
Minnesota and Dakotas Chapter Leadership
Chapter Staff


Elizabeth Anderson
Associate Executive Director
Amanda Baldwin
Development Director, Peer to Peer Programs
David Crawford
Senior Development Manager
Alie Kooima
Development Manager
Ellen Cart
Development Manager
Megan Engelhard
Development Manager
Luke Seidel
Development AssistantBreakthrough T1D Minnesota Board of Directors

Ruth Weber Kelley, Board President, DEIB & Executive Council
Head of People and Culture Communications, Cargill
Tony Martins, Nominating, Corporate & Executive Council
Managing Director, Head of CWMG Advisor Growth, Cetera Financial Group
Ann Nerland, Advocacy Chair & Executive Council

Denise Inmon Young, Executive Council
Vice President of Sales, US Channels & eCommerce - General Mills
Andrew Auvinen, Corporate, Nominating & Executive Council
Portfolio Manager, Travelers
Lisa Nelson, Community Engagement & Advocacy
3rd Grade Teacher - ISD 196
Meredith Schwarz, Nominating
VP of M&A, Wealth Enhancement Group
Jennifer McVean, M.D., Advocacy
Medical Affairs Director, Medtronic
Sally Anderson, Corporate & Advocacy

Anders Carlson, M.D., DEIB
Medical Director, Zipnosis at Bright Health
Brock Phillips, Corporate
SVP, Head of Conduct Operations, Wells Fargo
Katie Cochran, Board Member
Regional Account Manager, Novo Nordisk
Jessi Buer, Sioux Falls Walk Chair, Community Engagement
RCA Professional - AML, US Bank
Brad Heitland, Corporate Committee
Business Development Executive, Mortenson
Debbie Evans, Clinical Trials Chair, Advocacy
Clinical Trial Education Volunteer, Breakthrough T1D
Carrie Lambert, Nominating & Governance Chair
Partner, Robins Kaplan, LLP
James Pierce, Research Information Volunteer

Liz Drotning Hartwell
Family Law Attorney & Partner, Henson Efron
Byron Olson
Director of Computational Science & Machine Learning, Abbott
Jenny Lindstrom
General Counsel, LDI
Jake Irey
Director of Client Services, Authentic
Barbara Kosloski
Senior Vice President of Technology, Optum at UnitedHealth Group