A GiveMN Initiative
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Our Team

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

Jake Blumberg
Executive Director

Carmen Gonzalez
Executive Support Associate

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