Lois Sinn Lindquist, Executive Director Saint Cloud P: 320-257-6630 Email Lois@minnesotawaters.org

Leadership:  One looks to Minnesota Waters for partnership, leadership, scholarship and stewardship for our water resources. Let us take our involvement to a new level.  In my first months, I will be exploring stakeholder engagement, passion, commitment and vision.  Key: A sustainable, relevant and effective organization with measurable results.

"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." Tom Peters 

Molly Zins, Senior Director Pequot Lakes

Responsibilities: Directing organizational development trainings and Guidebook resources; managing summits and legislative forums; coordinating lake/river management plan trainings with the Initiative Foundation; providing policy advocacy guidance and tools for citizen groups; coordinating statewide AIS stakeholder meetings and open houses with the DNR.

"Living in a time and place filled with so many blessings, I’m reminded of the great responsibility that comes with these gifts."

Jennifer Schaefer, Member Relations and Communications Coordinator Saint Cloud

Responsibilities: Maximizing membership recruitment and retention, improving participation in programs and increasing publicity for all organizational activities.  Keeping our membership program operating efficiently and accurately by connecting with members, expanding and managing the organization's contact database and electronic list serv.  Serving the needs of our members by responding to member and general public requests for information via phone, regular mail, and email, sending information when requested.  Developing, designing and maintaining various member communication tools, including: quarterly newsletter, press releases, social networking, targeted marketing campaigns, and event management.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. “ Albert Einstein

Alex Gehrig, Program Coordinator Saint Paul

“We're all downstream.” Ecologist's Motto  

Carrie Maurer-Ackerman, Program Director Pine River

Responsibilities:  Organizing and conducting water quality monitoring workshops that train volunteers on Water Quality Sampling, Data Assessment and Interpretation, and Designing Water Quality Monitoring Plans. Coordinating, developing and updating various Minnesota Waters communications tools such as the MN Waters quarterly newsletter, the monthly e-newsletter The Confluence and the Minnesota Waters website.

"Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it." Henry David Thoreau