About CREAAC

Collaborating across colleges and institutions to advance racial equity in higher ed

At MnEEP, we’re convening numerous voices and gathering insights through our College Race Equity Advocacy Advisory Council (CREAAC), a state-wide, multi-racial advocacy group working to direct and advocate for new policies to advance race equity in Minnesota’s higher education systems.

Learn more about CREAAC and how you can become involved in building and advancing policies and practices for racial equity.

In this Toolkit

Contact Us: Higher Ed

Reach out to learn more about how you and your organization can advance racial equity in higher education.

Name(Required)

First Last

Organization

Title

Email(Required)

Tell us how we can support you or your organization in advancing racial equity:

Want to learn more about CREAAC and get involved? Let us know how you want to support CREAAC or become a member:

Opt-in to get news and information from MnEEP:

Yes! Please sign me up to get important news from MnEEP.

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Thank you, CREAAC members!

These Minnesota race equity leaders and advocates are critical for building transformative change to honor Minnesota’s students of color and American Indian students and advance policies and practices for race equity in higher ed.

2022-2023 CREAAC Members

Ambar Hanson

Mortenson Family Foundation – Executive Director

Dr. Alison Kadlec

SOVA Solutions – Founding Partner

Hon. Carlos Mariani Rosa

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP) – Executive Director

cmariani@mneep.org

Dr. Jon Peterson

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP) – Policy Fellow & Consultant

jpeterson@mneep.org

Dr. Sandy Pulles – Mneep Board Member

ServeMinnesota – Vice President of Equity & Inclusion

Dr. Fernando Rodriguez

University of Minnesota – Director of Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence

Megan Rozowski – MnEEP Board Member

Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC) – Director of Research & Policy Development

Jenny Xiong

Century College – Academic Advisor

Lara Couturier

Couturier Consulting LLC – Founder & Principal

Nekey Oliver

Minnesota Office of Higher Education – Director of Government Relations

Molly Priesmeyer

Good Work Group – Principal, Strategist, Communications Consultant

Dr. Robbie Burnett

Minnesota State – Director of Innovation & Collaboration

Dr. Bruce Corrie

Concordia St.Paul – Associate Vice President for Government & Community Relations Professor of Economics

Roshandra Brown – MnEEP Board Member

Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC) – Director of Development and Scholarship Programs

Dr. Nicola A. Alexander

University of Minnesota – Undergraduate Education, Diversity, and International Initiatives – Professor Associate Dean

Billie Annette

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe – JOM Coordinator

Kim Hildahl

Carleton College – Trio/Student Support Services – Director

Tricia Wilkinson

University of Minnesota – Trio Upward Bound, College of Education & Human Development – Director

Dr. Josefina Landrieu – MnEEP Board Member

Metropolitan State University – Vice President of Equity and Inclusion

Dr. Jesse Mason

Minnesota State – Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Pa Dao Yang

City of Bloomington – Equity & Inclusion Program Specialist

Rabya Hassen

Mortenson Family Foundation – Community Relationship Officer

Dr. Tarnjeet Kang

Minnesota State – Office of Equity and Inclusion – Director of Equity Assessment

Maida Ahmed – Student Representative

Metropolitan State University

Leeroy Doe – Student Representative

Augsburg University

Karina Villeda – Vice President

LeadMN

Jesus Gonzalez Ruiz – Student Body President Elect

Concordia College

Alex Hines

University of Minnesota – College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Education – Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion & Director of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & President’s Emerging Scholars Programs