Thank you to 2021’s CREAAC members

These Minnesota race equity leaders and advocates are essential for building transformative change to honor Minnesota’s students of color and American Indian students.

• Kenneth Bartlett, Department Chair, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
• Lara Couturier, Principal, Couturier Consulting LLC
• Michael Dueñes, Community Leader
• Ambar Hanson, Community Relationship Officer, Mortenson Family Foundation
• Teri Hinds, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives – Equity 2030, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• Alison Kadlec, Founding Partner, SOVA Solutions
• Larry Litecky, Community Leader and Retired Faculty and Administrator with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• Jeannette Lutter-Gardella, Director of Educational Policy and Programs, Isuroon
• Carlos Mariani Rosa, Executive Director and MN State Representative, Minnesota Education Equity Partnership and MN House of Representatives
• Leiataua Robert Jon Peterson, MnEEP Long-term Consultant, MnEEP and President TE2 Consulting
• Molly Priesmeyer, MnEEP Communications Consultant
• Sandy Pulles (co-chair), Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, ServeMinnesota
• Fernando Rodriguez, Director, Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
• Megan Rozowski (co-chair), Director of Research and Policy Development, Minnesota Private Colleges
• Tricia Wilkinson, Director, TRIO Upward Bound, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
• Jenny Xiong, Admissions Counselor and Asian American Liaison, Metropolitan State University
• Pa Dao Yang, Assistant Director of Student Support and Success Department of Multicultural Life, Macalester College