Staff
Our team includes medical practitioners, clinic assistants, medical assistants, administrative staff, community health educators, and volunteer health educators. Our work is enhanced by the contributions of volunteers who are trained in a variety of clinic tasks and provide over 2,500 hours of service each year.
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
Jacki Trelawny believes sex-positive sex education and health access resources will save the world. Focusing on racial justice and community organizing, Jacki is passionate about intersectional sexual health and sees it as a way to make not only individuals healthier and confident, but whole communities as well.
The work of Community Engagement supports and holds Family Tree accountable to its vision of eliminating health disparities. She believes in people; the community knows what they need.
Jacki holds a Bachelors Degree in Africana and African American Studies from the University of Minnesota.
When Jacki is not at work she is off being a superhero or hanging at the dog park without a dog.
612-473-0806jtrelawny@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
Clinic
Amanda Stephens Care Coordinator RN | Matilda George Care Coordinator RN | Ernie Hsu Clinic Assistant & Prior Authorization Specialist | Brandon Jones Clinic Operations Specialist |
Olly Scharpe Clinic Assistant | Rys Petersen Medical Assistant | Mollie Heil Medical Assistant | Marcela Sanchez Front Desk Manager |
Xiomar Luna Clinic Assistant | Max Johnson Patient Resources Specialist | Drew Totz Medical Assistant | Kadie Fredell Nurse Practitioner |
Cheré Bergeron Care Coordinator RN | Dylan Flunker Project Manager | Alexis Akre Clinic Assistant | Kai Kelley Clinic Assistant |
Colin Whitmore Medical Assistant | Parvaneh Jefferson Medical Assistant | Avi Marshall Medical Assistant Manager | |
Community Outreach, Education & Hotline
Jordyn Adeboye Community Health Educator jadeboye@familytreeclinic.org | Taylor Chambers Juvenile Justice Sex Educator tchambers@familytreeclinic.org |
Sawyer Plotz Sex Educator & KiSS Coordinator splotz@familytreeclinic.org | Nicci Willams Community Engagement Program Coordinator nwilliams@familytreeclinic.org |
Chandler Daily Sex Educator cdaily@familytreeclinic.org | Paige Beto Sex Educator pbeto@familytreeclinic.org |
Jadea Moss Sex Educator jmoss@familytreeclinic.org |
Administration & Billing
Clive North Finance Associate cnorth@familytreeclinic.org | Harry Itie Communications Manager hitie@familytreeclinic.org |
Yri Hansen Billing Associate yhansen@familytreeclinic.org | Jaffa Aharonov Technology Manager jaharonov@familytreeclinic.org |
Annie Schmitz Development Manager aschmitz@familytreeclinic.org | Jesse Kohler Building Assistant jkohler@familytreeclinic.org |