2020-2021 LHENA Leadership Team
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors oversees the direction and maintenance of LHENA, its programs, and its funds. The Board is composed of 11 community members, either neighbors and representatives of local businesses, who take an interest in the well-being of the neighborhood. Ten of the seats are 2-year terms, one is 1-year. Each spring, six of the 11 seats are up for re-election. Director elections are held at the neighborhood annual meeting every April. As a renter or homeowner, you can both vote and run for this position.

Katie Mae Dickinson, President
Jordan Peacock, Secretary
Kevin O'Hara, Treasurer
​Pete Boisclair
​Kari Johnson
Bernadette Knaeble
Jordan Millikan
Manny Minter
​Eric Ortiz
Mariah Weitzenkamp

One seat currently vacant
Committee Chairs & Liaisons
Over its 50 years, LHENA has seen every kind of committee, each formed by neighbors ready to lead on an issue they see as vital to the times in the neighborhood. Committees come and go, past ones including such subject areas as Ecology, Arts & Kids, Community Life & Safety, Social events, Renters, and Neighborhood History. Here are today's active committees and issue area Liaisons:

Environmental Committee Chair: Lexi Scharmer
Zoning & Planning Committee Co-Chairs: Rachel Usher & Joshua Christianson
Community-Building Committee Chair: Katie Mae Dickinson

Issue Area Liaisons
Jefferson School: Carlyn Shanley
Small Business: Tim Meyer
Crime & Safety: Alicia Gibson
Neighborhood History: Kathy Kullberg
LHENA Staff
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Paul Shanafelt
​Executive Director
C: 612-367-6468
E: paul@thewedge.org
Contact Paul about: Board of Directors opportunities, finances, requests for funding, grants, community loans, housing & commercial development,  Food Share program, solar co-op, Zoning & Planning Committee, local policy, small business resources, partnerships, and media inquiries..
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Scott Melamed
Community Outreach Manager
C: 612-467-9463
E: outreach@thewedge.org
Contact Scott about: volunteering & participation, newsletter submissions, events, community improvement projects, organics recycling program, mutual aid, Community-Building & Environmental Committees, renter resources, and general information about the neighborhood.