Growing Up Healthy Advisory Board
Sharif Abdullah, Executive Director of Somali Community Resettlement Services
Kanko Akakpovi, SNAP-Ed Educator, University of Minnesota Extension – Health and Nutrition Programs
Erin Bailey, Director of Community Services, Northfield Public Schools
Jim Blaha, Executive Director of Community Action Center (CAC) of Northfield
Elizabeth Child, Executive Director of Northfield Area United Way
Sara Coulter, Clinic and Community Supervisor at Rice County Public Health
Adrienne Falcon, Director of Academic Civic Engagement, Carleton College Center for Community and Civic Engagement
Teddy Gelderman, TORCH (Tackling Obstacles & Raising College Hopes) Program Co-Coordinator
Natalie Ginter, Director of Community Engagement and Development, South Region, Allina Health
Brianna Gustafson, Coordinator of Community Benefit and Engagement, South Region, Allina Health
Ellen Haefner, EFCE Teacher, Northfield Public Schools
Kim Horner, TORCH (Tackling Obstacles & Raising College Hopes) Program Co-Coordinator
Nate Jacobi, Associate Director for Service & Leadership, St. Olaf College Piper Center for Vocation and Career
Anne Marie Leland, Director of Community Education, Faribault Public Schools
Yesica Louis, Coordinator for Adult Basic Education, Faribault Public Schools
Charlie Mandile, Executive Director of HealthFinders Collaborative
Nalani McCutcheon, Executive Director of Cannon River STEM School
Kathy Ness, Children’s Librarian, Northfield Public Library
Zach Pruitt, Director of Northfield Healthy Community Initiative
Deb Purfeerst, Director of Rice County Public Health
Josh Ramaker, Healthy Rice County SHIP Coordinator, Rice County Public Health
Kathy Sandberg, Coordinator for Rice County Family ServicesCollaborative
Mark Shaw, Director of Rice County Social Services
Erica Staab-Absher, Executive Director of the HOPE Center
Mike Thorsteinson, Executive Director of Three Rivers Community Action
Dawn Tommerdahl, Parent, Family, Community Engagement Coordinator, Three Rivers Community Action
Carolyn Treadway, Director of SHAC (So How Are the Children)
Vicki Turner, Early Childhood Coordinator, Northfield Public Schools
Adam VonRuden, Executive Director of United Way of Faribault
Tammy Vraspir, Education Coordinator, Three Rivers Community Action