The core team is responsible for providing teams with project management, capability building, and engagement support. The core team will also identify cross-cutting issues and opportunities for recommended attention by implementation teams. This will require working closely with the eight teams to co-develop tools, plans, and materials.
Program Managers | Jaime Simonsen | System Director | System Office |
Kari Campbell | Associate Director | System Office | |
Project Management | Carrie Schneider | Institutional Research Director | Dakota County Technical College |
Michael Eisenbeisz | Project Manager, Student Affairs | Metropolitan State University | |
Capability Building | Mike Colestock | Associate Dean | Hennepin Technical College |
Todd Harmening | System Director Planning | System Office, Academic & Student Affairs | |
Engagement | Mary Jacobson | Director Marketing/Public Relations | Anoka-Ramsey Community College & Anoka Technical College |
Erin Edlund | Director of Institutional Advancement/Marketing | Dakota County Technical College & Inver Hills Community College | |
Carmen Shields | Communication | System Office, Communications |
Organizational Capability support team members are listed in each team roster.
Each Implementation Team include two Support Team members who are responsible for:
- Working with conveners to facilitate the work of each implementation team (i.e. meeting agendas, gathering resources, developing templates and materials, developing timelines and action plans)
- Developing and circulating content before meetings and follow up meetings with a synthesis of decisions and next steps
- Encouraging and supporting consultation with key content experts and campuses as necessary for their specific implementation team
- Working collaboratively with conveners and implementation team members to reach broad consensus on strategies and tactics to achieve goals and prioritize issues