Meet Our Providers

Kadie Fredell, APRN-FNP

Credentialed specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner

Education: BA in Social Justice & Peace Studies and BA in Economics, University of St. Thomas; Masters in Nursing, University of Minnesota; Post-Masters Certificate, Minnesota State Mankato

Personal Profile: Kadie has been a registered nurse since 2009 and a nurse practitioner since 2017.  She believes quality healthcare is a human right and is committed to caring for underserved populations.  She loves getting to know her patients and sharing her knowledge of how our bodies work so that they can make informed decisions that are best for them.  When not working, Kadie enjoys gardening, cooking and seeing live music.  She also loves anything that gets her outdoors, including camping, canoeing, and hiking with her Australian Shepard.

Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD

Credentialed specialty: Family and Community Medicine

Education, Training & Certifications: BA, Vassar College-Environmental Studies; MD, Harvard Medical School; Board Certified in Family Medicine, Allina Health-United Family Medicine Residency Program.

Personal Profile: Dr. Kelsey first became excited about working with trans and gender-expansive youth as a medical student in Boston. She has worked at many community health centers in St. Paul and is passionate about caring for folks who are not always served well by our healthcare system. Some of her areas of interest are in caring for gender-expansive youth, getting nerdy about hormones, options for non-binary transition, pregnancy care, and sexual health. She loves being outside in all weather, believes in cultural humility, speaks Spanish, and is passionate about using her tools as a physician to work toward a more just world.

Lexy Millett, MSN, CNM

Credentialed specialty: Certified Nurse Midwife

Personal Profile: Lexy is a Certified Nurse Midwife who joined the medical field because she enjoys building long-term relationships with people and partnering with folks to support their health goals. She has worked in both large hospitals and small birth centers, but the community clinic setting is her passion because she believes that every single person deserves high-quality health care. She frames her practice through the lenses of reproductive justice and the dismantling of racism in healthcare, intentionally working to partner with folks who have been ignored by the traditional healthcare system. Outside of work, Lexy enjoys spending time with her partner and kiddos, canoeing, hiking, and eating sweet treats.

Nora Powers, PA-C

Credentialed Speciality: Physician Assistant (PA)

Education: BS Microbiology, University of Minnesota; MPAS Augsburg University

Personal Profile: Nora (they/them, she/her) first started with Family Tree as a volunteer and was excited to return as a provider. They are a native of the Twin Cities and have worked in several community clinics in the area.  Nora strives to offer healthcare that helps patients live their best, most fulfilled lives. They are deeply committed to bodily autonomy, reproductive access, and understanding gender outside of the cishetnormative binary. Outside of work, they love meeting other people’s pets and cooking delicious food from their unruly garden.

Phyllis Wiener, APRN-WHNP

Credentialed Speciality: Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

Education: BA from University of MN education and urban studies; RN from Minneapolis Community College, NP certification Planned Parenthood, RNC, NP

Personal Profile: Phyllis Wiener (she/her) has been a nurse practitioner for 30 years. Phyllis started her career at Cedar Riverside People’s Center, and spent 20 years working at Planned Parenthood as both a healthcare provider and educator in the nurse practitioner certification program. In 2012 she joined the team at Family Tree Clinic. At Family Tree Phyllis provides reproductive and gender-affirming care to adolescent and adult patients. As a provider, she partners with patients to focus on their goals and priorities through deep listening, engaged participation and supporting individuals to reach their goals. She is committed to working with patients to decrease barriers, and improve their lives and healing through affirming health care practices. Phyllis lives in Minneapolis with her partner Shay, has two adult children and a 2-year-old puppy she loves to take for walks around the lakes.

Olivia Fricke, MSN, CNM

Credentialed specialty: Certified Nurse Midwife

Personal Profile: Olivia (they/them she/her) is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has practiced at free-standing birth centers before joining the Family Tree Clinic. They are passionate about contributing to healthcare facilities that challenge barriers to people receiving the healthcare they deserve. Their goal is to get to know individuals in order to help them meet their health and wellness goals in authentic and culturally appropriate ways. She fills her free time buying too many books, reading, cooking, and hanging out with her family (which includes a chihuahua and an earless pitbull she’s always happy to show pictures of).