Meet the RaiseMN Team
Our small-but-mighty team is passionate about individual fundraising and the nonprofits that make Minnesota a better place to live. Learn more about our staff and board below!
You may email anyone on the RaiseMN team at raisemn@givemn.org.
Executive Leadership Team
Jake Blumberg
Executive Director
Tom Zimmerman
Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
Naomi Sadighi
Deputy Executive Director, Operational Sustainability
Community Impact
Courtney Backen (장정미)
Director, Community and Capacity Development
Nelle Rivers-Koonce
Administrative Associate
Clara Lind
Director, Coaching
Operational Sustainability
Naomi Sadighi
Deputy Executive Director, Operational Sustainability
Hilary Kaufman
Advancement Associate
Manya Jacobson
Operations Associate
Marketing and Communications
Tom Zimmerman
Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
Steph Anderson
Senior Marketing and Communications Associate
GiveMN Board of Directors
Dr. Michael Self, Sr. - Chair
Metropolitan State University
Jonathan Banks
NCXT
Joe Campbell
Fairview Health Services
Sarah Casey
West Central Initiative
Mirella Ceja-Orozco
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Stephanie Dilworth - Treasurer
University of Minnesota College of Design
Lola Mercedes Parker Foundation for Economic Empowerment of Business and Professional Women
Tracy Fischman - Vice Chair
Fischman Consulting, LLC
Mohammed Amin Kahin
Milestone Community Development, SIGI LLC
Janine Kamath
Mayo Clinic
Darla Kashian - Secretary
RBC Wealth Management
Meghan McInerny
Best Buy
Cordale Q. Handy In Remembrance of Me Foundation
Still Kickin
Kenzie O'Keefe
Pillsbury United Communities
Sami Pelton
Lifesprk
Vidya Ramraj
Versique Consulting
Mike Russell
Blackbaud, Inc.
Russ Testa
Salo, a Korn Ferry Company
Dominick Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Chris Wentzlaff - Member At-Large
University of Minnesota
Lindy Yokanovich, Esq.
Cancer Legal Care
Rob Zeaske
Harvard Business School