Who's involved

More than 500 people have shared their expertise in the development of Compass.

Compass Funders

3M Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
The Boston Scientific Foundation
Otto Bremer Foundation
Bush Foundation
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Initiative Foundation
Mardag Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
B.C. Gamble, P.W. Skogmo Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Northland Foundation
Northwest Minnesota Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Southwest Initiative Foundation
West Central Initiative
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Compass Governance Committee

Frank Forsberg, Senior Vice President, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Kathy Gaalswyk, President, Initiative Foundation
Marilee Grant, Community Relations Director, Boston Scientific Foundation
MayKao Hang, President and CEO, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Carolyn Link, Executive Director, Blue Cross and Blue Shield
    of Minnesota Foundation
Paul Mattessich, Executive Director, Wilder Research
Tim Penny, President and CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative
Kim Price, Vice President, 3M Community Affairs
Jennifer Ford Reedy, President, Bush Foundation
Tom Renier, President, Northland Foundation
Carleen Rhodes, President and CEO, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners
Sherry Ristau, President and CEO, Southwest Initiative Foundation
Carolyn Roby, Vice President, Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota
Steven Rosenstone, Chancellor, Minnesota State Colleges and University
Randi Roth, Executive Director, Otto Bremer Foundation
Nancy Straw, President, West Central Initiative
Sandra Vargas, President and CEO, The Minneapolis Foundation
Nancy Vyskocil, President, Northwest Minnesota Foundation
Kate Wolford, President, The McKnight Foundation

Compass steering committee

Diane Benjamin, Program Officer, Otto Bremer Foundation
Claire Chang, Associate Vice President, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners
Drew Digby, Regional Labor Market, DEED
Nancy Fasching, Senior Administrator and Grants Officer, Southwest Initiative
    Foundation
MayKao Fredericks, Program Officer, Wells Fargo Foundation
Luz Maria Frias, Vice President, Community, The Minneapolis Foundation
Tim Hanrahan, Director of Communications, The McKnight Foundation
Don Hickman, Vice President, Community, Initiative Foundation
Sean Kershaw, Executive Director, Citizen's League
Jennifer Nelson, Development Director, Southern Minnesota Initiative
Dave Peters, Editorial Director Special Projects, Minnesota Public Radio
Elizabeth Peterson, Director of Research, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Mary Rothschild, Director Strategic Partnerships, Minnesota State College and
   Universities
Erik Torch, Grant Program Manager, Northland Foundation

Compass advisory group co-conveners

Aging – Dawn Simonson, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Children and Youth – Chris Ganzlin, The McKnight Foundation
Civic Engagement – Sean Kershaw, Citizens League
Disparities – Sandra L. Vargas, Minneapolis Foundation
Early Childhood – Barbara Yates, Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
Economy and Workforce – Michael Gorman, Split Rock Partners
Economy and Workforce (Statewide) – Bill Blazar, Minnesota Chamber of    Commerce
   Kathy Tunheim, Senior Advisor to the Governor for Job Creation
Education – Alice Seagren, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education
Education (Statewide)– Brenda Cassellius, Commissioner, Minnesota    Department of Education
   Marilee Grant, Boston Scientific
Environment – Steve Morse, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Health – Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners
Housing – Tim Marx, Commissioner, Minnesota Housing
Immigration – Bill Blazar, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
   Sandra L. Vargas, The Minneapolis Foundation
Public Safety – Tom Johnson, Council on Crime and Justice
Transportation – Bob Johns, Center for Transportation Studies, U. of M.

See all the community members who worked on the advisory groups

Please note, affiliations are as of the time that the groups convened.

wilder research

Compass is led by Wilder Research, a division of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. It is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit research and evaluation groups dedicated to practical research in the field of human services. Located in Saint Paul Minnesota, Wilder Research works with more than 100 organizations each year at the local, state and national level.

compass staff

The following Wilder staff work on the Compass project:

project oversight

Paul W. Mattessich, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Wilder Research
paul.mattessich@wilder.org

PROJECT MANAGER

Craig Helmstetter, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager
craig.helmstetter@wilder.org

Communications

Nancy Hartzler
Communications Manager
nancy.hartzler@wilder.org

RESEARCH team

Megan Chmielewski
Research Associate
megan.chmielewski@wilder.org

Allison Churilla
Research Scientist
allison.churilla@wilder.org

Ruth Hamberg
Research Assistant
ruth.hamberg@wilder.org

April Lott
Data Analyst
april.lott@wilder.org

Peter Mathison
Research Assistant
peter.mathison@wilder.org

Jane Tigan
Research Associate
jane.tigan@wilder.org

Technology

Bryan Lloyd
Associate IT Manager
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