MN Campus Alliance Trainer Biographies
Lead Trainers
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Michael Grewe is the Assistant Director of Campus Activities and Orientation and Coordinator for LGBTQIA Services at Augsburg College; as well as the Education Coordinator for the Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance. Michael has performed GLBTA-specific trainings at over a dozen colleges and universities in the region, and volunteers his time with a variety of GLBTA community and grassroots organizations in Minnesota. He is a founding Board member of the MN Campus Alliance and a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Anne Hodson was born male bodied at birth; however, at an early age realized she should have been born female. After years of struggling with her internal issues, she began to explore her own identity and successfully transitioned from male to female. Anne avidly studies gender identity, gender roles and gender formation as both innate and culturally defined. She has presented to groups at colleges/universities, high schools, government, business, churches and conferences around the country. Anne is a graduate of Metropolitan State University in GLBT Studies.
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Ross Neely has been doing social justice work and facilitating trainings and dialogues around gender, sexuality and race for eight years. Ross works for the GLBTA Programs Office at the University of Minnesota, co-coordinates the Transgender Commission, was a founding board member of the MN Campus Alliance, and serves on the board of an LGBT People of Color organizing project called Color CoordiNATION. Ross is a graduate student studying social justice and struggling to reframe ally identity for himself and his work.
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Anne Phibbs worked for 11 years as GLBT Student Services Director at Metropolitan State University and currently directs the GLBTA Programs Office at the University of Minnesota. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy and teaches as adjunct faculty at both the U of M and Metropolitan State. Anne has over 15 years experience developing and implementing trianings on GLBTA issues, and served as Education Coordinator for the MN Campus Alliance.
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Sidney Smith is the GLBT Student Services / Women's Services Coordinator at Metropolitan State University. Sidney was a founding Co-Chair of the MN Campus Alliance. She graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Masters degree in Women Studies and worked as the Program Advisor for the LGBT Center at MSU-M and as an Academic Advisor at Capella University. Sidney is currently working on her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration at St. Cloud State University.
Trainers
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Genny Clute is currently in her last semester at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities completing a Bachelors Degree in Family Social Science. She has been a campus leader and advocate for sexual health education and has presented many trainings during her time as a coordinator and HIV Peer Educator for SHADE (Sexual Health Awareness and Disease Education). Genny has been active with the MN Campus Alliance for two years, training and serving as a panelist at a diverse array of institutions both in and out of the metro area.
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Kim Jorgensen is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at the University of North Dakota. She currently works part time as the Coordinator of GLBTA Programs at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Kim recently joined the MN Campus Alliance Executive Board as the Outreach Coordinator. She is a Co-Chair of the 2009 Bisexual Empowerment Conference (BECAUSE) as well as a MN Campus Alliance working group dedicated to development of new curricula regarding bisexual identities.
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T. Todd Masman has been involved in diversity education for over 20 years, including LGBT, race, class and gender issues. A student development educator, he has worked at schools in MN, IA, OH and MI and been a member of the national Standing Committee for LGBT Awareness with the American College Personnel Association. T. Todd has degrees from West Virginia Wesleyan College (BA) and Bowling Green State University (MA), with additional study at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He most recently served as the Faculty and Staff Coordinator for the MN Campus Alliance and has been a part of trainings throughout the state and region.
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Becky Saltzman is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities whose involvement with GLBT activism and education spans several years. Becky previously co-chaired the Queer Student Cultural Center as well as the MN Campus Alliance. Becky has trained at institutions across the state and is involved in several holistic social justice non-profits in the Twin Cities. She currently serves on the MN Campus Allinace board as the Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator.
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Monica Saralampi has been active in education, the arts and GLBT activism for over 10 years. Her past work at Normandale Community College included civic engagement, advising the Gay, Straight Student Alliance and increase awareness of transgender issues in the context of educational institutions. Monica serves on the Education Committee of the MN Campus Alliance.
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Alfonso Wenker is the Programs Manager at PFund Foundation. He is completing a degree in Public Relations at the University of St. Thomas where he has been involved in campus climate, diversity and social justice work and student leadership for four years. Alfonso was a founding Co-Chair of the MN Campus Alliance and was instrumental in the creation of its programming. He has been a trainer at institutions across the state and works for social justice through a queer/multi-issue/multiple-identity lens.
