About Us
Our Team
Our Leadership
Elissa Sangalli
President/CEO
esangalli@northerninitiatives.org
Chuck Hurst
Vice President, Commercial Lending
churst@northerninitiatives.org
Amanda Blondeau
Chief Strategy Officer
ablondeau@northerninitiatives.org
Jill Miller
Chief Financial Officer
jmiller@northerninitiatives.org
Lending Team
Rachel Thomas
Credit Manager
rthomas@northerninitiatives.org
Matthew Shaw
Credit Analyst
mshaw@northerninitiatives.org
Tiffany Bernethy
Loan Operations Manager
tbernethy@northerninitiatives.org
Amber Gransinger
agransinger@northerninitiatives.org
Brenda Olson
Loan Operations Specialist
bolson@northerninitiatives.org
Sara Bednarek
Loan Operations Specialist
sbednarek@northerninitiatives.org
Business Services Team
Israel Flores
Business Services Director
iflores@northerninitiatives.org
Stacy Zielinski
Initiate Director
szielinski@northerninitiatives.org
Chris Wendel
Initiate Relationship Manager
cwendel@northerninitiatives.org
Jessa Armstrong
Initiate Product Manager
jarmstrong@northerninitiatives.org
Mary Bickel
Business Coach
mbickel@northerninitiatives.org
Jody Lindberg
Business Coach
jlindberg@northerninitiatives.org
Justin Andert
Business Coach
jandert@northerninitiatives.org
Cailin Kelly
Business Coach
ckelly@northerninitiatives.org
Accounting and Operations Teams
Lee Ann Heikkila
Data and Impact Manager
lheikkila@northerninitiatives.org
Kayla Neer
Accountant
kneer@northerninitiatives.org
Natasha Koss
Development Manager
nkoss@northerninitiatives.org
Jodee Taylor
Content Coordinator
jtaylor@northerninitiatives.org
Erin Beauprez
Senior HR Consultant
ebeauprez@northerninitiatives.org
Michael Oman
IT Manager
moman@northerninitiatives.org
Meghan Disselkoen
Executive Assistant
mdisselkoen@northerninitiatives.org
Becky Blom
Accounting Coordinator
bblom@northerninitiatives.org
Kris Spaulding
Climate Justice & Environmental Resilience Director
kspaulding@northerninitiatives.org
Yewhanes Frezghi
Senior Accountant
yfrezghi@northerninitiatives.org
