Staff | Healthy Community Initiative

Staff

Leadership Team

Tom Steinmetz

Executive Director

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Meleah Follen

Network Impact Director

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Sandy Malecha

People Experience Director

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Haley Sawatzke

Operations Director

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Melissa Cavanaugh

Director of Grants and Opportunity

Program Leads

Jennyffer Barrientos

Growing Up Healthy Director

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Leslie Gonzalez

Rice County ParentChild+ Director

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Tessa Kiesow

TORCH Director, Northfield High School

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Joy Riggs

Communications Manager

Operations Team

Carrissa Glarner

Project Manager and Photographer

Kaley Varley

Project Manager

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Mara Ackerman

Operations Coordinator

Communications and Development Team

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Terry Rydberg

Graphic Designer

Emma Olson-Rossow

Website Developer and
Communications Coordinator

Rae Wood

Senior Grant Writer

Network Impact and Data Team

Amy McBroom

Network Impact Coordinator
PRIMEtime

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Ann Christensen

Data Support Specialist

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Kelsey Duffy

Network Impact Coordinator
Ready for Kindergarten

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Emily Culver

Network Impact Coordinator
Northfield Racial and Ethnic Equity Collaborative

Ashley Gardner

Network Impact Coordinator
Rice County Chemical and Mental Health Coalition

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Sher Moua

Data Analyst

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Zach Seehusen-Besky

Data Manager, Salesforce Administrator

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Molly Titchenal

Network Impact Coordinator
Rice County Chemical and Mental Health Coalition

Growing Up Healthy Team

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Cindy Ascencio Bravo

Rice County ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist

Odalis Ascencio Puga

Rice County ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist

Laura Garcia

Rice County ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist

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Jansen Gonzalez

Mobile Home Rehabilitation Coordinator

Isabel Llamas Hernandez

Rice County ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist

Melody Sol Lopez

Early Childhood Navigator

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Heidy Ramirez

Family Engagement Navigator

Mia M. Rocha

Early Childhood Navigator

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Cindy Santa

Family Engagement Navigator

Youth Programs

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Bishar Abdullahi

RISE Coordinator - Faribault

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Nadine Bartolo

Middle School TORCH Manager

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Karissa Caddy

TORCH Coordinator - Northfield

Diego Calvario Bravo

RISE Coordinator - Faribault

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Candace Godfrey

Student Services Coordinator
Northfield Community College Collaborative

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Laura Hakala

Student Services Coordinator
Northfield Community College Collaborative

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Martha Lundin

Youth Engagement Coordinator - Northfield

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Davis Moore

Success Coach
Northfield High School TORCH

Adam Vazquez Rosales

TORCH Coordinator
Northfield Middle School