About Us
Our Team
Our Leadership

Elissa Sangalli
President
esangalli@northerninitiatives.org

Chuck Hurst
Vice President, Commercial Lending
churst@northerninitiatives.org

Amanda Blondeau
Chief Strategy Officer
ablondeau@northerninitiatives.org

Jill Miller
Accounting Manager
jmiller@northerninitiatives.org
Lending Team

Lee Ann Heikkila
Senior Portfolio Administrator
lheikkila@northerninitiatives.org


Kathy Leone
Credit Manager
kleone@northerninitiatives.org


Rachel Thomas
Credit Analyst
rthomas@northerninitiatives.org


Amber Gransinger
agransinger@northerninitiatives.org




Sara Bednarek
Commercial Lending Assistant
sbednarek@northerninitiatives.org


Brenda Olson
Commercial Lending Assistant
bolson@northerninitiatives.org


Natalee Farley
Credit Analyst
nfarley@northerninitiatives.org


Michelle Saatio
msaatio@northerninitiatives.org
Business Services Team


Israel Flores
Business Services Director
iflores@northerninitiatives.org


Chris Wendel
Initiate Program Manager
cwendel@northerninitiatives.org


Jessa Armstrong
Initiate Customer Success Manager
jarmstrong@northerninitiatives.org


Jody Lindberg
Business Coach
jlindberg@northerninitiatives.org


Mary Bickel
Business Coach
mbickel@northerninitiatives.org


Justin Andert
Business Coach
jandert@northerninitiatives.org


Jenny Mualhlun
Business Coach
jmualhlun@northerninitiatives.org
Accounting and Operations Teams


Kayla Britting
Accountant
kbritting@northerninitiatives.org


Natasha Koss
Development Coordinator
nkoss@northerninitiatives.org


Jodee Taylor
Content Coordinator
jtaylor@northerninitiatives.org




Becky Blom
HR/Accounting Coordinator
bblom@northerninitiatives.org


Deborah Schultz
HR/Administrative Coordinator
dschultz@northerninitiatives.org


Michael Oman
IT Manager
moman@northerninitiatives.org