitat for Humanity Winona-Fillmore Counties
  • Nicole DeBoer, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council
  • Josh Denton, Duluth Area Family YMCA
  • Betty Doss, Pillager Area Family Resource Center
  • Shantel Dow, Reif Arts Council/Myles Reif Performing Arts Center
  • Tim Drake, Pacem in Terris
  • Andrea Duarte-Alonso, Southwest Initiative Foundation
  • Jennifer Dunham
  • Susan Estee, Second Harvest North Central Food Bank
  • Kayla Everson, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
  • Charles Fai, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • Jolene Foss, Economic Development Partnership of Wright County
  • Abby Frank Taylor, Propel Nonprofits
  • Lauren Fryer, Planned Parenthood North Central States
  • Emily Fulton-Foley, Northfield Union of Youth
  • Traci Gangl, Blandin Foundation
  • Mandy Gault, Open Door Health Center
  • Beth George, Itasca Community Television
  • Courtney Gifford, Evergreen Youth & Family Services
  • Katie Godfrey Demmer, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
  • Paula Godmundson, Duluth Park Walk
  • Jasmine Gonzalez, Red Lake Nation College
  • Karen Grasmon, Southwest Initiative Foundation
  • Rebecca Graves, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Leech Lake Area
  • Wendy Greenberg, Red Lake Nation College
  • Greg Grell, WDSE-TV Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporat
  • Jennifer Greuel, North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Brad Gruhot, Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Kaylee Grunseth, First Witness Child Advocacy Center
  • Darla Hamann, St. Cloud State University-MPA Program
  • Tracy Hanson, Pioneer PBS
  • Ashley Hanson, Department of Public Transformation
  • Michelle Hargrave, Wilderness Health
  • Misti Nicole Harper, Gustavus Adolphus College
  • John Harper, South Central College
  • Elizabeth Harstad, Greater Mankato Area United Way
  • Phil Hatlie, Propel Nonprofits
  • Deb Hegseth, West Central Initiative
  • Thomas Hill, United Way of Cass-Clay, Inc.
  • Lisa Hoffman Wojcik, Leisure Education for Exceptional People
  • Ellie Holte, First Witness Child Advocacy Center
  • Karen Howell, Evansville Arts Coalition
  • Barbara Johnson, Northwest Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment Authority
  • Katrina Johnson, West Central Initiative
  • Rona Johnston, Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers
  • Stacy Johnston, Audacity Human Resources
  • Bud Johnston, Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers
  • Nancy Jost, West Central Initiative
  • Nancy Kaping, Southwest Initiative Foundation
  • Jean Keenan, Life-Work Planning Center
  • Sarah Kicmal, United Way of Southwest Minnesota
  • Karen Koeder, CREST
  • Erin Koehntop, RUSC Kinship Mentoring
  • Sheila Korby, Someplace Safe
  • Caroline Koska, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council
  • Cameron Kruger, Duluth Children's Museum
  • Liz Kuoppala, Mahube-otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.
  • Bethany Lacktorin, Crow River Players
  • Debra Laine, National Rural Health Resource Center
  • Mary Larkin, Apple Tree Dental
  • Susan Larsen, Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
  • Algene Larson, RUSC Kinship Mentoring
  • Lori Larson, Fergus Area College Foundation / M State
  • Sarah Lawrence, Lyric Opera of the North
  • Ben Lee
  • Emily Lewis, Ruff Start Rescue
  • Kara Lindaman, Winona State University
  • LeAnn Littlewolf, Northland Foundation
  • Laura Lobo, Pizzazz Your Voice
  • Natasha Lopez-Rodriguez, YWCA Mankato
  • Krystl Louwagie, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council
  • Tamara Lowney, Itasca Economic Development Corporation
  • Susan Lynch, Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
  • Jacki Maethner, Fergus Area College Foundation
  • Katie Marshall, MacRostie Art Center
  • Michelle McDonald, Lake County Developmental Achievement Center
  • Wendy Merrick, West Central Initiative
  • Alice Meyer, Mahube-otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.
  • Ashley Miller, Advocates for Family Peace
  • Koa Mirai, Propel Nonprofits
  • Beth Moncrief, Companies to Classrooms Duluth
  • Janie Moore, Entrepreneur Fund
  • Katherine Myers, LiveMore ScreenLess
  • Sandy Nadeau, Central Minnesota Task Force o Anna Marie's Alliance
  • Deborah Nebosis, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
  • Sara Nevison, Propel Nonprofits
  • Glyn Northington, Propel Nonprofits
  • Mindy Nuhring, Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
  • Ben Nwachukwu, Southwest Minnesota State University
  • Anne O'Keefe-Jackson, Initiative Foundation
  • Pablo Obregon, Southwest Initiative Foundation
  • Lexi Oestreich, Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
  • Ronald Oleheiser, Grace House of Itasca County
  • Ayodeji Oyebola, Emmright Business Management & Consulting Services
  • Daniel Oyinloye, DanSan Creatives
  • Tuleah Palmer, Blandin Foundation
  • Laura Peterson, Living Earth Center
  • Kathy Potter, Access of the Red River Valley, Inc.
  • Blake Potthoff, Fairmont Opera House, Inc.
  • Kristi Pursell, Clean River Partners (formerly Cannon River Watershed Partnership, CRWP)
  • Habiba Rashid, MCC Mankato Refugee Services
  • Jenna Ray, West Central Initiative
  • Sarah Reichwald Beiswanger, Mankato Area Foundation
  • Emily Reno, West Central Initiative
  • Jeffrey Rotert, Worthington Regional Healthcare Foundation, Inc.
  • Pamela Russell, Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Inc.
  • Sheri Sandar Silva
  • Andrea Sanow, Propel Nonprofits
  • Nonoko Sato, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
  • Rick Schara, West Central Initiative
  • Jay Schlender, U of MN Extension
  • Maureen Schlobohm, Community Pathways of Steele County
  • Joanna Schnedler, Minnesota Music Coalition
  • Annie Scholz, ExercisAbilities
  • Sachi Sekimoto, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Shanna Serven, Advocates for Family Peace
  • Brenda Shafer-Pellinen, Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging
  • Jaime Sipe, Advocates for Family Peace
  • John Skillings, Propel Nonprofits
  • James Smalley, Southwest Minnesota State University
  • Lindsay Snustad
  • Michael Speck, Chatfield Center for the Arts
  • Bradley Starbuck, University of Minnesota Extension
  • Dori Streit, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
  • Chuck Stroud, AdoptAClassroom.org
  • Zach Tabatt, Initiative Foundation
  • Jen Theneman, Partners for Housing
  • Becky Turnquist, Tusen Tack
  • Victoria VanDeCreek, Planned Parenthood North Central States
  • Samantha VanWechel-Meyer, West Central Initiative
  • Limhi Vela, Free Clinic of Steele County
  • Brian Voerding, Engage Winona
  • Sarah Waddle, North House Folk School
  • Gabriel Warren, Bemidji State University
  • Melinda Wedzina, VINE Faith in Action
  • Pommella Wegmann, Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Sara Wessling, Propel Nonprofits
  • Kristyn Wicht, Johnson Memorial Foundation
  • Erin Wilmot, The SHOP
  • Ben Winchester, U of MN Extension
  • Anne Winfrey, Ability Building Community
  • Kabo Yang, Propel Nonprofits
  • Daryl Yankee, Animal Allies Humane Society
  • Amanda L Ziebell Mawanda, Propel Nonprofits