Investments in Leadership

We facilitate growth and connection among the amazing leaders within our member organizations.

Leadership Lunch Network

Membership Criteria
  • Employment with a member organization in good standing.
  • Holding a leadership position (or recognized as having the potential to move into a leadership role).
  • Support from your leadership to represent your organization and participate in networking meetings.
2022 Events
  • February 17 (11:30 – 12:30) 
  • April 21 (11:30 – 12:30)
  • June 20 (11:30 – 12:30) - Canceled to celebrate Juneteenth
  • July 19 (11:30 - 12:30)
  • August 22 (11:30 – 12:30)
  • October 24 (11:30 – 12:30)
  • December 15 (11:30 – 12:30)

Please contact adam@mnlcoa.org for more information and log-in details to join us for these convenings. 

Featured Leaders

Cassandra Harvey

Program Manager

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation combines knowledge, compassion and action to improve lives today and for generations to come. Wilder helps older adults and caregivers maintain their health, well-being and independence. We offer Caregiver Services, Wellness Classes, Meals on Wheels and customized living services in partnership with St. Paul Public Housing.


Learn more at

https://www.wilder.org/

Michaun Shetler

Director of Assisted Living

Care Providers of Minnesota is a non-profit membership association with a mission to empower members to performance excellence. Our 900+ member organizations represent non-profit and for-profit organizations providing services across the full spectrum of post-acute and long-term services and supports. We are the Minnesota affiliate of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, providing solutions for quality care.


Learn more at https://www.careproviders.org/

Chamille Edmonds

Home Services Supervisor

DARTS is creating connections that enrich aging. We provide home services, transportation and volunteer opportunities for older adults. We support those caring for an older adult.


Learn more at

https://dartsconnects.org/

Megan Kallestad

Communications

DARTS is creating connections that enrich aging. We provide home services, transportation and volunteer opportunities for older adults. We support those caring for an older adult.


Learn more at

https://dartsconnects.org/

Alexandria Patterson

Resident Service Coordinator

DARTS is creating connections that enrich aging. We provide home services, transportation and volunteer opportunities for older adults. We support those caring for an older adult.


Learn more at

https://dartsconnects.org/

Sarah Gavin

Caregiving & Aging

Social Worker

FamilyMeans strengthens communities by helping individuals and families through challenges in all life stages. We believe a family consists of people, whether living together or apart, related by blood, marriage, adoption, or the commitment to care for or about one another. In addition to an array of caregiver support services and aging-related community engagement opportunities, FamilyMeans provides counseling and therapy, financial solutions, and youth development programming.


Learn more at https://www.familymeans.org/

Jenny West

Community Educator

FamilyMeans strengthens communities by helping individuals and families through challenges in all life stages. We believe a family consists of people, whether living together or apart, related by blood, marriage, adoption, or the commitment to care for or about one another. In addition to an array of caregiver support services and aging-related community engagement opportunities, FamilyMeans provides counseling and therapy, financial solutions, and youth development programming.


Learn more at https://www.familymeans.org/

Katy Cobb

Case Management

and Senior Services Manager

Jewish Family Service of St. Paul has served individuals and families since 1911. The Aging and Disability Services Department is our largest department and pioneers innovative programs and services to address the changing needs of older adults, such as counseling, caregiver coaching and support, case management, advocacy, meals on wheels, dementia coaching, information and referral, community education as well as services to help alleviate isolation and depression.


Learn more at https://jfssp.org/

Breanna Bosshart

Care Coordination Manager

Jewish Family Service of St. Paul has served individuals and families since 1911. The Aging and Disability Services Department is our largest department and pioneers innovative programs and services to address the changing needs of older adults, such as counseling, caregiver coaching and support, case management, advocacy, meals on wheels, dementia coaching, information and referral, community education as well as services to help alleviate isolation and depression.


Learn more at https://jfssp.org/

Maren Levad

Aging Advocate

Rainbow Health provides a range of supportive services for people who are low-income and HIV+ such as transportation, housing, case-management and emergency-needs services. We identify ways to adapt these offerings to help older adults in the LGBTQ and HIV+ communities. We also carry forward the focus of Training to Serve, which educated those serving older adults on how to best serve the LGBTQ and HIV+ communities.


Learn more at http://www.rainbowhealth.org/

Mark Cullen

Vice President of Strategy

and Business Development

Trellis provides services, connections and innovations to help people thrive as they age.  Through partnerships with community organizations and healthcare organizations, we work to bridge social care and medical care to produce more positive outcomes for individuals and communities. We are committed to reducing disparities in access and ensuring equity and inclusivity.


Learn more at https://trellisconnects.org/

John Doan

Vice President of Operations and Equity

Trellis provides services, connections and innovations to help people thrive as they age.  Through partnerships with community organizations and healthcare organizations, we work to bridge social care and medical care to produce more positive outcomes for individuals and communities. We are committed to reducing disparities in access and ensuring equity and inclusivity.


Learn more at https://trellisconnects.org/

Kelly Moeller

Project Support Coordinator

The University of Minnesota  Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation works to advance interdisciplinary aging science, create meaningful and immersive educational experiences in aging, build and sustain innovations in care and services, and establish vibrant community, governmental, business, and individual collaborations to promote healthy aging for Minnesotans as well as for people across the country.


Learn more at https://www.sph.umn.edu/research/centers/chai/

Mariah Lossing

Director of Programs

Vision Loss Resources creates a community of services, skills and support for people living with vision loss. From independent living skills to social and emotional support, we help those with vision impairment live full lives, participate in their community, and to age in place.


Learn more at https://visionlossresources.org/

Alicia Cline Holum

Senior Director - Older Adults

Volunteers of America - Minnesota and Wisconsin helps people build hope, resilience and well-being with compassion, integrity, and perseverance. We work to close the gap between people and possibility, serving more than 25,000 people across 110 neighborhoods and communities. We coordinate the efforts of 800 employees, 1,600 volunteers. Together, we will continue to step forward.


Learn more at

https://www.voamnwi.org/

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