Meet the RaiseMN Team
Our small-but-mighty team is passionate about individual fundraising and the nonprofits that make Minnesota a better place to live. Learn more about our staff and board below!
You may email anyone on the RaiseMN team at raisemn@givemn.org.
Executive Leadership Team
Jenna Ray
(Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana)
Interim Executive Director
Naomi Sadighi
Deputy Executive Director, Operational Sustainability
Carmen Gonzalez
Executive Support Associate
Impact
Strategic Advancement
Jalisa Goetz
Director of Strategic Advancement
Rainah Ward
Business Development Associate
Community Impact
Courtney Backen (장정미)
Senior Director of Community Impact
Cat Clements
Senior Fundraising Coach
Chris Wichert
Impact Associate
Marketing and Communications
Maddie Korva
Director of Marketing and Communications
Steph Anderson
Senior Marketing and Communications Associate
Hilary Kaufman
Marketing and Communications Associate
Finance and Operations
Naomi Sadighi
Deputy Executive Director, Operational Sustainability
Manya Jacobson
Senior Operations Associate
GiveMN Board of Directors
Dr. Michael Self, Sr. - Chair
Wilberforce University
Jonathan Banks
NCXT
Joe Campbell
Fairview Health Services
Sarah Casey
West Central Initiative
Stephanie Dilworth - Treasurer
University of Minnesota College of Design
Lola Mercedes Parker Foundation for Economic Empowerment of Business and Professional Women
Tracy Fischman - Vice Chair
Fischman Consulting, LLC
Mohammed Amin Kahin
Milestone Community Development, SIGI LLC
Janine Kamath
Mayo Clinic
Meghan McInerny
Best Buy
Cordale Q. Handy In Remembrance of Me Foundation
Still Kickin
Kenzie O'Keefe
ThreeSixty Journalism
Sami Pelton
Lifespark
Vidya Ramraj
Versique Consulting
Russ Testa
Salo, a Korn Ferry Company
Dominick Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Chris Wentzlaff - Secretary
Constellation Fund
Lindy Yokanovich, Esq.
Cancer Legal Care
Rob Zeaske
The GroundTruth Project