Staff & Board
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CAPI is an immigrant-led organization.
We employ a diverse staff and volunteer board of directors in order to make our services linguistically and culturally accessible to multiple immigrant/refugee communities.
We speak 18 languages:
Amharic, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Hmong, Pashto, Laotian, Dari,
Mandarin, Nepali, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, and Vietnamese
CAPI Leadership Team
![Mary](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mary.png)
CEO
Mary Niedermeyer
mary.niedermeyer@capiusa.org
651-392-4069
![David](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/David.png)
Director of Finance & Operations
David Monterrosa
david.monterrosa@capiusa.org
![Abdoulaye](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abdoulaye.png)
Senior Human Resources Manager
Abdoulaye Ba
abdoulaye.ba@capiusa.org
![Amanda Prestegaard](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Amanda-Prestegaard.png)
Operations Manager
Amanda Prestegaard
amanda.prestegaard@capiusa.org
612-767-7814
![Paul](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Paul.png)
Development Director
Paul Andrighetti
paul.andrighetti@capiusa.org
715-220-8888
![Monique](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Monique.png)
Communications Director
Monique Hernandez
monique.hernandez@capiusa.org
612-767-7815
For press inquiries, contact Monique Hernandez.
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Events and Volunteer Manager
Alexi Kleinschmidt
alexis.kleinschmidt@capiusa.org
612-767-7814
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Economic Empowerment Director
Patricia Aguilar
patricia.aguilar@capiusa.org
612-767-3673
![Becca](https://www.capiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Becca.png)
Director of Refugee Services
Becca Hovland
becca.hovland@capiusa.org
612-767-3676
CAPI Board of Directors
OFFICERS:
Vinothini Ambrose, Chair
The Marcus Buckingham Company, Deployment Consulting Director
Michael Thorsteinson, Vice Chair
Three Rivers Community Action, Inc., Retired Executive Director
Valerie Bosmans, Treasurer
DXC Technology, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Executive
Nkechi Anyamele, Secretary
Wells Fargo, Executive Director, Risk & Control Officer
DIRECTORS:
Milton Liu
St. Mary’s Food Bank, President & CEO
Louiza Kiritopoulos-Adams
Organizational Psychologist, Executive and Leadership Coach, Mediator/Conflict Resolution
Sillys Heilman
Stay at Home Parent and Community Member
Ali Tranvik
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Pastor
Bernadette Theis
Jardine, Logan, and O’Brien, Administrator
Ellisun Wolterstorff
Allegro Group, Inc., Chief Experience Officer
Laura Martin
RAZR Marketing, Chief Human Resources Officer