Contact Our Development Team

Heather Riddle
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer
hriddle@mpr.org
(651) 290-1276

• Fran Bredeson
  Executive Assistant
  fbredeson@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1300

President’s Circle

Jon White
Director, Philanthropic Giving
jon.white@mpr.org
(651) 290-1211

• Brad Althoff
  Principal Giving Officer
  balthoff@americanpublicmedia.org
  (651) 290-1345

• Erik Jacobson
  Senior Major and Planned Giving Officer
  ejacobson@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1069

• Sarah Doebler
  Senior Major and Planned Giving Officer
  sdoebler@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1343

Leadership Circle & Planned Giving

Lizzie King
Manager, Major and Planned Giving
lking@mpr.org
(651) 290-1365

• Leila Keita
  Major and Planned Giving Officer
  lkeita@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1388

• Chloe Medrano
  Major and Planned Giving Officer
  cmedrano@americanpublicmedia.org
  (213) 621-3401

• Brian Newhouse
  Major and Planned Giving Officer
  bnewhouse@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1272

• Mai Jakubowski
  Senior Individual Giving Manager
  mjakubowski@americanpublicmedia.org
  (651) 290-1024

• Eleanor Beaird
  Senior Individual Giving Manager
  ebeaird@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1027

• Sonia Neculescu
  Associate Planned Giving Officer
  sneculescu@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1189

Emily Kittleson
Manager, Individual Giving
ekittleson@americanpublicmedia.org
(651) 290-1495

• Madeline Massey
  Individual Giving Manager
  mmassey@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1318

• Jeffrey Bissoy
  Individual Giving Manager
  jbissoy@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1257

• Siham Amedy
  Individual Giving Manager, Regional
  samedy@mpr.org
  (218) 329-7393

Membership

Jeff Moores
Director, Membership
jmoores@mpr.org
(651) 290-1026

Emma Sands Neal
Director, Membership
esandsneal@mpr.org
(651) 290-1032

• Karen VanBuskirk
  Membership Communications Program Manager
  kbiedermann@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1340

• Michelle Cho
  Digital Fundraising Specialist
  mcho@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1107

• Kelly Knapp
  Regional Membership Program Manager
  kknapp@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1014

• Emma Ujifusa
  Digital Fundraising Program Manager
  eujifusa@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1054

• Veronica Scofield
  Regional Membership Program Manager
  vscofield@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1142

Foundation & Institutional Giving

Andrea Pierre
Director, Community Engagement
apierre@mpr.org
(651) 290-1213

• Kristen Swanson
  Manager, Institutional Giving
  kristen.swanson@mpr.org
  (651) 228-4934

• Julie Brauninger
  Institutional Giving Officer
  jbrauninger@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1287

• Liz Davis
  Institutional Giving Officer, National
  Liz.davis@mpr.org
  (402) 740-8677

Donor Relations & Operations

Laura Nichols-Endres
Director, Development Strategy & Operations
lnichols-endres@mpr.org
(651) 290-1440

• Rebecca Brown
  Manager, Donor Relations & Operations
  rbrown@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1013

• Jennifer Merk
  Development Data & Research Specialist
  jmerk@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1269

• Sarah Duggal
  Donor Relations Specialist
  sduggal@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1130

• Larissa Lennartson
  Donor Relations Specialist
  llennartson@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1396

• Alex Pennewell
  Development Coordinator
  apennewell@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1412

Development Initiatives

Charlotte Smith
Manager, Development Initiatives
csmith@mpr.org
(651) 290-1268

• Iriah-Simone Benedict
  Donor Engagement Coordinator
  ibenedict@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1095

• Abbey Joyner
  Donor Engagement Coordinator
  ajoyner@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1219