Our Team
Annie Perdue-Olson, Interim Managing Director
Christopher Nelson, Development Director
Kate Shermer, Communications Director
Mariia Papushoi, Administrative Coordinator
Direct Program Services
Rebekah Phillips, Director of Refugee Services
Abang Okumu, Program Coordinator, Refugee Cash Assistance
Hannah Norris, Housing Resource Coordinator
Oleksii Nedovba, Preferred Communities Case Manager – Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees
Refugee Employment Services
Briana Williamson, Employment Program Manager
Sayed Basir Salik, Employment Counselor
Matt Blackford, Employment Counselor
Currently Hiring, Employment Counselor
Reception and Placement
Ruth LePage, Reception and Placement Program Manager
Danielle DeRose, Reception and Placement Case Manager
Zachary Hall, Reception and Placement Case Manager
Corinne Kurambil, Reception and Placement Case Manager
Currently Hiring, Reception and Placement Case Manager
Immigration Legal Services
Ashlyn Vosika-Scherzberg, Director of Immigration Legal Services
Allegra Drobnick, Immigration Specialist
Jack Frundt, Immigration Case Aide
Currently Hiring, Immigration Counselor or Immigration Attorney
Church Mobilization Ministries
Wendy Meyering, Director of Church Mobilization Ministries
Brad Henkel, Strategy Coordinator
Rochester
Adam Cheney, Rochester Area Coordinator
St. Cloud
Samantha Grimsley, St. Cloud Area Director
Melissa Oler, St. Cloud Area Coordinator
Willmar
Jenny Groen, Willmar Area Coordinator
Good Neighbor Program
Currently Hiring, Good Neighbor Program Manager
Kayla Hall, Good Neighbor Coordinator
Madeline Kertzmann, Good Neighbor Coordinator
Akram Matta, Good Neighbor Coordinator
Currently Hiring, Good Neighbor Coordinator
Education Programs
Sem Lafleur, Education Programs Manager
Melissa Petersen, Language Resource Coordinator
KC Moua, Education Programs Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Arrive Ministries is a refugee resettlement agency providing essential services and practical assistance to refugees and immigrants to advance self-sufficiency. We mobilize volunteers, in partnership with local churches, to extend love and friendship to our new neighbors to promote thriving in a new homeland.