Staff
Leadership
Annie Van Avery brings an extensive track record of collaborative leadership in the nonprofit sector. She has successfully stabilized and grown each organization she has been a part of by listening to and engaging the strengths of the team while developing innovative solutions that help organizations thrive. Her extensive leadership history includes successful experiences as Interim Executive Director at Banyan Community Foundation, and Executive Director positions at three nonprofits: Domestic Abuse Project in Hennepin County; COLAGE, a national organization supporting LGBTQ+ parents and caregivers; and Photographic Center NW in Seattle. Annie brings a deep understanding of the communities Family Tree serves, and extensive experience as a co-creator of strategies, sustainable practices, and innovative solutions to support this next chapter for Family Tree Clinic.
612-473-0807avanavery@familytreeclinic.org
Lindsey Hoskins is a deeply committed sex nerd who graduated from the University of MN with a degree in sex education. She dove into this work in 1999 and fell in love with helping folks get comfy and start talking about topics that can often be challenging. Lindsey joined Family Tree is 2002 and is now the Director of Health Education.
Lindsey is most proud of the sex ed programming she runs in juvenile corrections, the peer sex educator program she started for queer and trans teens, and her work with parents of young children. Lindsey is happiest when teaching puberty, and don’t even get her started on lube.
In 2017, her book, Principles of Pleasure: Working with the Good Stuff as Sex Therapists and Educators, was released. Her mother is very proud.
612-473-0804lindsey@familytreeclinic.org
Nyssa discovered her ability to lead teams towards a shared goal in a positive, people-centric way as a teenage camp counselor in the Wisconsin Northwoods. Her passions of music & team leadership joined forces while in college to spend many years working at the Electric Fetus record store near Lake Superior.
In 2013 Nyssa started working at Planned Parenthood & managed the Duluth & Virginia, MN clinics, helping to eliminate health disparities in underserved communities with a focus on sexual health. Nyssa moved to the Twin Cities during the Covid pandemic to join the team at Family Tree & continue work in community-focused reproductive & social justice in healthcare.
Nyssa holds a Bachelor of Music & Business Administration degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. In her spare time she loves to go on outdoor adventures, play the upright bass, cook complicated meals, & her newly found joy of fly fishing.
612-473-0802nkrause@familytreeclinic.org
Deborah Angelucci has more than 25 years of experience working in fundraising, finance, human resources, and administration in small- to mid-sized nonprofits in the Twin Cities.
Her previous work experience includes Tree Trust, Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Rural AIDS Action Network, and what was then Face to Face Health & Counseling Service (now Face to Face).
Prior to that, she worked as a fundraising consultant for what was then Crowley, White & Associates – now Crowley, White, Helmer & Sevig.
Deborah has a BA in Communications from Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA, and in her free time enjoys traveling with her spouse.
612-473-0812
dangelucci@familytreeclinic.org
Annie Schmitz is a dedicated fundraising professional passionate about community. Before joining Family Tree, Annie was the Director of Programs and Research at Momentum Nonprofit Partners in Memphis, TN, where she coordinated capacity-building training to other nonprofits across a ten-county service area.
Annie previously served as Grants and Communications Coordinator at COA Youth & Family Centers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Managing Director at the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, she graduated with a masters in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also holds a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.
Annie is passionate about gender justice, racial justice, and LGBTQ rights. Please send her a note any time to connect!
612-473-0810aschmitz@familytreeclinic.org
Clinic
Olly Scharpe Clinic Assistant | Matilda George Care Coordinator RN | Ernie Hsu Prior Authorization Specialist | Brandon Jones Clinic Operations Specialist |
Xiomar Luna Clinic Assistant | Anna Mulhern Medical Assistant Manager | Elia Rubio Medical Assistant | Kai Kelley Clinic Assistant |
Cheré Bergeron Care Coordinator RN | Dylan Flunker Project Manager | Alexa Akre Clinic Assistant | Parvaneh Jefferson Medical Assistant |
Ari Kelley Front Desk Manager | Ana Keller-Flores Medical Assistant | Avi Marshall Lab Coordinator | Mae Johnson Medical Assistant |
Lidia Hadera Medical Assistant | Max Guo Medical Assistant | Waralee Kantharak Medical Assistant | |
Kaomi Yang Medical Assistant | Addy Welch Patient Resources Coordinator awelch@familytreeclinic.org |
Community Outreach, Education & Hotline
Jordan May Juvenile Justice Sex Educator jmay@familytreeclinic.org | Louise Bequeaith Juvenile Justice Sex Educator lbequeaith@familytreeclinic.org |
Sawyer Plotz Health Mentor splotz@familytreeclinic.org | Taylor Chambers Drop-In Program Coordinator tchambers@familytreeclinic.org |
Chandler Daily Lead Clinic Educator cdaily@familytreeclinic.org | Nicci Willams Equity Programs Manager nwilliams@familytreeclinic.org |
Jadea Luceni Clinic Educator jluceni@familytreeclinic.org | Paige Beto Health Mentor pbeto@familytreeclinic.org |
Rebecca Driker-Ohren Hotline and Health Education Coordinator rdrikerohren@familytreeclinic.org |
Administration & Billing
Clive North Finance Associate cnorth@familytreeclinic.org | Kyra Brown Communications Manager kbrown@familytreeclinic.org |
Yri Hansen Billing Associate yhansen@familytreeclinic.org | Jaffa Aharonov Technology Manager jaharonov@familytreeclinic.org |
Max Johnson Development Manager mjohnson@familytreeclinic.org | Jesse Kohler Building Assistant jkohler@familytreeclinic.org |