Organizational Capability Team

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

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