CAPI is an immigrant-led organization.

We employ a diverse staff and volunteer board of directors in order to make our services linguistically and culturally accessible to multiple immigrant/refugee communities.

We speak 15 languages:

Amharic, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Hmong, Pashto, Laotian, Dari,
Mandarin, Nepali, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, and Vietnamese

OFFICERS:

Laura Martin, Co-Chair
Co-Founder and CEO, The Glinda Group

Ellisun Wolterstorff, Co-Chair
Chief Experience Officer, Allegro Group

Vinothini Ambrose, Vice Chair
Deployment Consulting Director, The Marcus Buckingham Company an ADP Company

Valerie Bosmans, Treasurer
SVP, Chief Audit Executive, DXC Technology

Open, Secretary

DIRECTORS:

Milton Liu
President and CEO, St. Mary’s Food Bank

Dr. Aimee Fearing
Director of Early Childhood and Family Engagement, Fridley Public Schools

Dr. Eda Watts
Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, MN State Colleges and Universities

Ali Tranvik
Lead Pastor, Cross of Glory Lutheran Church

Bernadette Theis
Administrator, Jardine, Logan, and O’Brien

Kristi Jacobson
SVP, Relationship Officer, Tradition Capital Bank

Joel Luedtke
Program Director, Minneapolis Foundation

Mary Niedermeyer, Ex-Officio
Chief Executive Director, CAPI USA