TLE (That Lars Email) - Chapter 7 - March 23, 2024

That Lars Email (TLE) - Chapter 7 - March 23, 2024

Our TLE subscriber community has grown to nearly 5,000 subscribers!!! Thank you all for opting into this community!!

We're at 4,954 subscribers!!

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PROPS

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

Irene Folstrom on being selected as new Director of Tribal Relations for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Christy Shannon is the new CEO of CornerHouse

Deb Salls is the new ED of College Possible MN?

Luna Allen-Bakerian is new Director of Public Policy at the Citizens League?

TrixieAnn Golberg is CEO of Trellis (based in Phoenix)

Welcome to MN Dr. Marcheta Evans and congratulations on being named new president of St. Catherine University ->

https://www.stkate.edu/newswire/news/marcheta-p-evans-phd-be-12th-president-st-catherine-university

Dr. Carla Hines selected as next superintendent of St. Louis Park Public Schools ->?https://www.slpschools.org/default-board-post-page/~board/district/post/dr-hines-selected-for-st-louis-park-public-schools-superintendent

Bobby Rogers Rogers named Head of Design & Editorial at Mia?

Anna Peterson (Delmoro) named VP of People and Culture at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity?

Eva Song Margolis named Director of Advancement at MCCD?

Sarah McKenzie named communications manager of Housing and Economic Development at Hennepin County

Nadege Souvenir named CEO of San Antonio Area Foundation -> https://saafdn.org/san-antonio-area-foundation-announces-new-leadership/

Sara Swenson named a principal of Goff Public -> https://goffpublic.com/blog/top-communications-strategist-elevated-to-principal-of-st-paul-based-agency-goff-public

Corey Smith named head of DEIA for General Motors

Melissa Wind named first Director of Development for Star Tribune

Karla Henderson named SVP of Housing Stability for Project for Pride in Living

David Kaplan named CEO of St. Paul Jewish Federation

Andy Steiner , Sarah Strehl and Veda Pai-Panandiker named to the Ann Bancroft Foundation's Board of Directors

Kristine Moser named Sr Director of HR at Project for Pride in Living

Gabrielle (Gaby) Strong named VP of NDN Collective

cyndi lesher and Laysha Ward honored by Citizens League -> https://citizensleague.org/civic-celebration-2024/

AMPLIFY

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

Starlight Celebration - Thursday, May 2, 2024 Celebrating 40 years of Stages Theatre Company... Theatre Kids Run the World! ? https://www.stagestheatre.org/starlight/ (via Elizabeth Plaetz Lori )

7pm, Tuesday, April 4 (McNamara Alumni Center) — Anselm House is honored to host ?National Book Award-winning historian Dr. Carlos Eire (T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University) as our 28th annual Holmer Lecturer. His topic? "Impossible? A Historian Reckons with the Miraculous Past." Drawing from his recent book They Flew: A History of the Impossible, Dr. Eire will bring to light sources of our contemporary understanding of the supernatural while also suggesting a new way of encountering the impossible within history. (cosponsored by UMN's Center for Premodern Studies and Center for Austrian Studies.) Free and open to the public. Learn more and register here: https://anselmhouse.eventcalendarapp.com/u/39626/284000 (via Dan Olson, MATS, CFRE )

"Cheers for Children" special event on April 18th celebrating 35 years of CornerHouse?

Join us for an evening of inspiration and celebration as we unite to end child abuse in the Twin Cities.

All proceeds will benefit CornerHouse’s child abuse response, advocacy, and healing services.

https://www.cornerhousemn.org/cheers-for-children

(via Colleen Thomas )

Facilitating Cultural Workshop in Saint Paul, Minnesota from June 10-14. This communal learning opportunity provides attendees with practical tools to bring cultural, systemic, and transformational social change into daily practice. The workshop is conducted by leading experts Beth Zemsky, Liz Loeb, and Athena Adkins. Learn more at bethzemsky.com/workshops! (via Shasha Sartin)?

CELEBRATE

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

Founding ED of Pollen Midwest , Jamie Millard , profiled by Shelisa Demuth as a "Rising ICON" -> https://www.laureldevelops.com/rising-icons/rising-icon-40-jamie-millard #RisingIcon

If you're not yet subscribed to the Star Tribune's "Inspired" newsletter, give it a look -> https://www.startribune.com/variety/inspired/

Congratulations to Bill Graves on the launch of his new podcast, "Ready: Leaders to Know" ->?https://www.jdgravesfoundation.org/ready-podcast

Thank you MacKenzie Scott for donating $20M to 10 MN nonprofits ->?https://www.startribune.com/mackenzie-scott-gives-out-17-million-to-nine-twin-cities-nonprofits/600352401/

Scott's private donations are all "unrestricted," meaning nonprofits can use the funds in whatever way they want, a rarity in philanthropy.

Scott also gave to eight other Minnesota nonprofits:

$2 million to Appetite for Change, which increases access to healthy foods in north Minneapolis

$1 million to Dream of Wild Health, a Native-led Minneapolis nonprofit that provides culturally specific food and related programs

$2 million to ISAIAH, a faith-based, nonpartisan coalition in St. Paul

$2 million to OutFront Minnesota, a St. Paul-based LGBTQ advocacy organization

$2 million to WellShare International in Minneapolis, which provides public health programs in Tanzania and Minnesota

$2 million to Gender Justice in St. Paul, a legal and policy advocacy organization

$2 million to Build Wealth Minnesota in Minneapolis, which offers financial literacy classes and loan assistance for homeowners

$3 million to Twin Cities Rise in north Minneapolis, which helps low-income Minnesotans with job training and career coaching

$2 million to All Square in Minneapolis, a criminal justice reform and re-entry program

Check out the Star Tribune's new "Curious Minnesota" story collection database -> https://www.startribune.com/curious-minnesota-collection-archive-database-history-culture/600349207/

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.)?

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies seeks Program Director, Arts & Cultures -> https://www.ballingerleafblad.com/s/MACP-PD-Arts-Cultures-FINAL.pdf

Sahan Journal seeks new Executive Director ->?https://sahanjournal.com/inside-sahan-journal/jobs-executive-director-nonprofit-news-minnesota/

180 Degrees is seeking to add new board members in 2024. ?Now in our 50th year, the organization continues to expand facilities, services, and partnerships designed to prevent & reduce homelessness for youth and adults across Minnesota. Ideal board members will be at Director-level or above of an organization bringing digital marketing and communication skills. With our new program site in the North Loop, we'd welcome downtown leaders from consumer goods, executive search, fin-tech, advertising/pr, med tech, or hospitality sectors. ? ?Contact: [email protected] ?https://www.180degrees.org/board-of-directors

Applications now open for the 2024-25 Humphrey School of Public Affairs Policy Fellows cohort? ->?https://www.hhh.umn.edu/fellowships-and-professional-development/policy-fellows

Greater MN Housing Fund has 3 open positions ->?https://gmhf.com/about/jobs-internships/ (via Genesia Williams )

MPR seeks new Director of Community Engagement ->?https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/JobBoard/4b7ae4eb-a67b-4318-80fc-6d9467f9c542/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=57ae716a-de2f-4cf2-acf9-eca64a02bd3a

Ballinger | Leafblad, Inc. has launched a new e-newsletter, "In The Loop", to share updates, insights and counsel from their client community.

Subscribe here -> https://www.dhirubhai.net/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7168387585977905153

Minnesota Council of Churches seeks new CEO?->

https://www.ballingerleafblad.com/s/Executive-Position-Profile_Minnesota-Council-of-Churches-CEO-Final-21424-amm5.pdf

Native Governance Center seeks new ED?->

https://www.ballingerleafblad.com/s/Executive-Position-Profile-Native-Governance-Center-Executive-Director-Final.pdf

Sarah Nicolosi is an editor looking for authors to work with. She is?seeking clients who are working on long works of narrative fiction and personal memoirs. Contact her at sarah.r.wash-at-gmail.com.

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Lars

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