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Elizabeth Johnson
Executive Director |
| Past Experience |
1) tons of church work + youth group leadership, wrote curriculum,
womens group, teaching, etc…
2) Battered Women’s Advocate w/Home Free (home and hospital
visitor)
3) Bridge for Runaway Youth -internship |
| Personal Hobbies |
Scrapbooking, working out, love to walk, love to read, do crossword
puzzles, play board games, love to watch/collect movies |
| Favorite Food |
My mom’s sloppy joes on homemade buns, with home canned pickles
and Special K bars for dessert. (If I’m about to be executed, it will be
my last meal!) |
| Favorite Smell |
My mom’s cooking (bread baking), a wood burning fire |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Movies: Runaway Bride, The Shawshank Redemption, Sweet Home Alabama
Books: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, all James Patterson and Richard North Patterson |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Fall –the cool breezes and beautiful colors |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Italy |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Spanish (barely), I really do mean barely. |
| Favorite kind of music |
All kinds of music except hard, head-banging rock |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
I see everything happening in my head before it happens! Not much talent –I play piano and clarinet. I love drums, but that goes under music. |
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Tara Bailey
Executive Assistant |
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Lisa Bigelow
Financial Manager |
| Past Experience |
14 years in accounting with non-profits and 12 with law firms & audit firms |
| Personal Hobbies |
camping and motorcycling with my husband |
| Favorite Food |
Italian |
| Favorite Smell |
Fresh air in the fall |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
No particular faves, enjoy many types |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Fall- crispness in the air |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Australia |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Not fluently |
| Favorite kind of music |
Christian Rock |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
No hidden talent! |
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Peter Taves
Director of Family Transportation Programs |
| Past Experience |
United States Army Veteran – 5 years Active Duty Service– Fort Carson, CO
Sales and Marketing – 10 Years – Financial Products, Electronics and Research
Business Development and Management – 10 Years – US Army, Security, Financial and Non-Profit Firms
Non-Profit Program Management/Development – 3 Years – Workforce Development, Life Coach and Mentor Programs |
| Personal Hobbies |
Golf, Camping, Mountain Biking and the Arts |
| Favorite Food |
Sushi |
| Favorite Smell |
Spring |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Friend, Angela’s Ashes, The Odyssey, Bottle Rocket and Big Fish
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| Favorite Season and Why |
Fall, the cool breezy weather |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
China
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| Do you speak any other languages? |
A little Spanish, Mandarin and Bosnian |
| Favorite kind of music |
Indie |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
An artist and musician |
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Bruce Nelson
Auto Shop Service Technician
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| Past Experience |
Nearly 30 years of car repair, certified master tech, survived eating 30 white castles. |
| Personal Hobbies |
Cars, computers, and snowmobiles |
| Favorite Food |
White Castle |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
The Gumball Ralley, Saving Silverman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Batman – The Dark Knight, The Ringer |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Spring – good weather, no bugs |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Tahiti with my wife |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Yes, techno jargon, computer geek speak |
| Favorite kind of music |
Rock & Metal |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
In training for a Triathalon |
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Chan Sysengchank
Auto Shop Service Technician |
| Past Experience |
Former PRISM Auto Shop Intern - now a staff member. |
| Personal Hobbies |
Tattoos |
| Favorite Food |
Anything that won't kill me. |
| Favorite Smell |
Skunk |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
No favorites in particular |
| Favorite Season and Why |
No preference -- like them all |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Laos Cambodia |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Yes - Laotian |
| Favorite kind of music |
Rock, Pop, and R&B |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
None known |
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Ziad Dergham
Auto Shop Service Technician |
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Jereme DuPaul
Auto Shop Service Writer |
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Stevenson Morgan
Ways to Work Loan Coordinator |
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Courtney L.B. Whited
PRISM Express Transportation Director |
| Past Experience |
My previous job was the Transportation Coordinator for Senior Community Services, for over two years. In this position I oversaw 8 separate Senior Community Services dial-a-ride programs and was also the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Hennepin County Transportation Coordinator. In this additional position, I oversaw 7 separate transportation subcontractors. In addition to this experience, I have many years of experience with senior and disabled citizens both as an activity director and with direct care. |
| Personal Hobbies |
I enjoy family walks, attending various baby classes with my son, camping, hiking, crafts, photography, biking and gardening.
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| Favorite Food |
My husband’s grilled cheese sandwiches, he uses sourdough bread. |
| Favorite Smell |
A campfire |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Swingers, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pulp Fiction, Napoleon Diatomite, Thelma and Louise. 5 favorite books. I love any book that is about true stories about dogs. For example, dogs that have saved people’s lives, dogs that work to find missing people, etc. |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Summer. I love 80 degree sunny days that are not that humid because it feels so good to be outside in my garden on a day like this. |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
South Africa |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
I used to speak German but since I no longer have anyone to speak it with, I lost it . |
| Favorite kind of music |
Techno |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
I am really strong. |
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Sue Olson
PRISM Express Manager |
| Past Experience |
I have worked in the Para Transit industry for the last 21 years, and I am also a lab technician who worked in a blood bank for 17 years. |
| Personal Hobbies |
My personal hobbies are needlepoint, knitting and crocheting and playing with my grandchildren. |
| Favorite Food |
Chocolate |
| Favorite Smell |
Lilacs |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Cars, Favorite book: anything by Clive Cussler, John Sanford or Wilbur Smith |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Fall, I love the change of leaves. |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
The Yucatan peninsula |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
miniscule German and Spanish |
| Favorite kind of music |
Country and Broadway musicals |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
I have a degree in anthropology and would love to go on an archeological dig. |
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Tonica Rainey
PRISM Express Administrative Assistant |
| Past Experience |
Volunteered at PRISM three weeks. Attended Job Corps for Business completion. |
| Personal Hobbies |
Working out, crossword puzzles, hiking, and watching a lot of movies
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| Favorite Food |
cookies |
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| Favorite Season and Why |
Summer because of the warmth and colors |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Africa
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| Do you speak any other languages? |
a little Spanish |
| Favorite kind of music |
a variety |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
Can walk on my hands |
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Karen Clara
Case Worker |
| Past Experience |
Bachelor’s in Social Work from University of St. Thomas, studied in Mexico, worked with “high risk” kids in St. Paul, Resource Center in Bloomington |
| Personal Hobbies |
Talking walks, being with friends and family, travel, camping, singing
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| Favorite Food |
Pozole- a Mexican soup made with homoney and chicken
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| Favorite Smell |
lilacs |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Movies: The Giver, romantic comedies…
Books: Isabelle Iende books, The Bible, The Namesake, Like Water For Chocolate
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| Favorite Season and Why |
I love the fall because the trees and the ground look so beautiful with the changing leaves. |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
India, Honduras |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Spanish |
| Favorite kind of music |
Many! |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
If I told you it wouldn’t be hidden anymore… |
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Diane Erickson
Volunteer Director |
| Past Experience |
11 years working at VEAP the food shelf that serves the Bloomington area, 3 years working at SAVE managing volunteers and educating on depression awareness. |
| Personal Hobbies |
Golf and Geocaching |
| Favorite Food |
Pizza |
| Favorite Smell |
Spring flowers |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Camelot, Airplane, Princess Bride, UP, Footloose |
| Favorite Season and Why |
Spring (all the flowers and trees coming back to life) |
| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Italy |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
Little German, very little Spanish |
| Favorite kind of music |
Rock & Roll |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
Makes beaded earrings |
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Linda Wells
Case Worker/ Office Manager |
| Past Experience |
25 years at a battered women’s shelter, In-patient treatment facility for women victimized by prostitution.
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| Personal Hobbies |
fishing, reading
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| Favorite Food |
homemade soup
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| Favorite Smell |
New cut grass, a new baby |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Books: A Fine Balance, Poisonwood Bible
Movies: Camelot, Thelma & Louise
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| Favorite Season and Why |
Summer at the family cabin on Mille Lacs
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| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Africa |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
A little Norwegian |
| Favorite kind of music |
Crosby, Still & Nash, James Taylor, Cat Stevens |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
I can read a book in a day! |
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Marty Karjala
Receptionist |
| Past Experience |
From Minneapolis, graduated from Cooper Senior High School, 3 wonderful sons
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| Personal Hobbies |
Church, missions work. I like to have fun and love to laugh.
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| Favorite Food |
Pizza – any kind!
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| Favorite Smell |
Flowers – red roses |
| 5 Favorite Movies/ books (no particular order) |
Mrs. Doubtfire, Chronicles of Narnia, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, Princess Diaries, Little Man
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| Favorite Season and Why |
Spring, because everything is fresh and new- like a new beginning.
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| Place you haven’t visited, but want to |
Hawaii |
| Do you speak any other languages? |
A little Norwegian |
| Favorite kind of music |
Christian |
| Fact you may not know/ hidden talent |
I am in a praise and worship team choir! |
