Leadership
Chapter Staff
Carolyn Sharratt
Executive Director
Elizabeth Anderson
Associate Executive Director
Amanda Baldwin
Development Director, Peer to Peer Programs
Email: ABaldwin@BreakthroughT1D.org
David Crawford
Senior Development Manager
Alie Kooima
Development Manager
Email: AKooima@BreakthroughT1D.org
Ellen Cart
Development Manager
Email: ECart@BreakthroughT1D.org
Megan Engelhard
Development Manager
Luke Seidel
Development Assistant
Email: LSeidel@BreakthroughT1D.org
Breakthrough T1D Minnesota Board of Directors
Ruth Weber Kelley, Board President, DEIB & Executive Council
Head of People and Culture Communications, Cargill
Email: ruth_weberkelley@cargill.com
Tony Martins, Nominating, Corporate & Executive Council
Managing Director, Head of CWMG Advisor Growth, Cetera Financial Group
Ann Nerland, Advocacy Chair & Executive Council
Email: ahnerland@comcast.net
Denise Inmon Young, Executive Council
Vice President of Sales, US Channels & eCommerce - General Mills
Email: denise.inmon@genmills.com
Andrew Auvinen, Corporate, Nominating & Executive Council
Portfolio Manager, Travelers
Email: aauvinen@travelers.com
Lisa Nelson, Community Engagement & Advocacy
3rd Grade Teacher - ISD 196
Email: lisajoynelson@gmail.com
Meredith Schwarz, Nominating
VP of M&A, Wealth Enhancement Group
Email: meredithlschwarz@gmail.com
Jennifer McVean, M.D., Advocacy
Medical Affairs Director, Medtronic
Email: jennifermcvean@gmail.com
Sally Anderson, Corporate & Advocacy
Email: awsanderson@mac.com
Anders Carlson, M.D., DEIB
Medical Director, Zipnosis at Bright Health
Email: anderslcarlson1@gmail.com
Brock Phillips, Corporate
SVP, Head of Conduct Operations, Wells Fargo
Katie Cochran, Board Member
Regional Account Manager, Novo Nordisk
Email: kaps@novonordisk.com
Jessi Buer, Sioux Falls Walk Chair, Community Engagement
RCA Professional - AML, US Bank
Email: jessi.buer@hotmail.com
Brad Heitland, Corporate Committee
Business Development Executive, Mortenson
Debbie Evans, Clinical Trials Chair, Advocacy
Clinical Trial Education Volunteer, Breakthrough T1D
Email: debbieaevans1@gmail.com
Carrie Lambert, Nominating & Governance Chair
Partner, Robins Kaplan, LLP
Email: clambert@robinskaplan.com
James Pierce, Research Information Volunteer
Email: jm.pierce@comcast.net
Liz Drotning Hartwell
Family Law Attorney & Partner, Henson Efron
Email: ehartwell@hensonefron.com
Byron Olson
Director of Computational Science & Machine Learning, Abbott
Email: byron.olson@gmail.com
Jenny Lindstrom
General Counsel, LDI
Jake Irey
Director of Client Services, Authentic
Email: jirey7@gmail.com
Barbara Kosloski
Senior Vice President of Technology, Optum at UnitedHealth Group
Email: barbara.kosloski@comcast.net
Molly Carlson
Park Nicollet
Email: molly.buckler@gmail.com
