General Inquiries
GAI Office
office@gaimn.org
651-222-7027 ext. 0
German Language Classes and Services
language@gaimn.org
651-222-7027 ext. 101
GAI Staff
Jeana Anderson
Executive Director
Katrin Erdmann
Interim Director of Language Education
Caroline Blank
Education Outreach Coordinator
Erin Hart
Director of Communications and Development
Bettina Dehnhard
Communications Manager
Audra Grigus
Communications Coordinator
Olivia Felland
Development Coordinator
Casey Horn
Office Manager
Henriette Roe
Volunteer Coordinator
Lisa Matejka
Finance Manager
Babett Larimer
Kinderstube Preschool Director
Emily Ruggles Johnson
Kinderstube Site Director, St. Paul
Lisa Ragan
Kinderstube Site Director, Minneapolis
Board of Directors
Danika Hoffmann, Board Chair
WinWin Strategy LLC
Gary Shipp, Vice Chair
The ALS Association
Carla Passon, Secretary
Ameriprise Financial Inc. (retired)
Scott Bentrup, Treasurer
Allianz Life
Andrea Bork
Nonprofit Development Consultant
Ines Davis
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Ryan Doubet
KPMG
Miles Eakins
Harland Medical Systems
Ron Gerdes
3M
Carrie Hess
NACEL Open Door
Jeff Jones
AREA Corporate Real Estate
Dustin Massie
Taylor Corporation
Laurence Reszetar
Minnesota Trade Office
Advisory Board
Dr. Heino Beckmann
Honorarkonsul a.D.
Tom Felling
Felling Executive Search
Ron Okenfuss
CPR Global Business Solutions LLC
Ted Sherman
Medtronic
Nancy Zinter
Securian Financial Group (retired)