Contact Our Development Team

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

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

• Fran Wojcik
  Executive Assistant
  fwojcik@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1300

• Sophie Keane
  Donor Engagement Coordinator
  skeane@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1258

• Alex Sirek
  Donor Engagement Coordinator
  asirek@americanpublicmedia.org

President’s Circle & Planned Giving

• Brad Althoff
  Director of Development, Major and Planned Giving
  balthoff@americanpublicmedia.org
  (651) 290-1345

• Chris Bogen
  Major and Planned Giving Officer
  cbogen@americanpublicmedia.org
  (651) 290-1401

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

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

• Kristin Makholm
  Senior Major and Planned Giving Officer
  kmakholm@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1249

Leadership Circle

• Jon White
  Director of Development
  jon.white@mpr.org

• Eleanor Beaird
  Individual Giving Manager
  ebeaird@mpr.org

• Sarah Coen-Frei
  Senior Individual Giving Manager
  scoen-frei@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1172

• Courtney Danis
  Individual Giving Manager
  cdanis@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1331

• Sarah Doebler
  Individual Giving Manager
  sdoebler@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1343

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

• Lizzie King
  Individual Giving Manager
  lking@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1365

• Chloe Medrano
  Individual Giving Manager
  cmedrano@americanpublicmedia.org
  (213) 621-3401 

Membership

• Jon White
  Director of Development
  jon.white@mpr.org

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

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

• Emily Kittleson
  Senior Manager, National Fundraising
  ekittleson@americanpublicmedia.org
  (651) 290-1495

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

• Jeff Moores
  Senior Manager, Regional Fundraising
  jmoores@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1026

• Emma Sands Neal
  Senior Manager, Regional Fundraising
  esandsneal@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1032

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

• Veronica Scofield
  Regional Fundraising Program Manager
  vscofield@mpr.org

Foundation & Institutional Giving

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

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

• Sarah Kass
  Institutional Giving Officer
  skass@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1070

• Daniel O’Neil
  Institutional Giving Officer, National
  doneil@americanpublicmedia.org

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

Donor Relations & Operations

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

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

• Sarah Duggal
  Development Coordinator
  sduggal@mpr.org
  (651) 290-1130

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

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

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