Serving the four southeast Minneapolis neighborhoods
KEEWAYDIN · MINNEHAHA · MORRIS PARK · WENONAH
Interim Executive Director
Amy
Arcand
Amy owns Willow Consulting, a company specializing in nonprofit interim management and community engagement. She has extensive experience working with neighborhood organizations and spent 10 years as the Executive Director of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, where she collaborated with community volunteers to establish the Midtown Farmers Market. During college, Amy studied community organizing in Namibia and South Africa, skills she now leverages to foster progressive change in neighborhoods, government, and nonprofits.
With over two decades of executive leadership experience in nonprofits, Amy excels at guiding organizations through periods of transition, chaos, and change. She is passionate about good governance, community engagement, fostering partnerships, and building strong organizational foundations.
Amy lives in Roseville with her husband and their 16-year-old daughter. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking, reading, playing Mah Jong, volunteering, and exploring new places.
Program & Communication Manager
Sarah Friedman
After obtaining her Bachelor’s in English, Sarah moved to Minnesota in 2019 to pursue her Master’s degree in Public Policy with a concentration in nonprofit management at the University of Minnesota.
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Sarah has lived on four continents, most notably, she lived in Ukraine for three years while serving with the Peace Corps. Sarah continues to help her friends in Ukraine by working with other returned Peace Corps Volunteers and community members to raise awareness and funds for Ukraine. One of these projects is publishing a Ukrainian cookbook that directly funds grants given to Ukrainians.
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In her spare time, Sarah plays with her one-year-old and is often rock climbing, hiking, running, or hiding behind her massive camera.