Lower Phalen Creek Project - We’re Hiring!
WAKAN TIPI CENTER DIRECTOR
Job Description:
The Wakan Tipi Center (WTC) Director is responsible for overseeing all aspects of fundraising, planning, partnerships, community engagement, design, construction, and operations related to the Wakan Tipi Center. The WTC Director will also ensure that LPCP’s other projects – such as daylighting Phalen Creek and community engagement for Swede Hollow Park – coordinate with WTC activities. Finally, the WTC Director will manage the connectedness of WTC within the broader community and region through partnerships, the business community, transportation, and infrastructure. This position will report to the Executive Director.
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Administrative assistant (part-time)
Job Description:
The Administrative Assistant is responsible for aiding the Executive Director with administrative task including, but not limited to, maintaining funders lists, managing payroll, using accounting software to track funds, donations, and grants, and generally maintaining a professional work environment.
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Our Staff

Interim Executive Director
Jacob Jurss

Communications and Outreach Associate
Mishaila Bowman
Jim Rock (contractor) - Dakota Interpretation
Indigenous Educational Design
Jennifer Halcrow (contractor) - Development
jennifer@corvusnorth.com
Veronica Burt (contractor) - Community Engagement
univaveequity@yahoo.com
Maggie Lorenz (contractor) - Swede Hollow Master Plan Consultant
mmlorenz24@gmail.com
Board of Directors
Thomas Draskovic
Lakota Language & Culture Teacher, American Indian Magnet School
Maggie Lorenz
Founder and Lead Organizer for Wakinyan Luta Oyanke
Chip Lindeke
Treasurer; Principal, Raffetry Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects
Dan McGuiness
Chair; East Side Resident; Mississippi River Program; National Audubon Society (Retired)
Amin Omar
East Side Resident; Director, Horn of Africa Community
Cynthia Whiteford
Secretary; Lowertown Resident; Senior Vice President, Trust for Public Land (Retired)
Partners
American Indian Family Center
Audubon Society
Bigelow Foundation
Cansayapi Cultural Department of the Lower Sioux Indian Community
Capitol Region Watershed District
City of Saint Paul
Saint Paul City Council
Saint Paul Parks and Recreation
Saint Paul Office of the Mayor
Saint Paul Public Works
Saint Paul Planning & Economic Development Department
Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye
David Winton Bell Foundation
District 4 Dayton’s Bluff Community Council
District 5 Payne-Phalen Planning Council
District 17 Capitol River Council
DNR Metro Greenways Program
East Side Arts Council
East Side Area Business Association
East Side Freedom Library
East Side Neighborhood Development Company
Friends of the Mississippi River
Friends of Swede Hollow
Healing Place Collaborative
Hardenbergh Foundation
Historic Saint Paul
Hope Community Academy
Horn of Africa Community of USA
Indigenous Education Design
Katherine B. Andersen Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation
Lowertown Future Fund
McKnight Foundation
McNeely Foundation
Metropolitan State University
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Mississippi Park Connection
National Park Service: Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Trust
Railroad Island Implementation Task Force
Ramsey County Board of Commissioners
Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
Saint Paul Garden Club
Saint Paul Foundation
STAR Cultural Grant Program – City of Saint Paul
Toro Giving Program
Trust for Public Land
Xcel Foundation
Urban Roots