Cohort Members

Anna Wasescha (she/her)
President
West Central Initiative

Ben Weaver (he/him)
Artist
Indigenous People's Task Force Indigi-Baby Farmer

Sachiko Graber (she/they)
Climate and Equity Consultant
Waxwing Consulting LLC

Brogan Ludwig (he/him)
Climate Corps Fellow
West Central Initiative

Benjamin Schierer (he/him)
Mayor
City of Fergus Falls

Cedar Walters (she/her)
Climate Officer
West Central Initiative

April Rog (she/her)
Climate Officer and Consultant
West Central Initiative

Pang Lor (she/her)
Registered Nurse
University of Minnesota

Melody Arteaga (she/her)
Environmental Justice Coordinator
COPAL MN

Sabrin Nur (she/they)
Artist
Somali Museum of Minnesota

Theresa McCormick (she/her)
Executive Director
The Good Acre

Hannah Bernhardt (she/her)
Farmer
Medicine Creek Farm

Ashley Fairbanks (she/her)
Creative Director
100% Campaign

Griffin Peck (they/them)
Sustainability Project Coordinator
City of Morris

Drew Arrieta (he/him)
Artist & Storytelling Coordinator
Project Drawdown

Josh Bryceson
Director of Grower Support Programs
The Good Acre

Amanda Nigon-Crowley (she/her)
Executive Director
The Village Agricultural Cooperative

Kim Sin (he/him)
Local Food Development
The Village Agricultural Cooperative

Alika Galloway (she/her)
CEO of NorthSide Healing
Liberty's Northside Healing Space 

Ralph Galloway (he/him)
Co-Pastor
Liberty Community Church

Marne Kaeske (she/her)
Cultural Preservation Specialist
1854 Treaty Authority

Heidi Roop (she/her)
Director
MCAP

Nathan Meyer (he/him)
Associate Director
MCAP

Britta Greene (she/her)
Climate Communications Specialist
MCAP

Maria Tomczik (she/her)
Research Project Specialist
MCAP

Christy Marsden (she/her)
Curriculum Manager
MCAP

Jothsna Harris (she/her)
Founder
Change Narrative