2023 MYALP Cohort

Fargo - Moorhead Cohort

  • Josey Balenger, FM Science Museum
  • Laura Caroon, Trive
  • Michael Chan, Concordia
  • Sabrina Dawson Soulis, Talercris
  • Katherine Grindberg, FMWF Chamber
  • Casey Sanders, City of West Fargo
  • Julia Schott, Cultural Diversity Resources
  • Jenny Sheets, Emerging Prairie

Mankato Cohort

  • Chris Dalton, City of New Ulm
  • Ashley Eimer, Mankato Area Foundation
  • Laura Koch, Profinium
  • Courtney Kramlinger, City of Mankato
  • Ayan Omar, MN Department of Commerce
  • Claire Richie, Taylor Corporation
  • Colin Scharf, Gold Mine Studios Audio/Visual and Event Production Studio
  • Christi Wilking, Mayo Clinic Health System

Minneapolis - Saint Paul Cohort

  • Shanaya Dungey, African American Leadership Forum
  • Sophia Ginis, Metro Transit
  • Lidiya Girma, Ramsey County
  • Diana Guglielmetti, Target Corp
  • Simone Hardeman-Jones, GreenLight Fund Twin Cities
  • Cierra Hardin, NuAxis Innovation
  • Lauren Hunter, UnitedHealth Group
  • Menaka Mohan, NEOO Partners
  • James Nagbe, Genesys Works Twin Cities
  • Samuel N. Ndely II, The Minneapolis Foundation
  • Amanda Novak, YMCA of the North
  • Courtney S. Ries, Meet Minneapolis
  • Khalique Rogers, Good Riddance LLC
  • Libby Starling, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
  • Michelle Tran Maryns, We Sparkle Co.
  • Chao Yang, Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging/Minnesota Management and Budget

Northeast MN - Duluth Cohort

  • Nick Bayuk, North Shore Bank
  • Ben Benoit, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
  • Carson Gorecki, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
  • Vicki Hagberg, Northland Foundation
  • Amber Lewis, Lead for America/Americorps/American Connection Corps/Northspan
  • ChaQuanna McEntyre, Family Rise Together
  • Jessalyn Sabin, Minnesota North College
  • Sumair Sheikh, LISC Duluth

Rochester Cohort

  • Courtney Bergey Swanson, Community and Economic Development Associates
  • Lida Casper, Rochester Public Schools
  • Lauren Jensen, City of Rochester
  • Karen Martinez, Education Minnesota
  • Grace Pesch, United Way of Olmsted County
  • Julie Ruzek, Cradle 2 Career
  • Meaghan Sherden, Olmsted County Public Health Services
  • Kim Kevin Sin, University of Minnesota Rochester / The Village Agricultural Cooperative

St. Cloud Cohort

  • Shirwa Adan, Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization
  • Nicole Bukowski, Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law
  • Njeri Clement, St. Cloud Technical and Community College
  • Abdi Daisane, Blooming Kids Child Care Center
  • Ekram Elmoge, United Way of Central MN
  • Cassandra Miles, Great River Children's Museum
  • Bruce Powlish, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union
  • John Waletzko, Bradbury Stamm Construction