Staff and Board
Administration & Operations
Mary LaGarde
White Earth Nation
Executive Director
Office: (612) 879-1750
mlagarde@maicnet.org
Star LaDeaux
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate – Santee
Executive Assistant & Gatherings Cafe Grants Manager
Office: (612) 879-1780
sladeaux@maicnet.org
Natalie Rademacher
Grand Portage Ojibwe descendant
Communications Coordinator
Cell: (507) 476-7448
Office: (612) 879-1772
nrademacher@maicnet.org
Linda Harris
Development/Evaluation Coordinator
lharris@maicnet.org
Andrew Newton
Operations Manager
Office: (612) 879-1722
anewton@maicnet.org
Finance Department
Office: (612) 879-1707
maicfinance@maicnet.org
Roger Roan Eagle
Lead Security
Melanie Hawkins
Lead Custodian
Family Services
Laura Newton
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
Program Director
Cell: (612) 419-3522
Office: (612) 879-1714
lnewton@maicnet.org
Kassidy Korbitz
Bright Beginnings Coordinator/Data Manager
Cell: (612) 468-6940
Office: (612) 879-1735
kkorbitz@maicnet.org
Shania Thompson
Bright Beginnings Case Manager
sthompson@maicnet.org
Mikayla Maxwell
Ihanktonwan Nakota/Dakota, Red Lake Ojibwe, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo
Tribal Liaison Supervisor
Cell: (612)760-6037
Office: (612) 879-1724
mmaxwell@maicnet.org
Elise LaGarde
White Earth Ojibwe
Tribal Liaison
Cell (612) 431-5277
Office (612) 879-1741
elagarde@maicnet.org
Rachel LaRose
Fond du Lac Ojibwe
Indigenous Women’s Life Net Coordinator/Case Manager
Cell: (952) 356-4011
Office: (612) 879-1736
rlarose@maicnet.org
Rebecca Jackson
Leech Lake Ojibwe
Indigenous Women’s Life Net Housing Case Manager
Cell: (651) 392-1262
rejackson@maicnet.org
Christine Pedersen
ICWA Court Monitor
cpedersen@maicnet.org
Raeven Wishteyah
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Case Aid
Cell: (612) 468-6972
Office: (612) 879-1715
rwishteyah@maicnet.org
Claudia Smith
Diné
Bright Beginnings Case Manager
Cell: (612) 749-9612
csmith@maicnet.org
Denny Garzon
Tribal Liaison
dgarzon@maicnet.org
Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act
Brian Joyce
White Earth Nation
Program Director
Office: (612) 879-1770
bjoyce@maicnet.org
Vicky Reyes
Leech Lake Ojibwe
Career Counselor
Office: (612) 879-1727
Cell: (612) 554-2359
vreyes@maicnet.org
Tana Fox
MHA Nation
Career Counselor
Office: (612)879-1709
Cell: (612) 590-9369
tfox@maicnet.org
Native Fitness & Nutrition
Colette Lawrence
Leech Lake Ojibwe
Fitness and Nutrition (FAN) & Native Elders Support Team (NEST) Director
Office: (612) 879-1703
clawrence@maicnet.org
Joseph Regguinti
Leech Lake Ojibwe
Fitness Center Manager
Office: (612) 879-1733
jregguinti@maicnet.org
Kobe Gourneau
Turtle Mountain
Physical Activities Coordinator
kgourneau@maicnet.org
Brian Heart
Yankton Dakota
Native Elders Support Team (NEST) Program Assistant and Transporation
Office: (612) 879-1708
bheart@maicnet.org
Boys and Girls Club
Millie Hernandez
White Earth Ojibwe
Branch Director
Office: (612) 879-1765
Cell: (612) 518-3913
mhernandez@maicnet.org
Melissa Bruneau
Membership and Administrative Coordinator
mbruneau@maicnet.org
Ashley Cook
Golden Eagles Program Coordinator
Office: (612) 879-1766
Cell: (612) 385-0189
acook@maicnet.org
Andrew Aanenson
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Coordinator
aaanenson@maicnet.org
Culture Language Arts Network
Cheryl Secola
Couchiching First Nation
Program Director
Office: (612) 879-1783
csecola@maicnet.org
David “Memegwesi” Sutherland
Oji-Cree Band of Constance Lake First Nations
Language Coordinator and Ojibwe Language Instructor
Office: (612) 879-1743
dsutherland@maicnet.org
Jonathan Buehlmann
Yankton Sioux
Prevention Coordinator
Office: (612) 879-1717
jonathan.buehlmann@maicnet.org
Lumhe “Micco” Sampson
Seneca and Mvskoke
Project Coordinator
Office: (612) 879-1716
lsampson@maicnet.org
Hoksicala Cante Ma Yuha “Sonny” Metcalf
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Tech Assistant and Data Manager
Office: (612) 879-1719
smetcalf@maicnet.org
Hopa Stevens
Oneida Nation Oglala Sicangu Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Dakota Language Coordinator
hstevens@maicnet.org
Gatherings Cafe
Vernon DeFoe
Red Cliff Anishinaabe
Executive Chef
vdefoe@maicnet.org
Sydney Ockenga
Flandreau Santee descendant
Gatherings Cafe Manager
sockenga@maicnet.org
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Star LaDeaux
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate – Santee
Grants Manager
sladeaux@maicnet.org
General Inquiries
(612) 879-1753
gatheringscafe@maicnet.org
Visit the Center
Two Rivers Gallery
Open: Tuesday – Friday
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(612) 879-1720
tworivers@maicnet.org
Woodland Indian Crafts Shop
Owner/Proprietor: Charlie Stately
Open: Monday – Friday
10:00 – 5:30 p.m.
(612) 874-7766
Board of Directors
Sam Olbekson
President
Founder and CEO of Full Circle Planning + Design
Eileen Briggs
Vice President
Grantmaking Director for Bush Foundation
Kit Fordham
Treasurer
Executive Director of
Mni Sota Fund
Dawn Paro
Secretary
Case Manager for Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
David Cournoyer
Board Member
Consultant for Plain Depth Consulting
Cheyenne Erickson
Board Member
Neighborhood and Community Relations