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
Deputy Executive Director, Chief Impact Officer
Naomi Sadighi
Deputy Executive Director, Operational Sustainability
Impact
Jenna Ray
Deputy Executive Director, Chief Impact Officer
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
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
Metropolitan State 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
Pillsbury United Communities
Sami Pelton
Lifespark
Vidya Ramraj
Versique Consulting
Russ Testa
Salo, a Korn Ferry Company
Dominick Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Chris Wentzlaff - Secretary
University of Minnesota
Lindy Yokanovich, Esq.
Cancer Legal Care
Rob Zeaske
Harvard Business School