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Minnesota Team

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Meet Our Team

Leadership Team

BG Tucker
Minnesota
Executive Director
Grace Befort
Program Events Manager
Isabella Cook
Program Coordinator
Coraima
Advising Specialist
James Corbett
Senior Program Manager
Nick Dalton
Senior Program Manager
Allison Etter
Advising Specialist
Gao Shee Her
Advising Specialist
Alyssa Howells
Senior Director of Development
Sophie Jilk
Program Coordinator
Julia
Senior Program Manager
Megan Jung
Senior Program Manager
Brendan Klein
Senior Program Coordinator
Kristine
Advising Specialist
Lindsay
Senior Program Manager
Maisy Martin
Program Specialist
Megan Mattson
Director of Institutional Engagement
Rebecca (Bekka) Merrill
Communications Manager
Sabrina Merritt
Program Events Coordinator
McKenzie Meyer
Advising Specialist
Riley Nelson
Program Coordinator
Tim O’Halloran
Senior Advising Specialist
Thao Pham
Senior Advising Specialist
Leah Roche
Senior Advising Specialist
Alex Sánchez Rodriguez
Program Coordinator
Molly Schwartz
Advising Specialist
Shannon Thao
Program Coordinator
Mai Ka Vang
Senior Program Coordinator
Nancy Vang
Advising Specialist
Pahoua Vang
Recruitment Manager
Stella Vang
Program Advisor
Spencer Wakefield
Senior Project Program Coordinator
Gao Nou Xiong
Advising Specialist

Board Members

Douachee Lee
Chair; Program & AmeriCorps Alumna
Director of Marketing, Augsburg University
Pétra Noble
Vice Chair
Senior Vice President of HR Analytics, Workforce Planning & Data Governance, USBank
Holly Amaya
Member
Managing Director, CharterSource
Dave Anderson
Member
Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management, Medtronic
James Bryan
Member
Financial Planner and Investment Advisor
Shannon Cron
Member; AmeriCorps Alumna
Associate Dean of Admissions, St. Olaf College
Sandy Glick
Member
Co-founder and Executive Vice President of SLS Consulting, Inc.
Elle Grothaus
Member
Global Talent Leader & Global Human Resources Business Partner - Commercial Excellence, Cargill, Inc.
Mark Hintz
Member
Vice President of University Advancement, Bethel University
Jill Manske
Member
Professor Emeritus, University of St. Thomas
Jorge Ochoa
Member
Director, Undergraduate Career Services, KIPP NYC
Cynthia Rice
Member
Assistant Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Allianz Life
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