Profile Category: <span>Board of Directors</span>

Dawanna S. Witt was elected as the Hennepin County Sheriff on November 8, 2022. She was sworn in and took office on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. She is the first woman and person of color to hold the office. Sheriff Witt began her professional career in the non-profit field. She earned her first degree in...

Hao Q. Nguyen, came to this country as a refugee from Vietnam at the age of nine. He grew up in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Hao was raised alongside his two older brothers by a single mother. After graduating from high school, he attended Saint Cloud State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in...

Lisa K. Dressler is the former Director of Emergency Management for the University of Minnesota system and for the City of Minneapolis. She has held positions with both Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM). She is a nationally known subject matter expert in the area of emergency management...

Rob Allen is the Director of Community Security for the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Minnesota and the Dakotas, a position in which he works to reduce both physical threats and cyber risks to the community. Drawing from his breadth of experience and depth of knowledge, Rob coordinates and delivers a wide variety of...

Tim Kingsley | Chief Operating Officer, Canon Pastor Tim Kingsley serves as Board Director on the Minnesota Crisis Intervention Team, where he advocates for changing the community response to crisis incidents and people struggling with mental health. In addition Kingsley serves as a Police Chaplian and is Chief Operating Officer and Canon Pastor at Saint...

Board Position: Board Chair Career/Position outside of MN CIT:  Retired, 40 years of police work.  28 years Minneapolis Police, last 9 as Deputy Chief, 12 years University of Minnesota Public Safety Assistant Vice President/Chief of Police. Why you agreed to serve on the Board for MN CIT:  I had involvement with police responding to mental health...