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About MACC

MACC's Strategic Plan 2006 - 2009                                                   

For a quick snapshot of who we are

and what we do, download MACC FastFacts

What is MACC?

A partnership of 21 community-based human service organizations that advocate for, connect and serve individuals, families and communities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.

MACC goals

  • To build and leverage relationships
  • To create assets and tools to amplify community voices
  • To transform the way the social sector does business
  • To nurture a new generation of leaders who grow up in a culture of collaboration
  • To grow a healthy economic foundation for community agencies and communities

MACC meetingWho is MACC?

  • MACC members have more than 80 sites across the Twin Cities.
  • MACC members serve 315,000 metro area residents.
  • 70 percent are people of color.
  • New Americans make up 25-35 percent of MACC-served communities.
  • Residents seeking services speak more than a dozen languages, predominant are Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Russian, Vietnamese and English.
  • MACC member centers employ over 1,000 Twin Cities residents, primarily from the communities that MACC members serve.
  • MACC members have combined annual budget of $60 million.

MACC groupWhat do MACC members do?

  • MACC agencies offer resources in housing, employment, education and health as well as basic needs services.
  • MACC agencies employ members of emerging communities.
  • MACC agencies provide access and skills for working within communities defined by culture and race.
  • MACC and its agencies provide training and learning opportunities in accessible sites across the Metropolitan area.

MACC staff

Jan Berry, President
(612) 791-2635
jberry@maccalliance.org

Sharon Haas, Director of Operations
(612) 302-3432
shaas@maccalliance.org

 

MACC Board

Officers

Molly Greenman, MACC Board Chair
President & CEO, Family & Children’s Service
414 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-341-1622

Fran Ivory, MACC Board Vice Chair

Executive Director, Merrick Community Services

1526 East Sixth Street, St. Paul, MN 55106

651-771-8821

Ernest Johnson, MACC Treasurer

Executive Director, Sabathani Community Center

310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55409

612-821-2323

Jeff Martinka, MACC Secretary

Executive Director, West 7th Community Center

265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN 55102

651-298-5493

Fred Easter , MACC Executive Committee member-at-large
Executive Director, The City, Inc.

1315 - 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-377-7559

Barbara Milon, MACC Executive Committee member-at-large
Executive Director, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
1301 10th Avenue North , Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-374-4342

Anne Long, MACC Board Immediate Past Chair
Executive Director, Plymouth Christian Youth Center
2210 Oliver Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-522-6501

Members

Delroy Calhoun
Loring Nicollet-Bethlehem Community Centers
1925 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-872-3630

Armando Camacho

President, Neighborhood House

179 East Robie Street, St. Paul, MN 55107

651-789-2545

Kitty Christiansen
Executive Director, LDA of Minnesota

5354 Parkdale Drive, Suite 200, St. Louis Park, MN 55416-1603
952-922-8374

Beverly Dusso
Executive Director, Tubman Family Alliance

3111 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-825-3333

Saeed Fahia
Executive Director, Confederation of Somali Community in MN, Inc.
420 – 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-338-5282

Judy Halper

Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Family & Children's Services of Mpls.

13100 Wayzata Boulevar, #400, Minnetonka, MN 55305

952-546-0616

Kim Keprios
Chief Executive Officer, Arc Greater Twin Cities

2446 University Avenue West, Suite 110, St. Paul, MN 55114
952-920-0855

Suzanne Koeppinger

Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center

2300 - 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404

612-728-2000

Bill Laden
Executive Director, East Side Neighborhood Services
1700 Second Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-781-6011

Eric Nyberg

President, Keystone Community Services

2000 St. Anthony Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104

651-603-6644

Bob Olander
Hennepin County Department of Human Services & Public Health

1800 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55409
612-879-3513

Deborah Renshaw
Executive Director, Life’s Missing Link

1210 Glenwood Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55405

612-871-0748

Carolyn Smallwood

Executive Director, Way to Grow

125 West Broadway, #110, Minneapolis, MN 55411

612-874-4740

Tony Wagner
President, Pillsbury United Communities
1201 37th Avenue North , Minneapolis, MN 55412
612-302-3450

Ramona Wilson

Executive Director, Freeport West

2219 Oakland Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55404

612-824-3040