Staff
Mike Bergman, Executive Director
Christopher Nelson, Development Director
Kate Shermer, Communications Director
Direct Program Services
Rebekah Phillips, Director of Refugee Services
Yvonne Kemei, Reception and Placement Case Manager, RCA Eligibility Coordinator
Currently Hiring, Program Coordinator, Refugee Cash Assistance and Resettlement
Immigration Legal Services
Christine Phillips, Director of Immigration Legal Services, Attorney at Law
Allegra Drobnick, Immigration Counselor
Ashlyn Vosika-Scherzberg, 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
Akram Matta, Refugee Life Ministries Church Team Coordinator
Kelsey Manfred, Church Mobilization Ministries Coordinator and Sewing
Matt Blackford, Church Mobilization Ministries Coordinator
Adam Cheney, Rochester Area Coordinator
Samantha Grimsley, St. Cloud Area Director
Melissa Oler, St. Cloud Area Coordinator
Dennis Murnyak, Church Refugee Gardens Coordinator
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 Ministries
Mike Bergman
Executive Director, Arrive Ministries
Mindy Conradi
Retired 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, Medica
Jill McFarling
Senior Vice President of Fraud Analytics and Strategy, U.S. Bank
Cher Moua
Leadership Development & Strategic Partnership, Cru Inner City
Carl Nelson
President, Transform Minnesota
Natalie Schmidt
Elementary Ministry, Emmanuel Covenant Church
