Staff and Board

VLN STAFF

If you are a volunteer (or potential volunteer) and have questions or suggestions,
please contact us or call us at 612-752-6655.

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To learn more about the VLN staff, click the person's name below.

 Suzanne Pontinen
Executive Director
 Martha Delaney
Deputy Director
 Sharon Boodoo
Director of Administration
 Nancy Nguyen
Administrative Coordinator

 Thomas Walsh
Resource Attorney

  Christopher Hanrahan
Resource Attorney
 Heidi Huber
Data Manager
Case Placement Coordinator
-Employment-

 Glen Drew
Clinics Coordinator
Case Placement Coordinator
-Civil-
 Bill Dooley
Case Placement Coordinator
-Housing, Real Estate,Business, Criminal Exp-
  Greg Rachwal
Case Placement Coordinator
-Family-

 Molly Irwin
Case Placement Coordinator
-Bankruptcy-

 Patricia Bogle 
Intake Specialist
Marcus Harcus 
Intake Specialist
 Diana Villella Larson
Spanish Legal Services Program Manager
 

Milca Dominguez De Corral
Spanish Legal Services Program Administrator


2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


 Peter Goss
Chair
Faegre & Benson LLP		  Kate DeVries Smith
Vice Chair / Treasurer
Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner LLC

J. Alison Morris
Secretary
William Mitchell College of Law

 Fred Ojile
Past Chair
Messenger Ojile PLLP
       
 Jon Bye
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP

Karen Canon
US Bank National Association 

 Jeremy Carvell
Legal Aid Society 		  Marcy L. Harris
CAPSH
 Mark Carter
Carter Legal Services PA		 Skip Durocher
Dorsey & Whitney 		 Jennifer Doyle
Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi 		  Sten-Erik Hoidal
Fredrikson & Byron PA
 Sam Glover
The Glover Law Firm LLC		  Judge Laurie Miller
Family Justice Center		 Inchan Hwang
Gray Plant Mooty
 Tim Shields
Shields Legal Services
 Brooke Swenson
Briggs & Morgan		 Laurel Learmonth
Primus Law Group		 J. Allison Morris
William Mitchell College of Law 		 Michael Skoglund
Cargill Inc. 
 Debra Lozoff Swaden
Self Help Center		  Dan Tyson
Dan Tyson Law		 Mark Vyvyan
Fredrikson & Byron PA 		  Alysia Zens
Dorsey & Whitney
 Douglas Stafford
Client Representative		 Mark Schneebeck
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
Thomas Jensen
HCBA Representative 		Greg Marita
Legal Aid Representative