special thanks to our board of ambassadors!

Chicago

Chad LaMont
Northwestern Mutual
 

Kory LaMont
Baxter International, Inc.

Cara Pagels
Community Volunteer

Michelle Pretlow
OneStream Software
 

Richard Rieger
Huron Consulting Group

Thomas Teach
Century Foam

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Los Angeles

Debbie D'Abruzzi
BMT Survivor

Breanne Forstrom
Community Volunteer

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Eric Forstrom
Greener Pastures Charitable Foundation, Inc.

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Manny Jay
Stylist & Art Director

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Krissy Kobata
Chair
Community Volunteer

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Jason Labinger
Community Volunteer

Jared Lipscomb
Makeup Artist

Kristy Nguyen
California State University, Long Beach

Erin Van Dorn
Community Volunteer

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Minneapolis

Jason Ahlgren

Experience Chair
Riverbridge Partners, LLC
 

Katie Amys
Minnesota Wild
 

Sarah Aulik
Be The Match
 

Annie Ballantine

Lead BoA Chair
The Soul of Style
 

Heidi Bohachek
Be The Match
 

Yung-Tsi Bolon
Be The Match
 

Colleen Brady

Lead Ambassador, Live Auction
Clinical Research Studies Scientist
 

Alicia Carlson
Community Volunteer
 

Lorenzo Dandrea
Hot Dish Advertising
 

Toni Dandrea
Media Bridge Advertising

Tara Dewitt

Health Partners
 

Haley Dickson
Foodsby

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Natalie Dorsey
Riverbridge Partners, LLC
 

Susan Eiden

Lead Ambassador, Raffle
SDK Technical Services/SDK Software Inc.

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Kevin Endres

INSPECTORIO

Annie Eversman
Minnesota Timberwolves
 

Peter Favilla
Pentair

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Anna Gallenberger
Meredith Motel & Talent Agency LLC

Allison Guthrie
Ecolab
 

Katie Harris
Mayo Clinic
 

Annie Heggernes
EAC Product Development Solutions
 

Lisa Hellem
Co-Lead Ambassador, Experience
Anastasi Jellum, P.A. 
 

Andre Hollins
Community Volunteer
 

Heidi Hoyt
Community Volunteer
 

Alex Hubbell
Community Volunteer
 

Matt Hugdahl
SkyWater Search Partners
 

Nick Jellum
Anastasi Jellum, P.A. 
 

Bethany Keyl
Be The Match
 

Lauren Kvasnicka
Sustainable Resources Center

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Andrew Larson

Creative Color Solutions

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Kelly Lieser
Lead Ambassador, Peer-to-Peer
Thrivent Financial

Kristi Lindstrom
Be The Match
 

Joan Maher
Pure Storage
 

Kelly McQueen
PNC Bank
 

James Meyerson

Co-Lead Ambassador, Experience
Optum
 

Melissa Mignano
Be The Match
 

Kendra Mummah
Willis Towers Watson
 

Mary Foster Murray

Lead Ambassador, Restaurant Row
Great Southern Bank
 

Renee O'Brien
Be The Match
 

Kris Poppi
Sobi
 

Amy Ronneberg
Be The Match
 

Laura Schwarz
Be The Match

Julie Smolich
Be The Match
 

Tim Tripp
Be The Match
 

Pearl Wistl
Be The Match

New York

Brian Berg
Publicis Media

John Camiolo
John James Benefits, Ltd.

Victoria Castiglione
DX Global

Karen Cohen
Community Volunteer

Gary Goldberg
Aon

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Bruce Manasevit
The Manasevit Group, Merrill Lynch
Wealth & Investment Management

B.J. Michaels
Bank of America

Roger Paschke
Hearst Corporation

Abby West
Audible

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Ohio

Kristin Barrett
Mahoning County

Daniel Cox
Student

Patrick Ginnetti
Chair
Mahoning County

Chris Kogelnik
CT Consultants

Angela Van
Mahoning County

St. Louis

Joe Church
Merrill Lynch

Jim Lewis
Chair
Community Volunteer

Stephanie Walsh
Merrill Lynch

Interested in joining our Board of Ambassadors?
Contact Kaela Anderson at kanders2@nmdp.org for more information.