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Presenter BiographiesFor 13 years at BPK&Z, Tim Jewell has been helping organizationsinvest in the technology that helps them grow their businesses andrun them more efficiently. From assisting a client with a technologyrelated project to leading technology planning and implementation,Tim helps companies select the best software solutions for their business.He consults with businesses so they will know when to investin the correct technology and what needs they should anticipate inthe future. Tim’s 25 years of experience includes work in technologyplanning and implementation for a large national firm and also fora local CPA firm in accounting, tax and computer service areas. Timholds certifications as a CPA and CITP from the AICPA and holds theGSEC credential which combines his business and technology skills.Aaron Kesher brings a great deal of energy and anecessary sense of humor to the discussion arounddifference. His work as principal consultant withdeepSEE Consulting includes training and coachingexecutives and facilitating employee training sessions.Aaron comes from a background in education, havingtaught English and theater to high school students. His training workcenters on issues of diversity, with a special focus on leading acrossdifferences. He has written articles for diversity-centered websitesand newsletters, including co-authoring a manager’s toolkit for dealingwith religious diversity in the workplace. A certified InterculturalDevelopment Inventory Administrator, he’s worked with MinnesotaDepartment of Transportation on restructuring their DiversityCouncil, and was one of the principal designers of a comprehensivecultural proficiency professional development initiative for the St.Paul Public Schools.Grace Kintzinger’s work is guided by the idea that technologyinnovations can empower the missions of nonprofitorganizations. Her experience includes devisingbest methods for enhancing programs and operationsthrough the use of new technologies, ranging fromsimple online tools to custom developed applications.Currently Grace provides technology and program support for Eagerto-Learn,an online professional development program serving childcare providers. She strives to continually improve the experience ofstudents and instructors by incorporating the latest tech tools in theironline learning environment.Hilary Le Bon has more than 15 years of digital marketing,web and mobile development experience.She started her career in Washington, DC with PBS’The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and has worked withMinneapolis agencies space150, BBDO/Proximity, andColle+McVoy. She now contracts direct with clientsto provide social media education to executive and corporate teams,consumer research and insights related to on- and offline behavior,online opportunity analysis, and online media plans including SEOand SEM, and content strategy. She is passionate about creatingsimple, actionable programs and measuring results.Bruce Lindberg is the executive director of Advance IT Minnesota.Prior to his current position, Bruce served in various leadershiproles at Inver Hills Community College from 1995 through 2006 asdean of business, dean of student services and executive director ofbusiness partnerships. He also spent eight years in higher educationwith the Graduate School of Business at the University of St. Thomas,and served in management positions with the YMCA of MetropolitanMinneapolis and the Minneapolis Public Schools. He holds abachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in businessadministration. Recent volunteer work includes serving on the boardof directors for Minnesota Computers for Schools and the UpperMidwest Security Alliance.Ryan May is currently the principal of RDM Consulting,providing public relations, marketing, communicationsand social media support to Minnesota nonprofits.He is an industry leader with proven experience inplanning, directing, and implementing organization’smarketing, public relations, social media and communicationsactivities. Ryan is a highly experienced, well respected executivewith 10+ years of public relations and marketing experiencelaunching new products, penetrating new markets, and producingrecord results in a variety of product arenas. He is recognized as anenergetic leader and strategic thinker in marketing, communications,social media, and as an esteemed adviser to management.Terryl McKaye has been with the Boys & Girls Clubs ofthe Twin Cities since 1997, working in both programand administration as the director of individual & familyservices, executive assistant to the president, directorof human resources, director of special events, areadirector for North Minneapolis and currently as thevice president of marketing & communications. She focuses her timeand talents on creating awareness and building passion for the Boys& Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities organization. Terryl has a B.S. inchild psychology from the University of Minnesota, and is currentlycompleting an M.B.A. program at the University of Phoenix.T.J. McLeod has been working in marketing for 14 years.He started in 1998 by creating a customer databaseand eBlast campaigns for a coffee shop in Minneapolis.After several years in traditional marketing, he movedto a career in viral video marketing that altered hisfield of interest to web based marketing initiatives.His consulting marketing projects included beta testing for web andphone applications, website optimization (SEO), blogging for business,optimizing online profiles, brand monitoring, and geo-targetedad campaigns. T.J. was hired in 2011 by CRAVE to oversee the digitalmarketing efforts for all the CRAVE Restaurants, Sopranos Kitchen,The Urban Eatery Restaurant, and CRAVE Catering. He recently assembleda blog team of over 60 people from CRAVE to launch theirnewly designed blog.22
Presenter BiographiesJamie Millard leads the communication and marketingstrategies for the Charities Review Council, a leadingorganization in ensuring nonprofit excellence, wherein her first year on staff she more than tripled onlineengagement for the organization. She is also the cofounderand executive director of Paper Darts, the TwinCities’ premier literary arts magazine, (recognized as #15 on METROMagazine’s top 100 list for “Best of” in the Twin Cities). Jamie alsosits on the board of directors for the Young Nonprofit ProfessionalsNetwork-Twin Cities, where she chairs the communications committee.And, when not co-collaborating on new ventures (which is rare),you’ll find Jamie obsessing over the newest tech gadget or video game.John Nesbitt is the director of network and informationsystems for Volunteers of America – Minnesota,one of the largest nonprofits in the state. In a longcareer working for Fortune 500 companies as well aslocal nonprofits and governmental agencies, John hassuccessfully engaged a wide array of needs, peopleand technologies to build solutions that deliver value. He has beenrecognized nationally and has presented on his work in the areas ofcloud computing and information standards and stewardship. Havingjust finished his first year with Volunteers of America –Minnesota,his main accomplishments to date include introducing several cloudbased solutions, initiating the organization’s first enterprise scalebusiness process mapping effort and partnering with NormandaleCommunity College to develop their first medical record practicum.Daren Nyquist is a senior project manager at grassrootssolutions, a consulting firm that focuses on gettingpeople engaged and keeping them engaged in the issuesthat matter most to them. Daren has considerable experiencein evaluating and auditing grassroots programsand developing grassroots engagement strategies.His current clients include Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota,the Minnesota Children’s Museum and the Center for CommunityChange. Prior to joining grassroots solutions, Daren worked as a communityorganizer focusing primarily on neighborhood developmentissues and as an analyst in county government. Daren has a B.A. fromCarleton College and a master’s in public policy from the Universityof Minnesota.Chris Oien is the web communications associate for theMinnesota Council on Foundations (MCF), where heis responsible for their online presence and marketinginitiatives. In his time at MCF, he has overseen a 50percent increase in traffic to the Philanthropy Potluckblog and has led in developing data-driven reports onthe results of the organization’s various revenue and mission-relatedgoals. In life before MCF, one of his proudest moments was winningMinnesota Monthly’s award for Best Twitter Feed for his work atthe Lake Street Council. He also sits on the board of the Twin Citieschapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, where heserves as Membership Chair.Adaobi Okolue is a brand and communications strategistwho loves to help organizations identify and deliveron their promise to communities. As a pursuer ofcreativity and innovation, she’s often the instigator forthinking of new and productive ways to solve problems.Adaobi has worked in the backyards of Blue Cross BlueShield Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Page Education Foundation,Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, Minnesota Councilof Nonprofits and Best Buy. She is also a driven advocate for youthand community development in communities of color—especiallyAfrican and African-American youth and communities. In her freetime, she serves as a board member for Young Nonprofit ProfessionalsNetwork-Twin Cities. And in her freer time, she works on creativewriting, photography and graphic design projects.Robyn Perry works at the Progressive TechnologyProject (PTP), a Twin Cities-based organization thatsupports community organizing groups across the U.S.to use technology to do their work more effectively. Sheis part of the training team at PTP that helps groupstransition to using CiviCRM, an open-source, webbaseddatabase that allows organizations to track and manage membership,communications, fundraising, and events all in one tool. Herday-to-day work spans communications, fundraising, data tracking,and managing PTP’s relationships with the many organizations itserves. She also conducts tech skills webinars on the Office Suite fororganizers. She has a B.A. in linguistics and Italian studies from theUniversity of California at Santa Cruz, and is a graduate of UCSC’sGlobal Information Internship Program.During her twelve year television career, Kristi Piehlworked as a reporter and anchor at five televisionstations. She won numerous awards for her workincluding two Emmys for stories she covered at KSTPin Minneapolis. Kristi has appeared on Good MorningAmerica, CNN, Dateline NBC, FOX News Channel andseveral national radio shows. In 2010, Kristi started Media Minefieldto give organizations access to results-focused public relations, mediarelations, video production and website design services. Kristi’s focusis creating specialized solutions for each client’s specific communicationsneeds. Every member of the Media Minefield team is a formerjournalist or news photographer with a sharp eye for storytelling anda talent for making an emotional connection with the audience.John Richard works at Pillsbury United Communitiesas the Waite House adult education and employmentcoordinator. In this capacity John developed andcontinues to manage a heavily used computer lab. Healso developed a computer lab and designed a computereducation program for Hope Community of Minneapolis.John was a founding member of the Technical Literacy Collaborativeand formerly served on the City of Minneapolis Digital InclusionTask Force and as an advisor to the Minneapolis Foundation’s DigitalInclusion Fund.23
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