Staff

Meet the staff behind the Minneapolis Neighborhood and Community Relations Department.

Our teams

You can meet the staff on each team using the links below.

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Department operations

Karen Moe

Director

Phone

612-673-2919

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Nick Ngo

Deputy Director

Phone

612-673-3969

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Erica Aucapina

Program Assistant

Phone

612-673-3750

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Maija Peura

Contract Administrator

Phone

612-358-6155

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Rebekah Tedrick

Community Relations Specialist

Phone

612-673-3163

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Pa Dao Yang

Language Services Program Coordinator 

Phone

Cell: 612-523-1431

Office: 612-673-2272

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Immigrants and refugees

Michelle Rivero

Director, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA)

Phone

612-394-6018

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Seynab Miyer

Community Relations Specialist 

Phone

612-541-1957

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Cultural outreach and accessibility

Anthony Taylor

African American Community Specialist

Community Specialist Manager

Phone

612-673-5475

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Farhia Budul

East African Community Specialist 

Phone

612-673-2523

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Guthrie Byard

Community Specialist for People with Disabilities

Phone

612-554-3666

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Mariano Espinoza

Latino Community Specialist  

Phone

612-281-8629

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Christina Kendrick

Senior Community Specialist

Phone

612-704-6835

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Christine McDonald

American Indian Community Specialist 

Phone

612-673-3954

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Michael Yang

Southeast Asian Community Specialist 

Phone

612-327-2830

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Neighborhood specialist lookup

Look up your neighborhood organization's assigned neighborhood specialist.

Neighborhoods

Steven Gallagher

Neighborhood Programs Manager

Phone

612-673-2905

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Victoria Balko

Neighborhood Support Specialist

Phone

612-816-8739

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Ariah Fine

Neighborhood Support Specialist

 

Phone

612-673-2243

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Aryca Myers

Neighborhood Support Specialist

Phone

612-673-3958

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Tate Nguyen

Neighborhood Support Specialist

Phone

612-322-2036

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Contact us

Neighborhood & Community Relations

Email NCR

 

 

Phone

612-673-3737

Address

Crown Roller Mill
105 Fifth Ave., Room 425
Minneapolis, MN 55401
 

Office hours

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday

See list of City holidays

Meet our staff