Heather Scheiwe, Board Chair
Heather Scheiwe is the founding editor of Alive Magazine/Alive Arts Media. She is now pursuing her law degree at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. She is a former employee of Christians for Biblical Equality and Rocky Ridge Music Center, and a freelance writer and editorialist.
Janelle Schulenberg, Vice-Chair
Janelle Schulenberg is the founder and managing partner of Tacet Consulting, LLC, an international management consulting firm founded in 1996 specializing in growth strategy planning and execution. A 20 year veteran of the marketing arena, she has worked with organizations public and private, local and global. She is a vice president on the University of St. Thomas alumni board and was inducted into The Society of the Arches, an organization recognizing longevity in volunteerism. Janelle is also a member and past president of the Circle Lake Area Association board and resides in Faribault, Minnesota.
Heather Mattson, Secretary
Heather Mattson works as a Clinical Data Specialist for Medtronic Neuromodulation. She is a former staff member of Youthworks! Inc., and HealthPartners Research Intern. She is an actively volunteers with various groups including the Medtronic Foundation (Rebuilding Together, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon), Christ Presbyterian Church (St. Anne's children, Feed My Starving Children, World Vision trip to El Salvador), and Catalyst Learning (Math Tutor).
Judy Jandro, Treasurer
Judy Jandro is Vice President and Commercial Lending Officer with Highland Bank in Minnetonka. She was recognized by Twins Cities Finance and Commerce as a Top Woman in Finance in 2008 and through the City of Minneapolis as the Top 2% Lender in 2006. Volunteer history includes Northside Taskforce, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Animal Humane Society, Loaves and Fishes, Families Moving Forward, Hope Walks, Feed My Starving Children, Urban Homeworks and Acsension Place.
Jim Scheibel, Development Committee Co-Chair
Jim Scheibel has a long history of community activism and promotion of volunteerism through his work with several social service organizations and his service in elected office as St. Paul Councilmember, Council President and Mayor. He currently serves as interim Executive Director of Campus Compact, a national organization promoting service-learning in higher education. During the Clinton Administration, he served as director of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). He is the former Executive Director of Project for Pride in Living (PPL), Community Action Partnership, and Ramsey Action Programs, and now teaches various courses in government & nonprofit ethics at local colleges and universities.
Martha Franke, Wellness Adviser
Martha Franke is owner of Creative Coaching, LLC, licensed by the MN Board of Social Work as an LICSW and certified as a Master Life Coach Practitioner. She has been a clinical social worker since 1993 and entered the field of life coaching in 2003. She speaks to a variety of groups: churches, parent & mom groups, ECFE classes, women's conferences, and at Well Within, an integrative and holistic wellness resource.
Vernae Hasbargen, Member
Vernae Hasbargen is active in public service as a board member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Clearway Minnesota, which improves the health of Minnesotans by reducing tobacco use; and the Foundation of School District 846. She is an advisor to the Freeman Forum at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and to Growth and Justice's Education Steering Committee. She is a former Breckenridge school board member, trustee of the Blandin Foundation, and executive director of the Minnesota Rural Education Association.