Leadership Team

Tracy Crudo

Tracy Crudo

Liz Snyder

Liz Snyder

Traci LaLiberte

Traci LaLiberte

  • Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Welfare Executive Director
  • she/her/hers
  • lali0017@umn.edu
Windy-Ross

Windy Ross

  • DCYF Child Safety and Permanency Division Director of Training and Prevention
  • she/her/hers
  • windy.ross@state.mn.us
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Eric Schnell

  • Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Welfare Director of Strategic Initiatives
  • he/him/his
  • eschnell@umn.edu

Metro Training Team

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Richard Coleman

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Melissa Berg

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Nadia Mohamed

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Muriah Deuth

Nicole-Freeman

Nicole Freeman

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Shan Townsend

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Shay Marlowe

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Specialist
  • he/him/his
  • smarlowe@umn.edu
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Jay Johnson

Amy-Lopez

Amy Lopez

Regional Training Team

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Kristin Malin

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Addie Trettel

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Nicole Davis

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Myrna Klegin

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Bonnie Vang

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Carrie Meiners

Lauren-Rojas

Lauren Rojas

Evaluation and Certification Team

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Jane Fields

Jun Peter Li

Peter Li

Stuart Miller

Stu Miller

Erma-Mujic

Erma Mujic

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Ezgi Havsoy

Educational Technology Innovations (ETI) Partners and IT

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Maddie Grover

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Rita Gauscheman

Brenda Hernandez

Brenda Hernandez

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Amber Sosa

Policy and Operations Team

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Renee Armstrong

  • Supervisor of Training Operations and Policy
  • she/her/hers
  • randers@umn.edu
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Andrea Bartels

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Marissa Kirby-Stofferahn

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Melissa Mendez

Ashlee Vaughan

Ashlee Vaughan

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Brittany Koneczny Palm

Rachel Johnson

Rachel Johnson

Tameisha-Campbell

Tameisha Campbell

Community Trainers

Jody Alholinna

Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry

Rhia Borhmann Spears

Rhia Bornmann-Spears

Amy-Brustuen

Amy Brustuen

Dustin Burford

Ruth Burns

  • Foster Parent College; Assessing Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
  • she/her
  • burns817@umn.edu

Meg Carriveau

Jamie Christianson

Sharon-Chung

S.K. Chung

  • Foundations New Worker Training; LGBTQ+
  • they/them, she/her
  • skchung@umn.edu

Rebecca Church

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Carole Cole

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Sarah Contreras

  • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM); Qualified Individual (QI)
  • she/her
  • contr016@umn.edu

Katie Crowell

Susan-Drucker

Susan Drucker

Alicia Farrington

Alicia Farrington

Emily-Filzen

Emily Filzen

Kate Fitterer

Sara Goodsell

Sara Goodsell

  • Sexually Exploited Youth; Foundations New Worker Training
  • she/her
  • sgoodsel@umn.edu

Inez Grace

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Rachele Green

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Tori Hensley

Carly Hiti

  • Sexually Exploited Youth; Foundations New Worker Training
  • she/her
  • hitix012@umn.edu
Kamyala-Howard

Kamyala Howard

  • Caring for Infants and Toddlers; Foundations New Worker Training
  • she/her
  • howa0141@umn.edu
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Kamisha Johnson

Danette Kimball

Cheryl Kolb-Untinen

Lisa Lindstedt

Tonia Lofton

Tonia Lofton

Michael Looney

Clint Mack

  • Foundations New Worker Training; Foster Parent College
  • he/him
  • mack0248@umn.edu
Breanna-McMullen

Breanna McMullen

Nikki Miller

Scott Miller

Mary Ness

  • Foundations New Worker Training; Structured Decision Making
  • she/her
  • mness@d.umn.edu

Tracy Nielsen

Katie Olson

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Alan O'Malley Laursen

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Luke Pacha

Jenna Peterson

Veasna Pho

Emilie-Potter

Emilie Potter

Stephanie Ptak

Michelle Robertson

Lisa Salo

Tammi Stoos

Amy Sullivan

Diana Teodorescu

Cynthia-Thompson

Cynthia Thompson

DeClara Tripp

DeClara Tripp

Jullian Williams

Julian Williams

Israel Willis

Israel Willis

Operations

Nubia Esparza

Nubia Esparza

  • Operations Manager for the Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Welfare (MICW)
  • nubiae@umn.edu
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Nora Lee

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Paying Thao

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Mallory Walker