Schedule and Guest Presenters The content and schedule of meetings for the second cohort of Collegeville Institute Fellows (2015-2017) is as follows: Inaugural meeting October 19 (lunch) – 20 (lunch), 2015 at the Collegeville Institute Guest presenters: Abbot John Klassen, Saint John’s Abbey Tim Marx, CEO, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and former Minnesota housing commissioner, St. Paul city attorney, deputy mayor, and lawyer in private practice The Changing Face of Minnesota and Its Implications for the Future January 25 (8:30am) – 26 (4pm), 2016 at the Minnesota Humanities Center 987 Ivy Ave E, St. Paul, MN Guest presenters: Dr. Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer Alberto Fierro-Garza, Head Consul, Consulate of Mexico in St. Paul, Minnesota Dr. Laura Kalambokidis, Minnesota State Economist, and Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota Business and the Future of Minnesota’s Economy April 4 (8:30am) – 5 (4pm), 2016 at the Minnesota Humanities Center Guest presenters: Matt Kramer, President, St. Paul Chamber of Commerce Robert L. Ryan, CFO of Medtronic (retired), and director of Citibank, General Mills, and Stanley Black & Decker Stephen H. Mahle, President of Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Business (retired) and Director of EBR Systems and Sphere Medical, Cambridge, UK Harry Melander, President, Minnesota State Building & Construction Trades Council, and Metropolitan Council Member for District 12 Susan Sands, President of S & B Properties and member of the Women Business Owners Hall of Fame Criminal Justice in Minnesota July 18 (8:30am) – 19 (4pm), 2016 at the Minnesota Humanities Center Guest presenters: Rachel Campbell, Former Program Coordinator, Community Justice Project, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches Timothy Dolan, law enforcement consultant for the Police Executive Research Forum and the Joyce Foundation, and former Police Chief, City of Minneapolis Hillary Freeman, internationally-recognized expert on ex-offender re-entry programs by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the U.S. Department of Justice Denise Reilly, former Presiding Juvenile Court Judge, Civil and Adult Criminal Court Judge, and Trial Judge of the Year in 2010. Now Judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Children’s Justice Initiative Advisory Committee Public Education and the Achievement Gap October 17 (8:30 am) – 18 (4pm), 2016 at the Minnesota Humanities Center Guest presenters: Mary Cecconi, Executive Director of Parents United for Public Schools Pam Costain, President and CEO of Achieve Mpls Bernadeia Johnson, Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools (retired) The Challenges of Health Care in Minnesota January 9 (8:30am) – 10 (4pm), 2017 at the Minnesota Humanities Center Guest presenters: Kathleen (Katia) M. McDonough, MS, RN, WHCNP, nurse practitioner with Hennepin County Red Door Clinic Services focusing on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, and affiliate faculty for clinical education, University of Minnesota School of Nursing Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, MTS, FACP, who is a board-certified internist and pediatrician who has received national and international honors for his work in cross-cultural and integrative medicine Amie Schumacher, MS, Chaplain at St. Cloud Hospital, and an expert on the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study and the impact of adverse childhood experiences on health, and what faith communities can do Donna J. Zimmerman, Vice President of government and community relations of Minnesota-based HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation Poverty in Minnesota May 1 (8:30am) – 2 (4pm), 2017 at the Minnesota Humanities Center Guest presenters: Gail Dorfman, Executive Director, St. Stephens Human Services, member of the Metropolitan Council, and former Hennepin County Commissioner Sean Kershaw, Executive Director, Citizens League Adair Mosley, Chief of Staff, Pillsbury United Communities Cathy ten Broeke, State Director to Prevent and End Homelessness Capstone Meeting July 17 (lunch) – 19 (lunch), 2017 at the Collegeville Institute Guest presenters: Heidi Neumark, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and author of Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx Don Samuels, CEO, MicroGrants, and former Minneapolis City Council member and pastoral leader
