Contact Us

Northside Achievement Zone
2123 West Broadway Avenue #100
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Phone: 612.521.4405
Fax: 612.521.0325
Media Inquiries: 612.594.8310
Site Visits and Space Requests: 612.594.8296

NAZ EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:

• Sondra Samuels, President and Chief Executive Officer
  ssamuels@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8316
  c: 612.669.1980
• Michelle Martin, Chief Operating Officer
  mmartin@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8317
  c: 612.702.3040
• M. Taylor Edgerton, Chief Advancement Officer
  medgerton@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8310
  c: 651.503.0272

NAZ STAFF:

• Montel Adams, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Nellie Stone Johnson
  madams@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8272
• Brittany Alexander, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Ascension
  balexander@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8271
• Danielle Andrews, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at The Family Partnership
  dandrews@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8275
• Corey Boyd, Strategy Manager – Engagement
  cboyd@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8341
• Lucretia Brown, Team Supervisor
  Located at New Horizon
  lbrown@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8349
• April Bryant, Strategy Manager – Early Childhood Collaboration
  abryant@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8274
• Jillian Burch, Project Support Manager
  jburch@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8286
• Danielle Bylund, External Communications Manager
  dbylund@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8338
• Courtney Castleberry, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Cookie Cart
  ccastleberry@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8272
• Shatika Coleman, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at La Crèche 
  scoleman@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8277
• Ba’Dette Crowder, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at NAZ Central
  bcrowder@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8327
• Brittany Deleon-Buckley, Human Resources Assistant
  bdeleonbuckley@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8298
• David Devine, Senior Finance Director
  ddevine@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8295
• Heidi Dodd, Director of Annual Fund
  hdodd@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8311
• Andre Dukes, Collaboration Director – Early Childhood
  adukes@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8360
• Vince Frazier, Family Academy Facilitator
  vfrazier@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8325
• Erica Gates, Executive Assistant and Board Liasion
  egates@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8301
• Adrianne Gould, Family Support Specialist
  agould@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8276
• Busi Hands, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Patrick Henry High
  bhands@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8303
• Yuri Harper, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Urban Homeworks
  yharper@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8284
• Richelle Hart-Peeler, Senior Family Achievement Coach
  Located at The Mastery School
  rhartpeeler@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8333
• Chris Heng, Internal Communications Manager
  cheng@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8355
• Dennis Hodges, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at KIPP
  dhodges@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8314
• Qualandra Hudgins, Team Supervisor
  Located at KIPP
  qhudgins@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8323
• Vincent Ivory, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at The Mastery School
  vivory@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8321
• Kani Jackson, Senior Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Patrick Henry
  kjackson@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8322
• Bridgett Johnson, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Nellie Stone Johnson
  bjohnson@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8324
• Chantell Johnson, Family Academy Facilitator
  cjohnson@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8288
• LaVon Jordan, Team Supervisor
  Located at The Mastery School
  ljordan@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8326
• Rebecca Lahr, Database Manager
  rlahr@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8342
• Danyika Leonard, Strategy Manager – Family Support 
  dleonard@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8290
• Andre McNeal, Family Achievement Coach
  amcneal@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8328
• Delilah Montgomery, Program Coordinator
  dmontgomery@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8329
• Jennifer Nordstrom, Training and Quality Manager
  jnordstrom@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8361
• Doug Olson, Operations Manager
  dolson@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8296
• Tamera Owens, Team Supervisor
  Located at Ascension
  towens@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8330
• Michelle Palo, Collaboration Director – Family Support
  mpalo@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8281
• Michele Pletcher, Data Innovation Director
  mpletcher@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8343
• DaVonna Powell, Family Achievement Coach
  dpowell@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8362
• Sherman Powell, Team Supervisor
  Located at NAZ Central
  spowell@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8339
• Alysha Price, Senior Director – Program Strategy and Innovation
  aprice@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8273
• Tanika Reese, Family Support Specialist
  treese@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8335
• Kenneth Scales, Donor Relationship Specialist
  kscales@the-naz.org
  p:  612.594.8294
• Michael Shelton, Senior Family Achievement Coach
  Located at KIPP
  mshelton@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8340
• Alicia Smiley, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Northside Child Development Center
  asmiley@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8346
• John Smiley, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at The Mastery School
  jsmiley@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8347
• Indira Smith-Sanchez, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Nellie Stone Johnson
  ismith@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8348
• Ed Sriharatsa, Accountant
  esriharatsa@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8297
• LaToya Surratt, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Ascension
  lsurratt@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8351
• Shirene Taylor, Operations Assistant
  staylor@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8282
• Tatika Taylor, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at KIPP
  ttaylor@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8304
• Tamiko Thomas, Academic Consultant – High School to College
  tthomas@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8337
• SaGonna Thompson, Data and Reporting Associate
  sthompson@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8359
• Hector Torres, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at Ascension
  htorres@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8352
• Deanne Vaughan, Family Support Specialist
  dvaughan@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8285
• Chantelle Vaughn, Engagement Consultant
  cvaughn@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8302
• Robin Veal, Advancement Services Manager
  rveal@the-naz.org
  p:612.594.8312
• Adrienne Vitt, Marketing and Communications Director
  avitt@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8313
• Percy Wade, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at NAZ Central
  pwade@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8350
• Jaton White, Engagement Consultant
  jwhite@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8336
• Tiffany Wilson Worsley, Strategy Manager – K-8 Collaboration
  twilsonworsley@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8307
• Richard Woods, Family Achievement Coach
  Located at HIRED
  rwoods@the-naz.org
  p: 612.594.8353