Staff
Mike Bergman, Executive Director
Kate Shermer, Communications Director
Direct Program Services
Krista Allgor, Direct Program Services Director
Yvonne Kemei, Reception and Placement Case Manager, RCA Eligibility Coordinator
Immigration Legal Services
Christine Phillips, Director of Immigration Legal Services, Attorney at Law
Ashlyn Vosika-Scherzberg, Immigration Counselor
Allegra Drobnick, Immigration Counselor
Tracy Nelson, Immigration Assistant
Refugee Employment Services
Currently Hiring, Employment Counselor
Church Mobilization Ministries
Wendy Meyering, Church Mobilization Ministries Director
Laura Bolduc, Volunteer Coordinator
Adam Cheney, Rochester Area Coordinator
Samantha Grimsley, St. Cloud Area Director
Dennis Murnyak, Church Refugee Gardens Coordinator
Refugee Life Ministries
Akram Matta, Church Team Coordinator
Rebekah Phillips, Church Team and New Neighbor Coordinator
Salem Arts Exchange
Beatrice Mulawarman, SAE Interim Director
Somali Adult Literacy Training
Mike Neterer, SALT Director
David Pestel, SALT Associate Director
Brad Henkel, SALT Program Director
Melissa Petersen, SALT Outreach Program Developer
Nathan Scheele, SALT Willmar Area Coordinator
Board of Directors
Rev. Mark Bendell
Interim Pastor, Delano Evangelical Free Church
Mike Bergman
Executive Director, Arrive Ministries
Gilbert Coleman, Board Treasurer
Missions Coordinator, Maplewood First Evangelical Free Church
Mindy Conradi
Pilot, Delta Air Lines
Patrick Flowers, Board Secretary
Manager, Water Quality Xcel Energy
Pastor Jean Pierre Gatera
International Association for Refugees
Chuck Martel, Board Chair
Vice President, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
Jill McFarling
Senior Vice President of Fraud Analytics and Strategy, U.S. Bank
Art Morrow, Board Vice Chair
Consultant
Cher Moua
Leadership Development & Strategic Partnership, Cru Inner City
Carl Nelson
President, Transform Minnesota
Natalie Schmidt
Elementary Ministry, Emmanuel Covenant Church