Staff
Board of Directors
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Norm Baer, Chair
Anthony, Ostlund, Baer & Louwagie
John Anfinrud
U.S. Bank
Wayne Atkins
Cherry Tree Investments
Tanya Bell
Wellington Management
Trent Blain
General Mills
Gary Cunningham
Northwest Area Foundation
Erin Dady
City of St. Paul
John Estrem
Episcopal Community Services
Jay Fredericks
Delta Air Lines
Rich Gammill
Black River Asset Investments
Cindy Gehrig
Jerome Foundation
Joe Hammell
Dorsey & Whitney
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Jill Harmon
Schall Executive Search
Hoyt Hsiao
Shaw-Lundquist Associates
Dave Kvamme
Wells Fargo
Rick Lancaster
Great River Energy
Barry Mason
IBM Corporation
Judy McNamara
Ecolab Foundation
Nancy Merritt
Andersen Corporation
Yvette Mullen
Community volunteer
John Mulligan
Target Corporation
Peter Myers
Myers Communication Group
Jennifer Sarteau
Community volunteer
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Dwight Seawood
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Ruth Shields
Community volunteer
Teresa Fong Sit, D.D.S.
Metropolitan Pediatric Dental Associates, LTD
Mary Lynn Staley
Community volunteer
Gerry Stenson, Past Chair
Wells Fargo
Esther Tsai
Community volunteer
Noelle Turner
Community volunteer
Lori Walker
Valspar Corporation
Welsey Walker
Northway Community Trust
Billie Zippel
Medica Health Plans
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Staff Bios
Susan Haigh, President & CEO
Susan Haigh has led Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity as its CEO and President since February 2005. Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity is one of the most successful Habitat affiliates in the United States serving the entire seven county Twin Cities region. Along with working for Habitat, Haigh serves as the Metropolitan Council Chair. She has served on the Minnesota Housing Partnership Board, the Minnesota Housing Commissioner’s Resource Advisory Committee, Habitat for Humanity U.S. Council’s Finance Committee, Park Bank Board, and the Macalester College Board of Trustees. She is also a member of the International Women's Foundation and the New Century Club.
Haigh brings an extensive background in community service and leadership to Habitat for Humanity serving ten years as a Ramsey County Commissioner and twelve years as a chief deputy county attorney. Her past community service includes service on the boards of the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul YWCA, Regions Hospital, Landmark Center, St. Paul Riverfront Corporation, Metropolitan Counties Light Rail Transit, Metropolitan Counties Solid Waste Management, Association of Minnesota Counties, and Minnesota County Attorney’s Association. She has received the Spurgeon Award from the Boy Scouts and the Distinguished Citizen Award from Macalester College for her community service. Susan is a passionate advocate for affordable housing and has led successful efforts to create housing endowment funds with her congregation and with Ramsey County. Susan has a BA in Political Science from Macalester College and a JD from William Mitchell College of Law. She is married to the Honorable Gregg E. Johnson and they reside in St. Paul with their four daughters.
Mary Schumacher, Chief Operating Officer
Mary Schumacher has extensive business and community leadership experience. She was a long-time volunteer with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and served on its Board of Directors before taking her position as Chief Operating Officer with the organization in January 2011. Before joining Habitat, Schumacher worked at Andersen Corporation for eight years, first as the Chief Technical Officer and later as a Senior Vice President and General Manager. She also worked for 10 years at Ecolab Inc. and 12 years at The Pillsbury Company. Schumacher served two terms on the Board of Directors for the Science Museum of Minnesota from 1997 to 2003.
She earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and completed extensive executive training at Harvard, Penn State, and the Center for Creative Leadership. She is also a guest lecturer for the University of St. Thomas MBA program.
Nancy Brady, Vice President, Resource Development & Communications
Nancy Brady has over 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience including overseeing capital campaigns, corporate relations, special events management, donor cultivation, grassroots fundraising and strategic marketing, including leading successful capital campaigns for Neighborhood House and the Minnesota Children’s Museum. Prior to moving to Minnesota in 2000, Brady spent ten years at the March of Dimes, where, as the national director of strategic marketing, she helped establish and promote the organization’s brand identity and develop an organization-wide relationship marketing strategy.
Brady was also a team manager at Greenwich Associates, a business strategy consulting firm, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she managed the development of annual syndicated market research projects in the domestic and international banking industry. Brady holds an MBA from New York University and a BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois.
Robert White, Vice President & CFO
Robert White joined Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity in 2001 and has been involved in affordable housing since 1982 as Vice President of Finance for the national home building and mortgage finance division of Insilco Corporation. White’s financial experience includes construction accounting, cash management, financial reporting, mortgage-backed bonds, sale and pledging of mortgage notes. Additionally, White served as board secretary for Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota, a state support organization and CDFI providing affiliate debt funding. He is also involved in non-profit accountability issues and serves on other non-profit committees. White is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a BS in Accounting, received his MBA in Management from the University of St. Thomas, and was a practicing CPA.
Kristin Beckmann, Vice President Programs & Services
Kristin works with the six TCHFH programs that partner with community members to end poverty housing. The programs include Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention, A Brush With Kindness, Homeownership, ReStore, Advocacy and Global Engagement. Kristin came to TCHFH in 2009 after years of work in the public affairs arena where she was Executive Director of a small non profit. She has worked with the State Legislature for the MN Department of Health, the Office of the State Auditor and the SEIU MN State Council. In addition to being the lead lobbyist for SEIU for six years, Kristin ran the labor union's State PAC and voter contact program. She graduated from Macalester College and earned her Master of Public Affairs with a focus on non profit managment from the Humphrey Institute. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and two children.
Andy Barnett, Director of Community Development
Andy Barnett caught incurable "Habititus" as a volunteer in 1989. Since then, he has served in affiliates as a volunteer, board member, AmeriCorps member, and in staff positions--joining TCHFH in 1999. Barnett's experience includes project management, residential construction and renovation, and volunteer management. As Director of Community Development, Andy oversees our Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, A Brush with Kindness, the ReStore, Community Outreach and Public Funding. He holds a BS in Housing Studies with a concentration in community development and policy from the University of Minnesota. Andy fulfills his need to make music as a member of Caritas Vocal Ensemble, a non-profit group of singers whose concerts benefit local social services agencies.
Chad Bouley, Director of Homebuilding
Chad Bouley’s involvement with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity began in 1996 as a volunteer. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management Chad became a Project Manager building office, retail, and warehouse and industrial facilities. Chad made the leap to become a staff member at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity in 2003 to make a difference for those less fortunate. Chad and his wife Lynda spend most of their free time volunteering at their church, girl scouts, and raising their five young children.
Deqa Essa, Controller & Director of Human Resources
Deqa is responsible for the TCHFH financial plans and policies; its accounting practices, the conduct of its relationships with lending institutions and the financial community, the maintenance of its fiscal records, and the preparation of financial reports. Her position involves supervision over general accounting, internal auditing, cost accounting, and budgetary controls. She is also responsible for the overall provision of Human Resources services; policies, recruitment programs, staff development, training, compensation, benefits, performance management to policies and procedures development for the entire TCHFH. She has over 18 years of progressive experience in working for- profit and non-profit organizations. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Saint Mary’s University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Holy Names University. Deqa is one of the founders of “Somali Women Without Boarders” which empowers Somali women all over the world. She is also one of the founders of Rochester Math and Science Academy in MN and a past board treasurer.
Brian Juntti, Director of Marketing & Communications
As the Director of Marketing and Communications, Brian Juntti is responsible for Habitat’s marketing communications activities (including communications planning, promotions, events, publications and marketing materials), media relations, and online presence (including social media and websites). He first became involved with Habitat as a work site volunteer, and in 2003 produced a video for the Hard Hat and Black Tie Gala about the new homeowners moving into Habitat’s Aspen Grove development in Burnsville. Before he worked at Habitat, Brian was a producer for Blue Earth Pictures. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and has been involved in the sponsorship committee of the Minnesota chapter. Brian has a BA in Theater Arts and Film & Media Studies from Hamline University, and is currently pursuing his MBA at the University of St. Thomas’s Opus College of Business.
Tammy Block, Senior Director for Individual & Foundation Giving
Tammy Block had the bug for building long before she joined Habitat - she owns a construction business with her family. She also brings more than ten years of experience with nonprofits, and has taken a leadership role in the areas of development operations and compliance, planned giving, capital campaigns and major gifts at the University of St. Thomas and Twin Cities United Way. Tammy studied law at DePaul University and received her MBA from the University of St. Thomas, where she later taught as adjunct professor. She still practices law in Minnesota and South Dakota.
Kate Loe, Senior Manager, Corporate & Volunteer Development
As Senior Manager, Kate Loe oversees volunteer programs and constituent management, which includes Habitat’s partnerships with corporate, faith-based, youth and education groups. Before joining the Habitat team in 2008, she spent more than eight years managing national client accounts for a survey research company. Kate holds a BA in communications from Gustavus Adolphus College. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children.