Speakers
Take a look at our speakers scheduled for this event
Hollie Mackey
Chief Executive Officer
NSF AgTech Engine in ND
Matt Dunne
Founder and Executive Director
Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)
Tony Pipa
Senior Fellow – Global Economy and Development
The Brookings Institution
Antonio Paniagua Guzman
Senior Research Associate
Memory Keepers
Mike Joslin
Managing Partner
1842 Fund and Studio
Sarah Smith
Executive Director
Smiles for Jake
Joe Buttweiler
Chief Strategy Officer
CTC
Shayla Budrow
Indigenous Education Coordinator
Brainerd Public Schools
Aaron Molloy
Co-founder and CEO
Paralign Health
Cheryal Hills
Executive Director
Region Five Development Commission (R5DC)
Alex Dunlop
Chief Business Development Officer
LOR Foundation
Morgan Kinross Wright
VP Community Impact and Executive Director
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Anita Patel
Vice President of Grantmaking
Bush Foundation
Brian Voerding
President
Initiative Foundation
Tara Olds
Director of Research and Innovation
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Gina DiMaggio
Director
LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation
Sandra Wilkniss
Senior Director of Behavioral, Population and Public Health
National Academy for State Health Policy
Elana Kieffer Blass
Director of Strategic Alliances
Gerontological Society of America
Krysta Stanenas
Veterans Community Health Analyst
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
Chase Arden
U.S. Army Veteran and Veterans Community Health Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
Alan Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
National Rural Health Association
Lin Nelson
Vice President of Public Affairs
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Matt Varilek
Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Tim Marema
The Daily Yonder
Chad Coauette
Chief Executive Officer
Sourcewell
Melissa Kjolsing
Managing Director
AscendRural
Alina Czekai
Director of Health Transformation, CMCS
Rural Health
Karla Weng
Director of Rural Initiatives
Stratis Health
Caprice Knapp
CMCS
Jennifer Hernandez
Director
CalRHT, HCAI