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Staff & Board

Staff Team – COVID-19 and Remote Work

The Northland Foundation staff primarily works remotely at this time. Email is the best way to reach us. Contact a specific individual using the directory, below, or message our general inbox.

Watch for Northland Foundation events and program news via email and social media: Northland Foundation Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, KIDS PLUS Facebook, and news about Maada'ookiing on Facebook and Instagram.

Jan Amys Bio Photo
Jan Amys

Senior Program Officer

Zane Bail Bio Photo
Zane Bail

Chief Operating Officer

Cayla Photo
Cayla Bellanger DeGroat

Program Officer

Heather Brouse Bio Photo
Heather Brouse

Chief Financial Officer

Nichele Canavan Bio Photo
Nichele Canavan

Executive Administrator

Carol Chipman Bio Photo
Carol Chipman

Grants Manager

Michael Colclough Bio Photo
Michael Colclough

Business Services Director

Jeanine Dahl Bio Photo
Jeanine Dahl

Communications Director

Vicki Hagberg Bio Photo
Vicki Hagberg

SBDC Regional Director

Taylor Holm Bio Photo
Christopher Henagin

Business Consultant

Taylor Holm Bio Photo
Taylor Holm

Program Officer

Katherine Lahti Bio Photo
Katherine Lahti

Business Consultant

Mary Lundeen Bio Photo
Mary Lundeen

Business Consultant

Suzanne Rauvola Bio Photo
Suzanne Rauvola

Systems Manager

Sandy Scheiber Bio Photo
Sandy Scheiber

Program Assistant

Lisa Shrum Bio Photo
Lisa Shrum

Accounting Clerk

Tony Sertich Bio Photo
Tony Sertich

President/CEO

Erik Torch Bio Photo
Erik Torch

Director of Grantmaking

Amanda Vuicich Bio Photo
Amanda Vuicich

Economic Development Specialist/Small Business Lender

Curt Walczak Bio Photo
Curt Walczak

SBDC Associate Regional Director

Julie Weisgerber Bio Photo
Julie Weisgerber

Program Associate

Board of Trustees

Angie Miller Bio Photo
Angie Miller, Chair

Executive Director (retired)
Community Action Duluth

Mary Harrelson Bio Photo
Mary Harrelson,
Vice Chair

Licensed Psychologist
Mary Rademacher Psychological Services
Grand Portage Reservation

Peter McDermott Bio Photo
Peter McDermott, Treasurer

Retired
Grand Rapids

Cindy Anderson Bina Bio Photo
Cindy Anderson Bina, Secretary

Counselor (retired)
Vermilion Community College
Ely

Jamie Adams Bio Photo
Jamie Adams

Economic Development Planner
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Cloquet/Solon Springs

Baabiitaw Boyd Bio Photo
Baabiitaw Boyd

Sr. Advisor on Objibwe Language Revitalization Initiatives
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Garrison

Ashley Hall Bio Photo
Ashley Hall

Executive Director
Falls Hunger Coalition
International Falls

Roy Smith Bio Photo
Roy Smith

Director of Education and Talent Development
Iron Range Resources/Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
Hibbing

Michelle Ufford Bio Photo
Michelle Ufford

Director of Workforce Strategy
Essentia Health
Eveleth

Contact Us

Northland Foundation
202 W Superior Street, Suite 800
Duluth, MN 55802

218.723.4040
FAX 218.723.4048

Nearby Parking Ramps

Duluth Transit Center Parking Garage
228 W Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55802

To reach the Northland Foundation through the skywalk, go to the skywalk level of the Transit Center. Cross over Michigan Street (left) toward the Wells Fargo Center. There are helpful wayfinding signs throughout the skywalk system. Use the Wells Fargo Center esclator or elevators to continue on the skywalk, one level up. Head east through the skywalk approximately one block to the Sellwood Building. Elevators are located around the corner to your right, near the Dryer Reed Law Firm entrance. Northland Foundation is on the 8th floor of the Sellwood Building. There are also metered parking spaces along W Michigan, 2nd Ave W, and W Superior St.

Holiday Inn Downtown Duluth Parking Ramp
200 W First St, Duluth, MN 55802

To reach the Northland Foundation through the skywalk, take the parking ramp elevator to the 2nd floor skywalk shops-and-restaurants level. Walk west (right) from the elevator and continue in the skywalk, crossing over Superior Street near the Subway, toward Wells Fargo Center. There are helpful wayfinding signs throughout the skywalk system. Head east (left) in the skywalk approximately one block to the Sellwood Building. Elevators are located around the corner to your right, near the Dryer Reed Law Firm entrance. Northland Foundation is on the 8th floor of the Sellwood Building. There are also metered parking spaces along W Michigan, 2nd Ave W, and W Superior St.

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