A native Duluthian, Leah’s been organizing money and people for 16 years. As the Leadership Giving Officer for Wellstone Action, she nearly tripled their major giving program, and in her nine years fundraising she’s raised millions of dollars for fantastic causes. Leah credits her success in fundraising to the skills she learned as a community organizer working on the environment, women's rights, and electoral politics.
Leah serves as an adjunct coach with our RaiseMN initiative, providing support and tailored fundraising coaching to small- to medium-sized nonprofits.
When she’s not coaching, you can find Leah in her kitchen, covered head-to-toe in flour and blasting Modest Mouse and baking scones, cookies, cake, bread—basically anything that can be baked, really. Most of the time, you’ll also find her husband Terin and daughter Kit waiting patiently nearby for the baking timer to ding.