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COMPASS ADVISORY GROUPS

The following are the committees who have helped to shape the Compass topic areas. Names and affiliations are listed as of completion of the work of each group. (In most cases,summer, 2007.)The Environment Advisory Group completed its work in September 2008, the Aging Advisory Group completed its work in August 2009, the Immigration Advisory Group completed its work in December 2009, and the Children & Youth Advisory Group completed its work in October 2010. Please let us know if we have included or omitted your name in error.

Aging Advisory Group

Dawn Simonson, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging – Co-convener
Yvonne Barrett, The Saint Paul Foundation
Ann Beckman, Metropolitan Council
Dave Bergstrom, Minnesota State Retirement System
Todd Bergstrom, Care Providers of Minnesota
Mary Birchard, Alzheimer's Association of Minnesota and North Dakota
Laura Bloomberg, Center for School Change, University of Minnesota
Katy Boone, Office on Aging, Carver County Public Health
Jeff Bostic, Aging Services of Minnesota
Kent Bottles, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Julie Brunner, Minnesota Council of Health Plans
Patti Cullen, Care Providers of Minnesota
Kim Dayton, William Mitchell College of Law
Lisa Edstrom, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Nancy Eustis, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Michele Fedderly, Hospice Minnesota
Lucy Rose Fischer
Cheryl Frank, Inver Hills Community College
Hal Freshley, Minnesota Board on Aging
Kathleen Gaylord, Dakota County
Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demography Center
Dick Graham, Inver Hills Community College
Francis Harris, Urban Partnership
Mark Hoisser, DARTS
Kate Houston, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Neil Johnson, Minnesota Home Care Association
Nan Just, SE Metro SAIL
Sean Kershaw, Citizens League
Michele Kimball, AARP MN
LaRhae Knatterud, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Gayle Kvenvold, Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance
Jennifer Lundblad, Stratis Health
Deb McKinley, Stratis Health
Robert Meiches, Minnesota Medical Association
Brenda Norman, Minnesota Management and Budget
Greg Owen, Wilder Research
Deb Paone, Normandale Center for Healing and Wholeness
Ed Ratner, Minnesota Medical Directors Association
Tracy Smith, City of Bloomington
Dan Strittmater, Presbyterian Homes and Services
Catherine Sullivan, Minnesota Gerontological Society
Lucy Swift, Twin Cities Public Television
Lezlie Taylor, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Connie Waldera, Washington County Public Health and Environment
Leni Wilcox, Community Services for the Elderly, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Lois Yellowthunder, Hennepin County

Children and Youth Advisory Group

Chris Ganzlin, The McKnight Foundation – Co-convener
Shaina Abraham, YouthCARE
Christa Anders, Advance Consulting
Allison Anfinson, Minnesota Department of Education
Kara Arzamendia, Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
Yvonne Barrett, The Saint Paul Foundation
Peter Benson, Search Institute
Dale Blythe, Center for Youth Development, University of Minnesota
Sheila Carrington, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Laurie Davis, Advance Consulting
Ann DeGroot, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Kari Denissen Cunnien, Second Shift, St. Paul Mayor's Office
James Garness, Xcel Energy Foundation
Michelle Gerrard, Wilder Research
Joellen Gonder-Spacek, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Julie Green, Golden Eagles, Minneapolis American Indian Center
Aretha Green-Rupert, Otto Bremer Foundation
Marjorie Greivous, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Lynn Haglin, Northland Foundation
Maureen Hartman, Hennepin County Library System
Margo Herman, University of Minnesota Extension
Greg Herzog, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Beth Holger-Ambrose, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Cara Ibrahim, Carlson Family Foundation
Catherine Jordan, Children, Youth and Families Consortium, University of Minnesota
Karen Kolb Peterson, Saint Paul Public Library
Jim Koppel, Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
Mary Kosak, Blandin Foundation
Laura LaCroix-Dalluhn, Youth Community Connections
Val LaFave, Golden Eagles, Minneapolis American Indian Center
Mary LaGarde, Golden Eagles, Minneapolis American Indian Center
Anita Larson, Hamline University
Kathy Lentz, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Jane Leonard, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Nancy LeTourneau, Saint Paul Youth Services
Jean Locke, United Way of Olmsted County
Craig Luedemann, YouthCARE
Richard Mammen, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation
Denise Mayotte, The Sheltering Arms Foundation
Cara Miller, Minnesota 4-H Foundation
Tom Miller, TCM Consulting
Milica Mitterhauser, Retired
Deborah Moore, Center for Youth Development
Annie Nelson Ogunro, Bolder Options
Kathleen O'Donnell, The Minneapolis Foundation
Sheila Oehrlein, Minnesota Department of Education
Colleen O'Keefe, Sauer Children's Renew Foundation
Michael Resnick, University of Minnesota
Carleen Rhodes, The Saint Paul Foundation
Brigid Riley, Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
Polly Roach, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Pete Rode, Minnesota Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics
Beki Saito, 4-H Youth Development Center, University of Minnesota
Damon Shoholm, Wilder Center for Communities
Brian Silverson-Hall, Minnesota School Age Care Alliance
April Sutor, United Way of Olmsted County
Amy Syversten, Search Institute
Nancy Tellor, The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
Carol Thomas, Minnesota Department of Education
Joyce Walker, University of Minnesota
Karen Woodward, Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation
Nou Yang, Wilder Center for Communities
Bass Zanjani, Hennepin County, Department of Health & Family Support

Civic Engagement Advisory Group

Sean Kershaw, Citizens League – Co-convener
Dean Alger, Consultant
Marcia Avner, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Ronnie Brooks, Wilder Center for Communities, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
David Curle, Minnesota Policy Soup
Angela Eilers, Growth & Justice
Elaine Eschenbacher, Center for Democracy and Citizenship
Robert Fox, Metropolitan State University
Kao Ly Ilean Her, Council on Asian-Pacific Americans
Mark Hiemenz, Hands On Twin Cities
Annamarie Hill-Kleinhans, Indian Affairs Council
Larry Jacobs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
Vivian Jenkins Nelson, League of Women Voters Minnesota
Jay Kiedrowski, Center for Nonprofit Leadership, University of Minnesota
Anita Larson, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
Debbie Lee, Junior League of St. Paul
Annette Meeks, Metropolitan Council
Mitch Pearlstein, Center of the American Experiment
Nan Skelton, Center for Democracy and Citizenship

Communications Advisory Group

James R. Boyle, Tunheim Partners
Mike Burbach, St. Paul Pioneer Press
David Curle, Minnesota Policy Soup
Tim Hanrahan, McKnight Foundation
John Manning, Minnesota Private College Council
Jeff Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio
Marsha Pitts-Phillips, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Lucy Swift, TPT

Disparities Advisory Group

Sandra L. Vargas, Minneapolis Foundation – Co-convener
Roger Banks, Council on Black Minnesotans
Jesse Bethke Gomez, CLUES
Claire Chang, The Saint Paul Foundation
Joan Cleary, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Minnesota Foundation
Rodolfo Guttierez, HACER
Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota
Kao Ly Ilean Her, Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans
Annamarie Hill-Kleinhans, Indian Affairs Council
Shawn Huckleby, Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative
Adeel Lari, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Allan Malkis, NorthWay Community Trust
Carlos Mariani-Rosa, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership
Kristine Martin, Hennepin County
Jeffrey Matson, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Ron McKinley, Fieldstone Alliance
Yusef Mgeni, St. Paul Public Schools
Mariam Mohamed, McKnight Foundation
Rogelio Munoz, Minnesota Chicano Latino Affairs Council
Kahn Nguyen, Northwest Area Foundation
Marthand Nookala, Hennepin County
Myron Orfield, Institute on Race and Poverty
Gloria Perez-Jordan, The Jeremiah Program
Elizabeth Peterson, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce, Wilder Research
Jo-Anne Stately, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Lee Pao Xiong, Center for Hmong Studies, Concordia College

Early Childhood Advisory Group

Barb Yates, Minnesota Early Learning Foundation – Co-convener
Ada Alden, Consultant
Jim Bartholomew, Minnesota Business Partnership
Richard Chase, Wilder Research
Christine Ganzlin, McKnight Foundation
Jane Kretzmann, Bush Foundation
Anita Larson, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
Scott McConnell, University of Minnesota
Barbara O’Sullivan, Minnesota Department of Education
Todd Otis, Ready 4 K
Carol Rohde, Resources for Child Caring
Elaine Salinas, MIGIZI Communications
Judy Schumacher, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Deb Swenson-Klatt, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Kathryn Tout, Child Trends
Megan Waltz, Ready 4 K

Economy and Workforce Advisory Group

Michael Gorman, Split Rock Partners – Co-convener
John S. Adams, University of Minnesota
Paul Anton, Wilder Research
Bill Blazar, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Jim Campbell, Retired Chairman, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota
Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota
Martha Elizabeth (M.E.) Head, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Steve Hine, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Todd Klingel, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce
Nan Madden, Minnesota Budget Project
Annette Meeks, Metropolitan Council
Brenda Norman, Governor’s Workforce Development Council
Steve Rothschild, Twin Cities RISE!
Bruce Steuernagel, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
Tom Stinson, Minnesota Department of Finance
Carrie Thomas, Jobs Now Coalition
Mark Vander Schaaf, Metropolitan Council
Charlie Weaver, Minnesota Business Partnership
Luke Weisberg, Lukeworks LLC

Education Advisory Group

Alice Seagren, Minnesota Department of Education – Co-convener
Jim Bartholomew, Minnesota Business Partnership
Laura Bloomberg, Center for School Change
Ernest C. Davenport, Jr., University of Minnesota
Phil Davis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC)
Kenneth Dragseth, Consultant
Meredith Fergus, Minnesota Private College Council
Roger Giroux, Anoka/Hennepin School District
Susan Heegaard, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
David Heistad, Minneapolis Public Schools
Tom Holman, The Morning Foundation
Eric Jolly, Science Museum of Minnesota
Judith Kahn, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Ted Kolderie, Education Evolving
Mark Misukanis, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Carlos Mariani-Rosa, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership
Yusef Mgeni, St. Paul Public Schools
Dan Mueller, Wilder Research
Valerie Pace, IBM
Patty Phillips, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Public Schools
Kate Rubin, Minnesota High Technology Association
Don Samuels, Ward 5, Minneapolis City Council
Elona Street-Stewart, St. Paul School Board

Environment Advisory Group

Steve Morse, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – Co-convener
Russ Adams, Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
Michael Anschel, Otogawa-Anschel Design-Build LLC
Rebecca Baumann, The Minnesota Project
Ken Bradley, Clean Water Action Minnesota
Jim Chiles, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Whitney Clark, Friends of the Mississippi River
Julia Earl, Preventing Harm Minnesota
Jim Erkel, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Jenna Fletcher, Trust for Public Land
Edward Garvey, Minnesota Department of Commerce
Terry Gips, Sustainability Associates
Jeff Heegaard, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Jamie Heipel, The Green Institute
Don Hickman, Initiative Foundation
Glen Hill, Minnesota Food Association
Steve Hobbs, Belwin
Anne Hunt, Office of Mayor Coleman, St. Paul
Mike Kelly, Rehbein Environmental Solutions
Peggy Ladner, The Nature Conservancy
Peggy Leppik, Metropolitan Council
Jill Mazullo, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Gene Merriam, Freshwater Society
Michael Noble, Fresh Energy
Kathleen Schuler, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Sheldon Strom, Center for Energy and Environment
Rolf Thompson, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Joci Tilsen, Minnesota Food Association
Sally Wakefield, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
John Wells, Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
Keith Wendt, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Health Advisory Group

Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners – Co-convener
Peter Benner, AFSCME
Lois Berndt, West Side Community Health Services
Julie Brunner, Minnesota Council of Health Plans
Frank B. Cerra, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota
Jim Chase, Minnesota Community Measurement
Melanie Countryman, Carver County Public Health
Marie Dotseth, National Institute of Health Policy
John R. Finnegan Jr., University of Minnesota
Rob Fulton, Ramsey County Public Health
Dorii Gbolo, Open Cities Health Center
Stefan Gildemeister, Minnesota Department of Health
Tom Griffin, Minnesota Institute of Public Health
Mary Sue Hansen, Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative
James Jordan, Hamm Clinic
Sanne Magnan, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Robert Meiches, Minnesota Medical Association
Robert Nesheim, Hamm Clinic
Richard Pettingill, Allina Hospitals and Clinics
Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce, Wilder Research
Erin Sexton, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Mark Sonneborn, Minnesota Hospital Association
SuzAnn Stenso-Velo, Metro Data Planners
Roxanne Tisdale, Open Cities Health Center
David Wessner, Park Nicollet Health Services

Housing Advisory Group

Timothy Marx, Commissioner, Minnesota Housing – Co-convener
Dan Bartholomay, McKnight Foundation
Glenn Dorfman, Minnesota Association of Realtors
Joseph Errigo, Former President & CEO, Common Bond Communities
Tom Fulton, Family Housing Fund
Karen Gajeski, Bremer Bank
Chris Galler, Minnesota Association of Realtors
Edward Goetz, Ph.D., Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Michael Grover, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jon Gutzmann, St. Paul Public Housing Agency
Chip Halbach, Minnesota Housing Partnership
George Karvel, University of St. Thomas
Barbara Lukermann, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Michael Noonan, Twin Cities Builders Association
Colleen O'Brien, HousingLink
Carolyn Olson, Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation
Myron Orfield, Institute on Race and Poverty
Pam Perri Weaver, Builders Association of Minnesota
Guy Peterson, Metropolitan Council
Paul Rebholz, Wells Fargo & Co.
James Solem, former Commissioner of Minnesota Housing
Libby Starling, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Richard Todd, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Maureen Warren, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Immigration Advisory Group

William Blazar, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce – Co-convener
Sandra L. Vargas, Minneapolis Foundation – Co-convener
Jocelyn Ancheta, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Bruce Corrie, College of Business and Organizational Leadership, Concordia University
Laura Danielson, Fredrikson & Byron LLP
Michael Darger, University of Minnesota Extension
Mitch Davis, Davis Family Dairies
Gloria Contreras Edin, Edin Consulting, LLC
Dr. Hamdy El-Sawaf, Al-Wafaa Center for Human Services
Nancy Fasching, Southwest Initiative Foundation
Katherine Fennelly, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Brad Finstad, Center for Rural Policy and Development
Bob Fitch, Minnesota Landscape and Nursery Association
Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographer
Rodolfo Gutierrez, HACER
MayKao Hang, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Julie Hara, Marbrook Foundation
Ilean Her, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
John Keller, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Bricker Lavik, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Ruby Lee, Northwest Area Foundation
Bob Lefebvre, Minnesota Milk Producers Association
Carlos Mariani, State of Minnesota
Daryn McBeth, Minnesota Agri-Growth Council
Jessica Meyerson, Wilder Research
Christa Otteson, Wilder Research
Greg Owen, Wilder Research
David Siegel, Hospitality Minnesota
Stacia Smith, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Jo-Anne Stately, Minneapolis Foundation
Joe Swedberg, Hormel Foods
Rosa Tock, Chicano Latino Affairs Council
Neal Young, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Public Safety Advisory Group

Tom Johnson, Council on Crime and Justice – Co-convener
Tom Adkins, Washington County
Mark Anderson, Barbara Schneider Foundation
Carol Arthur, Domestic Abuse Project
Roger Banks, Council on Black Minnesotans
Jude Foster, Sexual Violence Center
Luz Frias, Mayor’s Office, City of St. Paul
Michael Friedman, Legal Rights Center
Cheryl Holm-Hansen, Wilder Research
Robert Johnson, Anoka County
Fred LaFleur, Hennepin County
Sharon Lubinski, Minneapolis Police Department
Dr. Ruth Lynfield, Minnesota Department of Health
Tim O’Malley, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Myron Orfield, Institute on Race and Poverty
Sherman Patterson, Mayor’s Office, City of Minneapolis
Michael Paymar, State of Minnesota
Dan Pepper, Washington County
V. J. Smith, MAD DADS
John Stuart, State of Minnesota
Sarah Welter, Minnesota Supreme Court Administrator’s Office

Technical Advisory Committee

Carol Berde, Strategy Consulting for Nonprofits and Philanthropies
Will Craig, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Tom Gillaspy, State of Minnesota
Todd Graham, Metropolitan Council
John Gunyou, City of Minnetonka
Ellery July, Minnesota Housing Partnership
Jay Kiedrowski, Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Toby Madden, Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota
Herman J. Milligan, Wells Fargo & Co.
Elizabeth Peterson, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Jeffrey Schneider, City of Minneapolis
Tom Stinson, Minnesota Department of Finance
Tom Walkington, Hennepin County
Tom Wegner, Land O’Lakes

Transportation Advisory Group

Robert Johns, Center for Transportation Studies – Co-convener
Gary Davis, University of Minnesota
Robert Dunphy, Urban Land Institute
Jim Erkel, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Randy Halvorson, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Tim Henkel, Mn/DOT
John Hourdos, University of Minnesota
Curtis Johnson, Citistates Group
Connie Kozlak, Metropolitan Council
James Kranig, Mn/DOT
Kevin Krizek, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Byron Laher, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Adeel Lari, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
David Levinson, University of Minnesota
Henry Liu, University of Minnesota
Robert Luckow, Hennepin County
Stephanie Malinoff, Center for Transportation Studies
Panos Michalopoulos, University of Minnesota
Dave Van Hattum, Transit for Livable Communities

Data Assistance

We would like to extend special thanks to the following people who assisted us with collecting data:
Pam Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Allison Anfinson, Minnesota Department of Education
Kristen Boelcke-Stennes, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Brenda Brannick, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Danette Buskovick, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
David Christopherson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Peter Ciborowski, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Kerstin Forsythe, Minnesota Department of Education
Stefan Gildemeister, Minnesota Department of Health
Andy Holdsworth, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Steve Kloiber, Metropolitan Council
Urban Landreman, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department
Howard Markus, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Judy Palermo, Minnesota Department of Health
Kari Palmer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Debby Kay Peterson, Minnesota Department of Education
Sharon Pfeifer, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Nagi Salem, Minnesota Department of Health
Jean Schermer, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Joe Schindler, Minnesota Hospital Association
Alison Slaats, 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Julie Sonier, Minnesota Department of Health
Mark Sonneborn, Minnesota Hospital Association
Libby Starling, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Linda Stevens, Minnesota Department of Health
Ted Vernon, Minnesota Department of Education
Jonathan Walseth, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Cathy Wegner, Minnesota Department of Education