Experience
Twenty-five years in senior program positions at The McKnight Foundation (1981-2005), a Minnesota family foundation with assets of $2 billion, including six years as Executive Vice President. Expertise in affordable and supportive housing, community development, and programs for children and families, especially those at the junction of service provision and public policy. More than two dozen clients in these fields since 2006, preceded by extensive program development experience at The McKnight Foundation. Understand the nonprofit and philanthropic worlds, with a wide network of contacts in foundations, nonprofits, and public agencies in Minnesota and around the country. Board and committee leadership:
- Ways to Work, a national financial intermediary for low-income families, 1999-2009, chair 2001-2008
- Hearth Connection, a Minnesota supportive housing demonstration program, 2001-
- Family Housing Fund, a Twin Cities affordable housing intermediary, 2010-
- Twin Cities LISC, local advisory committee, 1995-2005
- Minneapolis Public Library Advisory Committee, charged with making recommendations for financial sustainability, 2006-07
- Outstanding Public Service Partner of Choice Award, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, 2005
- PiiNHZO Supportive Housing Champion Award, Corporation for Supportive Housing – Minnesota, 2006