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Lindie is Runner-Up in Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota Pageant
UPCOMING EVENTS:
By Ann Mueller
Lindie earned a runner-up in the 2015 Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota Pageant. She was awarded a beautiful bouquet of flowers at the 5th Annual contest that was held March 26th at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN.
20th Annual Golf Classic August 17th 2015 10th Annual Made in the Shade September 19th 2015 Art Abilities October 2015 - TBD
“I had fun,” said Lindie, “I want to do it next year”.
Give to the Max Day November 12th 2015
In front of a three-judge panel, she answered questions and read a speech that supports her platform: Helping Staff to Help Us Through Political Advocacy. Her speech was centered on her political advocacy for the 5% Campaign, which will give staff a wage increase.
Holiday Boutique November TBD 2015 Carlson Towers, Minnetonka
Lindie was accompanied by staff and two of her sisters, who did her hair and makeup. She work a black and pink full-length gown that was accented by rhinestones. The pageant is based on advocacy, achievement, communication and presentation. The winner goes on to compete at the national level and spends a year representing Minnesotans with disabilities. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: CEO Corner
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June House Employee Anniversaries 2
5% Campaign
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New Hires
3
Corporate Office Extensions & Numbers
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Pathway Staff Don Priebe, Editor Liz Trombley, Publisher
By Joe Johnson
We’ve had a lot of new staff come to June House in the past year! They’ve shown their enthusiasm and teamwork every day! They help each other by making sure the people who live here are looking a feeling their best every day. They also like to have fun because they enjoy their work. I want to thank all of the staff for what they do to make June house a great place to work and live! Thank you! June House staff pictured: Ernestine Nylander, James David, Assata Kenneh and Magret Kabba. June House staff not pictured: Amy Wakumoto, Johnathan Johnson and Prudenci Nganghi!.
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CEO Corner Don Priebe
Every March it is my turn to explain the Board of Directors and the Executive Department to readers of the Pathway. In the past this has been a simple column, but not so this year because the department has gotten complicated. Our philosophy here at HBI is simple - the employees who deliver services directly to the individual being served are the most important employees in the organization. These include employees such as the nursing staff, Direct Support Professionals or DSPs, and the Program Resource Coordinators or PRCs. The job of everyone else, including the corporate office, is to ensure that these staff have the tools and resources they need to do that job. These tools may include tangible things such as housing, food, vehicles, program and nursing supplies, and individual files. They may also include intangibles such as good training, necessary information, good direction, workable policies, and the proper licenses. HBI’s Board of Directors provides governance, without which no organization can function. Governance can be broken down into three essential functions: oversight, supervision, and planning. The Board exercises oversight overall of HBI’s operations, from financial to service delivery, by examining its work through written reports and at committee meetings. Its supervision involves the hiring, monitoring, and evaluation of me, the CEO. Finally, it plans for the future, so that HBI can adapt to changing circumstances. HBI has an involved and energetic Board. There are twelve individuals who serve on it, with a diverse group of talents. These skills include financial management, marketing, health care, disabilities, banking, & investment. Five of the members have relatives with disabilities. All members are volunteers and work hard, at least one meeting a month and sometimes more, with preparatory work thrown in. As you may gave gathered from earlier columns, we had some turnover in the past years. Term limits for Board members are nine years; those who wish to return must take at least a year off. In 2014, two Board members left and two new ones were elected. My job is deceptively simple - as CEO I am to get done what the Board wants done and also to ensure the day to day operations of HBI. That means making sure that staff who deliver services have to tools to do so. To make this happen, HBI has five units, or departments to organize the work. The Directors of Finance & Property, Human Resources, Nursing & Training & Development report to me and are also heavily involved with the respective Board committees. In addition, Mary Carlson, HBI’s Program Administrator of Risk Management and New Services, works with me. Mary is in charge of insurance vendors, employee safety, and individual referrals for open spots within the organization. Mary works to improve consumer safety, by collecting information about incidents, analyzes patterns and supervises the organization’s investigation of possible maltreatment. She also serves as the client advocate to help settle issues with services, if these cannot be managed by the managers involved. The Operations & Program Department features several managers. We decided to push authority and responsibility down to the middle management levels. The Assistant Directors who run services (Cheryl Foley, Gerri Gbor, and Bonnie Roskop) were all promoted to Operations Administrator. They have the authority and the responsibility to manage the services in their caseloads. Added to this group are Kalina Peddycoart and Jesse Navin. Kalina runs our “Individual Housing Option” program where individuals live in their own homes, and our “In-Home” program where individuals live in their family homes. Jesse runs all of our CAC programs consisting of the two existing ones at Bluebird and Noble Court and the new one in golden Valley scheduled to open late spring or early summer. Finally, Cathy Tucker is HBI’s Program Administrator of Quality Assurance. Cathy’s job is to take on the administrative work of the previous Director, such as regulatory and licensing and policy matters. All of these individuals work out of the corporate office and can be reached by calling 763-525-3186.
Employee Anniversaries Vi Fogel Joe Dalmeida Rosaline Wilson Sarah Kendema Laura McDonald Toni Walton Kasandra LaHaye Chris Eddy Cheryl Keogh Joseph Clinton Mia Burgstede Rebecca Otara Kenyahna Holmes Magret Kabba Matthew Baert Julius Odorosu Jeremiah O’Keefe
4/05/1982 4/18/1994 4/25/2000 4/09/2001 4/19/2004 4/24/2006 4/13/2009 4/12/2010 4/12/2010 4/11/2011 4/09/2012 4/09/2012 4/23/2012 4/23/2012 4/08/2013 4/08/2013 4/21/2014
HBI Happenings **Shout out from Gerri to the Staff of 36th, Atwood and Maple Grove who all jumped in and helped during the transitions. She couldn’t have done it without them! **Congratulations to Lulu Kpadeh and Britney Kisner on the newest additions to their families!
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More Than 1,000 Advocates Rallied at the St. Paul Armory By Kristine Morin On March 10th over 1,000 self-advocates, caregivers, family members and disability advocates from across Minnesota joined together at the St. Paul Armory for ARRM/MOHR Day at the Capitol. Homeward Bound took a bus full of energetic staff and individuals to make our voices heard!! Advocates rallied for a 5% rate increase to support consistent, quality services for people with disabilities. The rally featured many speakers from the disability community, and many legislators as well. Legislative speakers included long-time champions of people with disabilities and new supporters too: Rep. Laurie Halverson (51B), Rep. Jerry Newton (37A), Rep. Nels Pierson of Rochester (26B), Rep. Matt Dean (38B), Senator John Hoffman (36), Senator Kent Eken (94), Senator David Senjem (25) and Senator Carla Nelson (26). Senator Kent Eken, chief 5% Senate bill author urged the crowd “You’re the ones putting a face on the issue, so keep telling your stories!” After the rally, advocates spend the afternoon meeting with over 160 legislators, sharing their personal stories with policymakers. ARRM, Homeward Bound’s trade association, is hopeful that the energy created during Day at the Capitol will carry into the final two months of the legislative session. Please contact your legislators, asking for a 5% rate increase in 2015 to ensure consistent, high quality care for people with disabilities!
Health at Work—Wellness Bound BBQ Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes by Primally Inspired http://www.primallyinspired.com/bbq-pork-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/ Ingredients: 2 – 3 lb pork roast or loin ½ cup chicken stock or water 4 large sweet potatoes 4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled ½ cup BBQ sauce + some more for topping 1 red onion, sliced 1- 2 tablespoons fat of choice (like coconut oil or butter) salt and pepper, to taste Optional ingredients: ½ cup of your favorite cheese, extra BBQ sauce, guacamole, avocado slices, cilantro or parsley DIRECTIONS: Put your pork in a slow cooker along with the ½ cup of chicken stock or water. Salt and pepper, to taste. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours. When the pork is done cooking, shred it with 2 forks and then add in the ½ cup of BBQ sauce. Stir until combined. Preheat your oven to 400. Bake your sweet potatoes until soft, about 40 minutes (or longer depending on their size) Once they are cool enough to handle, cut them in half lengthwise and scoop the insides out in a bowl. Make sure to leave a small bit of sweet potato still in the skins. Salt and pepper the sweet potato mash and stir to combine. Set the mash aside. Take all the potato skins and place them on a greased cookie sheet, cut side down. Brush the skins with oil or butter and sprinkle some more salt and pepper on them. Bake for 13 – 15 minutes. When the skins are in the oven crisping up, caramelize your sliced onions by adding them to a skillet with 1 tablespoon fat of choice over medium low heat. Cook until caramelized, about 10-15 minutes. Set aside. Once the potato skins come out of the oven, flip them over and fill each skin with about 2 tablespoons of the sweet potato mash. You will most likely have some sweet potato mash left over. That’s ok – just put it in the fridge and use it another day (for smoothies, as a side for lunch, etc.). Then pile on the BBQ pork. Next, add ½ piece of bacon per skin. Next add your caramelized onions. Top with 1 Tablespoon cheese per skin if you are using cheese. Pop them back in the oven for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Once they come out of the oven, top with a dollop of extra BBQ sauce and then top with any extra toppings you wish. Enjoy!
Please welcome the new employees for February
Kelly Coty
IHO/IH
Justin Jasicki PRC/PS
Laury Force IHO/IH
John Davis
Lee
Purity Nyabando Webster
The pathway newsletter is published monthly for Homeward Bound’s staff, families, volunteers and Board of Directors. It is for internal publications only. The Pathway is not an official publication of Homeward Bound and is not intended to be used as such. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication. The deadline for the articles is the 15th of the month prior to the month of publication. EEO/AA
12805 Highway 55, Suite 400 Plymouth, MN 55441-3868
2015 Board of Directors David Hofstad, Board Chair Kevin Rymanowski, Vice Chair Patrick Hurley, Treasurer Thomas Gardner, Secretary Paul Chermak Wolfgang Greiner Jan Moser Jim Schaefer Ryan Sherwood Tim Trimble Terry Williams Mary Ystesund CEO/President Donald Priebe
Homeward Bound Corporate Office Extensions and Direct Dial Numbers DEPARTMENT/TITLE
NAME
763-525-3186 EXT: DIRECT DIAL
CELL
EMAIL
Assistant Director of Training
Mark Robertson
221
763-746-4840
612-386-7873
[email protected]
Director of Human Resources
Deb Voigt
222
763-746-4810
[email protected]
HR Associate
Jan Gunderson
223
763-746-4811
[email protected]
Operations Administrator
Gerri Dukart-Gbor
224
763-746-4853
612-396-2710
[email protected]
Program Administrator of QA Services
Cathy Tucker
225
763-746-4851
612-432-7074
[email protected]
Operations Administrator of New Services
Kalina Peddycoart
226
763-746-4850
763-568-1396
[email protected]
Program Administrator of Risk Management and New Services
Mary Carlson
227
763-746-4802
[email protected]
Accounts Payable
Gayla Gatzke
228
763-746-4833
[email protected]
Director of Development
Lori Merriam
229
763-746-4820
[email protected]
CEO
Don Priebe
230
763-746-4801
[email protected]
Accounts Receivable
Laura McDonald
231
763-746-4831
[email protected]
Director of Finance/Property
Donald Frink
232
763-746-4830
[email protected]
Information Technologies
Chris Dunleavy
233
763-746-4800
[email protected]
Development Associate
Kristine Morin
237
763-746-4821
[email protected]
Development Administrative Asst.
Liz Trombley
238
763-746-4822
Operations Administrator
Bonnie Roskop
239
763-746-4852
HR Assistant/Reception
Toni Walton
240
763-746-4812
[email protected]
Accountant/Payroll
Lou Ann Hackbarth
241
763-746-4832
[email protected]
Assistant Director of Training
Ann Holmes
243
763-746-4841
[email protected]
HR Recruiter
Martha Duclos
244
763-746-4813
[email protected]
IHO & In Home PRC
Liz Strohmayer
247
763-746-4849
[email protected] 612-432-7102
763-302-9027
[email protected]
[email protected]
M A R C H
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Lindie is Runner-Up in Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota Pageant
UPCOMING EVENTS:
By Ann Mueller
Lindie earned a runner-up in the 2015 Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota Pageant. She was awarded a beautiful bouquet of flowers at the 5th Annual contest that was held March 26th at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN.
20th Annual Golf Classic August 17th 2015 10th Annual Made in the Shade September 19th 2015 Art Abilities October 2015 - TBD
“I had fun,” said Lindie, “I want to do it next year”.
Give to the Max Day November 12th 2015
In front of a three-judge panel, she answered questions and read a speech that supports her platform: Helping Staff to Help Us Through Political Advocacy. Her speech was centered on her political advocacy for the 5% Campaign, which will give staff a wage increase.
Holiday Boutique November TBD 2015 Carlson Towers, Minnetonka
Lindie was accompanied by staff and two of her sisters, who did her hair and makeup. She work a black and pink full-length gown that was accented by rhinestones. The pageant is based on advocacy, achievement, communication and presentation. The winner goes on to compete at the national level and spends a year representing Minnesotans with disabilities. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: CEO Corner
2
June House Employee Anniversaries 2
5% Campaign
3
New Hires
3
Corporate Office Extensions & Numbers
4
Pathway Staff Don Priebe, Editor Liz Trombley, Publisher
By Joe Johnson
We’ve had a lot of new staff come to June House in the past year! They’ve shown their enthusiasm and teamwork every day! They help each other by making sure the people who live here are looking a feeling their best every day. They also like to have fun because they enjoy their work. I want to thank all of the staff for what they do to make June house a great place to work and live! Thank you! June House staff pictured: Ernestine Nylander, James David, Assata Kenneh and Magret Kabba. June House staff not pictured: Amy Wakumoto, Johnathan Johnson and Prudenci Nganghi!.
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CEO Corner Don Priebe
Every March it is my turn to explain the Board of Directors and the Executive Department to readers of the Pathway. In the past this has been a simple column, but not so this year because the department has gotten complicated. Our philosophy here at HBI is simple - the employees who deliver services directly to the individual being served are the most important employees in the organization. These include employees such as the nursing staff, Direct Support Professionals or DSPs, and the Program Resource Coordinators or PRCs. The job of everyone else, including the corporate office, is to ensure that these staff have the tools and resources they need to do that job. These tools may include tangible things such as housing, food, vehicles, program and nursing supplies, and individual files. They may also include intangibles such as good training, necessary information, good direction, workable policies, and the proper licenses. HBI’s Board of Directors provides governance, without which no organization can function. Governance can be broken down into three essential functions: oversight, supervision, and planning. The Board exercises oversight overall of HBI’s operations, from financial to service delivery, by examining its work through written reports and at committee meetings. Its supervision involves the hiring, monitoring, and evaluation of me, the CEO. Finally, it plans for the future, so that HBI can adapt to changing circumstances. HBI has an involved and energetic Board. There are twelve individuals who serve on it, with a diverse group of talents. These skills include financial management, marketing, health care, disabilities, banking, & investment. Five of the members have relatives with disabilities. All members are volunteers and work hard, at least one meeting a month and sometimes more, with preparatory work thrown in. As you may gave gathered from earlier columns, we had some turnover in the past years. Term limits for Board members are nine years; those who wish to return must take at least a year off. In 2014, two Board members left and two new ones were elected. My job is deceptively simple - as CEO I am to get done what the Board wants done and also to ensure the day to day operations of HBI. That means making sure that staff who deliver services have to tools to do so. To make this happen, HBI has five units, or departments to organize the work. The Directors of Finance & Property, Human Resources, Nursing & Training & Development report to me and are also heavily involved with the respective Board committees. In addition, Mary Carlson, HBI’s Program Administrator of Risk Management and New Services, works with me. Mary is in charge of insurance vendors, employee safety, and individual referrals for open spots within the organization. Mary works to improve consumer safety, by collecting information about incidents, analyzes patterns and supervises the organization’s investigation of possible maltreatment. She also serves as the client advocate to help settle issues with services, if these cannot be managed by the managers involved. The Operations & Program Department features several managers. We decided to push authority and responsibility down to the middle management levels. The Assistant Directors who run services (Cheryl Foley, Gerri Gbor, and Bonnie Roskop) were all promoted to Operations Administrator. They have the authority and the responsibility to manage the services in their caseloads. Added to this group are Kalina Peddycoart and Jesse Navin. Kalina runs our “Individual Housing Option” program where individuals live in their own homes, and our “In-Home” program where individuals live in their family homes. Jesse runs all of our CAC programs consisting of the two existing ones at Bluebird and Noble Court and the new one in golden Valley scheduled to open late spring or early summer. Finally, Cathy Tucker is HBI’s Program Administrator of Quality Assurance. Cathy’s job is to take on the administrative work of the previous Director, such as regulatory and licensing and policy matters. All of these individuals work out of the corporate office and can be reached by calling 763-525-3186.
Employee Anniversaries Vi Fogel Joe Dalmeida Rosaline Wilson Sarah Kendema Laura McDonald Toni Walton Kasandra LaHaye Chris Eddy Cheryl Keogh Joseph Clinton Mia Burgstede Rebecca Otara Kenyahna Holmes Magret Kabba Matthew Baert Julius Odorosu Jeremiah O’Keefe
4/05/1982 4/18/1994 4/25/2000 4/09/2001 4/19/2004 4/24/2006 4/13/2009 4/12/2010 4/12/2010 4/11/2011 4/09/2012 4/09/2012 4/23/2012 4/23/2012 4/08/2013 4/08/2013 4/21/2014
HBI Happenings **Shout out from Gerri to the Staff of 36th, Atwood and Maple Grove who all jumped in and helped during the transitions. She couldn’t have done it without them! **Congratulations to Lulu Kpadeh and Britney Kisner on the newest additions to their families!
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More Than 1,000 Advocates Rallied at the St. Paul Armory By Kristine Morin On March 10th over 1,000 self-advocates, caregivers, family members and disability advocates from across Minnesota joined together at the St. Paul Armory for ARRM/MOHR Day at the Capitol. Homeward Bound took a bus full of energetic staff and individuals to make our voices heard!! Advocates rallied for a 5% rate increase to support consistent, quality services for people with disabilities. The rally featured many speakers from the disability community, and many legislators as well. Legislative speakers included long-time champions of people with disabilities and new supporters too: Rep. Laurie Halverson (51B), Rep. Jerry Newton (37A), Rep. Nels Pierson of Rochester (26B), Rep. Matt Dean (38B), Senator John Hoffman (36), Senator Kent Eken (94), Senator David Senjem (25) and Senator Carla Nelson (26). Senator Kent Eken, chief 5% Senate bill author urged the crowd “You’re the ones putting a face on the issue, so keep telling your stories!” After the rally, advocates spend the afternoon meeting with over 160 legislators, sharing their personal stories with policymakers. ARRM, Homeward Bound’s trade association, is hopeful that the energy created during Day at the Capitol will carry into the final two months of the legislative session. Please contact your legislators, asking for a 5% rate increase in 2015 to ensure consistent, high quality care for people with disabilities!
Health at Work—Wellness Bound BBQ Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes by Primally Inspired http://www.primallyinspired.com/bbq-pork-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/ Ingredients: 2 – 3 lb pork roast or loin ½ cup chicken stock or water 4 large sweet potatoes 4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled ½ cup BBQ sauce + some more for topping 1 red onion, sliced 1- 2 tablespoons fat of choice (like coconut oil or butter) salt and pepper, to taste Optional ingredients: ½ cup of your favorite cheese, extra BBQ sauce, guacamole, avocado slices, cilantro or parsley DIRECTIONS: Put your pork in a slow cooker along with the ½ cup of chicken stock or water. Salt and pepper, to taste. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours. When the pork is done cooking, shred it with 2 forks and then add in the ½ cup of BBQ sauce. Stir until combined. Preheat your oven to 400. Bake your sweet potatoes until soft, about 40 minutes (or longer depending on their size) Once they are cool enough to handle, cut them in half lengthwise and scoop the insides out in a bowl. Make sure to leave a small bit of sweet potato still in the skins. Salt and pepper the sweet potato mash and stir to combine. Set the mash aside. Take all the potato skins and place them on a greased cookie sheet, cut side down. Brush the skins with oil or butter and sprinkle some more salt and pepper on them. Bake for 13 – 15 minutes. When the skins are in the oven crisping up, caramelize your sliced onions by adding them to a skillet with 1 tablespoon fat of choice over medium low heat. Cook until caramelized, about 10-15 minutes. Set aside. Once the potato skins come out of the oven, flip them over and fill each skin with about 2 tablespoons of the sweet potato mash. You will most likely have some sweet potato mash left over. That’s ok – just put it in the fridge and use it another day (for smoothies, as a side for lunch, etc.). Then pile on the BBQ pork. Next, add ½ piece of bacon per skin. Next add your caramelized onions. Top with 1 Tablespoon cheese per skin if you are using cheese. Pop them back in the oven for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Once they come out of the oven, top with a dollop of extra BBQ sauce and then top with any extra toppings you wish. Enjoy!
Please welcome the new employees for February
Kelly Coty
IHO/IH
Justin Jasicki PRC/PS
Laury Force IHO/IH
John Davis
Lee
Purity Nyabando Webster
The pathway newsletter is published monthly for Homeward Bound’s staff, families, volunteers and Board of Directors. It is for internal publications only. The Pathway is not an official publication of Homeward Bound and is not intended to be used as such. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication. The deadline for the articles is the 15th of the month prior to the month of publication. EEO/AA
12805 Highway 55, Suite 400 Plymouth, MN 55441-3868
2015 Board of Directors David Hofstad, Board Chair Kevin Rymanowski, Vice Chair Patrick Hurley, Treasurer Thomas Gardner, Secretary Paul Chermak Wolfgang Greiner Jan Moser Jim Schaefer Ryan Sherwood Tim Trimble Terry Williams Mary Ystesund CEO/President Donald Priebe
Homeward Bound Corporate Office Extensions and Direct Dial Numbers DEPARTMENT/TITLE
NAME
763-525-3186 EXT: DIRECT DIAL
CELL
Assistant Director of Training
Mark Robertson
221
763-746-4840
612-386-7873
[email protected]
Director of Human Resources
Deb Voigt
222
763-746-4810
[email protected]
HR Associate
Jan Gunderson
223
763-746-4811
[email protected]
Operations Administrator
Gerri Dukart-Gbor
224
763-746-4853
612-396-2710
[email protected]
Program Administrator of QA Services
Cathy Tucker
225
763-746-4851
612-432-7074
[email protected]
Operations Administrator of New Services
Kalina Peddycoart
226
763-746-4850
763-568-1396
[email protected]
Program Administrator of Risk Management and New Services
Mary Carlson
227
763-746-4802
[email protected]
Accounts Payable
Gayla Gatzke
228
763-746-4833
[email protected]
Director of Development
Lori Merriam
229
763-746-4820
[email protected]
CEO
Don Priebe
230
763-746-4801
[email protected]
Accounts Receivable
Laura McDonald
231
763-746-4831
[email protected]
Director of Finance/Property
Donald Frink
232
763-746-4830
[email protected]
Information Technologies
Chris Dunleavy
233
763-746-4800
[email protected]
Development Associate
Kristine Morin
237
763-746-4821
[email protected]
Development Administrative Asst.
Liz Trombley
238
763-746-4822
Operations Administrator
Bonnie Roskop
239
763-746-4852
HR Assistant/Reception
Toni Walton
240
763-746-4812
[email protected]
Accountant/Payroll
Lou Ann Hackbarth
241
763-746-4832
[email protected]
Assistant Director of Training
Ann Holmes
243
763-746-4841
[email protected]
HR Recruiter
Martha Duclos
244
763-746-4813
[email protected]
IHO & In Home PRC
Liz Strohmayer
247
763-746-4849
[email protected] 612-432-7102
763-302-9027
[email protected]
[email protected]
