TLE - Chapter 14 - 7/9/24

July 9, 2024

TLE (That Lars Email) - Chapter 14 - 7/9/24

Dear TLE Community,

Happy July!! Thanks SO much for continuing to expand this community by commenting, posting and sharing this newsletter with your networks!!

Our TLE subscriber community has grown to 5,717 civic-minded subscribers across all of MSP and Minnesota.

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Welcome and thank you for being here!!

New subscribers since our last issue include:

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Welcome all!!!

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With that, onwards and upwards we go....

PROPS

(Please send along career updates/news/celebrations/props/shout outs/snaps for yourself or colleagues for future issues!!)

Melissa Hellerud on her new role as Program Director at Green New Deal Housing

Edith Young named TeamWomen board president and ? Cathy Paper, M.A. named membership chair.

McKnight Foundation announces three staff promotions ->

Ben Goldfarb promoted to Director of Strategic Initiatives, Democracy, Media, and Policy ?

Sarah Christiansen promoted to Director of Strategic Climate Initiatives

Ben Passer promoted to Program Director, Midwest Climate & Energy

Mara Garcia Kaplan joins board of Global Minnesota

Bonnie J. Melville joins Twin Cities R!SE as VP of Business Operations

Adam Hjerpe joins Medica as Chief Operating Officer

Scott Stallman, Ph.D. begins new role as President of Dunwoody College of Technology

Catherine McGlinch promoted to SVP, College and Campus Partnerships at University of Minnesota Foundation

Jake Loesch joins board of Family Housing Fund

Gada Simeso joins board of Minnesota Children's Museum

Clint Schaff ? on his new role as General Manager of KUAF 91.3 Public Radio

Lisa Dahlberg, MNM, CFRE joins The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as Chief Development Officer

Micah Minnema is new managing director of TaikoArts Midwest

Tom Parent joins Minneapolis Public Schools as Senior Operations Officer

Robert Freeman joins board of Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging

Benny Roberts joining Hallie Q. Brown Community Center as new Executive Director! (He takes the baton from interim ED Briana K. Joyner ) - search led by Damon Shoholm

More on Benny's new role here -> https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/im-coming-back-home-benny-roberts-sqzic/?trackingId=p2NFjn%2Fc4TCYhXwrgGSweQ%3D%3D

Suzanne Kelly joining Minnesota Council of Churches as new CEO! (She takes the baton from co-CEO's Curtiss Paul DeYoung and Stacey Smith) - search led by Damon Shoholm

More on Suzanne's new role here -> https://www.mnchurches.org/blog/2024/06/26/suzanne-p-kelly-named-new-mcc-ceo

Amy Wielunski joining VocalEssence as new Executive Director! (She takes the baton from retiring ED Mary Ann Aufderheide)

Jess Horwitz joins Gravie as Sr Director of Marketing and Communications

Liz Olson joining McKnight Foundation as Sr. Program Officer

Phillip Morris joins Star Tribune as Opinion Editor and VP

AMPLIFY

(Have an upcoming event or news in Minnesota that you want to help amplify? Pass it along!!)

"The Gus Macker Basketball Tournament in Brooklyn Park this August. https://macker.com/local/brooklyn-park https://www.facebook.com/TwinCitiesGusMacker3v3

The Gus Macker basketball tournament celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Minneapolis Northwest Tourism hosts a return of this storied, outdoor community event at North Hennepin Community College August 17-18, 2024.

The Macker is a half-court pickup style game which attracts players and spectators from across the country and locally, aged 8-88. It’s good, clean, competitive fun for the sake of raising funds for non-profits in the Twin Cities that focus on youth." (via Matthew Oquist)

"The YMCA Center for Youth Voice is seeking attorney, law student, and paralegal volunteers from the Minnesota legal community to evaluate student participants from more than 20 states in Mock Trial and Appellate Court proceedings at the 2024 National Judicial Competition (NJC) July 30-31.

You will not regret investing a few hours to support some of the best and brightest high school legal minds from across the U.S.! There is no pre-event preparation needed, although evaluators will have the opportunity to attend or view a recording of a pre-competition evaluator briefing. NJC is held at the Minnesota Capitol Complex and parking reimbursement is available upon request.

Evaluators can sign up for two- or three-hour volunteer shifts by clicking here: https://forms.gle/74Mne6GHVK4hWgkJ8 For more information, please contact Amy Anderson, YMCA Center for Youth Voice Executive Director, at 612-330-3045 or [email protected]."

CELEBRATE

(Have some news that made your day or inspired you? Please pass it along!)

Agate Housing and Services and Trellis break ground on new shelter/housing combo in Longfellow - https://sahanjournal.com/housing/agate-trellis-south-minneapolis-building-shelter-apartments/ (via Virginia Brown)

MINNESOTA MEAN, an award-winning documentary by Minnesota filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson, featuring the Minnesota Roller Derby and music by Dessa . hits major streaming platforms on Tuesday, July 2 including Apple TV, Amazon Prime! Here's a link to ordering it on Apple TV. :-) https://bit.ly/3Rr0Iqy (via Dawn Mikkelson)

Great story from J. Forrest on finding a new home for Employee Strategies -> https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/lifes-little-nudges-j-forrest-th5gc/?trackingId=L5o5cw9OMqN9h8Fy1CwS2w%3D%3D

SHARE

(Have an article, job posting, or content that you found insightful, valuable, inspiring, thought provoking or perspective setting? Pass it along!!)

Please include salary range information with all job posting submissions. Job postings without salary range transparency will not be shared and will be illegal for Minnesota employers with over 30 employees beginning January 1, 2025.

Bravo Minnesota legislature for making this happen! -> https://www.startribune.com/new-minnesota-law-will-require-salary-ranges-in-job-postings/600367818/

If you'd like to learn more about the importance of salary transparency, please start here -> https://www.pollenmidwest.org/opportunities/dismantling-inequitable-hiring-practices-one-job-post-at-a-time/

LISC Duluth hiring Program Officer, Lending (via Sumair Sheikh) -> https://boards.greenhouse.io/lisc/jobs/4435496005

"Rooted to Last" seeks new Chief Network Weaver (via Bo Thao-Urabe) ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tmbdgC9Y1vnT90fAaUk7FBSfRZgTGpBH/view?pli=1

Ballinger | Leafblad, Inc. will be announcing several new client leadership searches in the near term.

Get the latest details directly from their website here ->

https://www.ballingerleafblad.com/current-searches

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Onwards and upwards!!

Lars

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