Incorporating her background in public health and nonprofit leadership, Brigid now supports others in forwarding their important work. She has a decade of experience guiding strategic planning efforts, promoting community engagement, developing specialized training, and offering coaching services. She is a certified ToP® facilitator and Mentor Trainer, using facilitation tools that emphasize authentic participation by all. Ms. Riley holds an undergraduate degree from the University of St. Catherine, Saint Paul, MN, and a Master of Public Health from the University of Minnesota. She is an alumna of the Policy Fellows program at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, and the Emerging Leaders Network, a leadership development program of Minnesota Public Health Association. She received the Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award from the Minnesota Department of Health for her work to promote adolescent sexual health for Minnesota youth.

Kia Moua consults and trains on racial equity and intercultural collaboration, and she has organized social justice events at the local, national, and international scale. Kia was founding Co-Director of the Hmong Women’s Oral History Project in La Crosse, WI and has served on the boards of the West Side Safe Neighborhood Council, Community Neighborhood Housing Services, Hmong College Prep Academy, Hmong Women Achieving Together, and the West Side Community Organization. Kia is a contracted facilitator for the Anti-Defamation League with the K-12 World of Difference Curriculum and Managing Implicit Bias for Law Enforcement. She is a Child Welfare Foundations Supervisor and Trainer for the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Kia is a co-developer of the Diamond Inclusiveness Assessment™ (DIA) and a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). She holds a Master of Human Development degree with an emphasis on Antiracism Studies from Saint Mary’s University.

With a background in youth arts education, community engagement, and volunteer coordination, Sherry Johnson understands the power of a clear, compelling purpose to lead community and organizational development. As founder of Cultivate Strategy, Sherry advises nonprofits, public health leaders, and small businesses in strategy and working in complexity. Drawing from her personal experience with a midlife autism diagnosis, she helps clients transform by engaging intuition, embracing mindfulness, and releasing long-held narratives that have stifled their growth. Sherry is a skilled facilitator, coach, and curriculum designer who weaves racial-, gender-, and ability-equity principles into all of her work. She currently serves as a board member of the Summit Hill Association. Sherry is a Certified ToP Facilitator, a Qualified ToP Trainer, and a certified facilitator of the Diamond Inclusiveness Assessment™ (DIA). She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Education from the University of St. Catherine.