Meet the Staff
Linsey McMurrin - Executive Director, SEL Specialist
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Keila McCracken - Business Director, SEL Specialist
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Candy Roberts-Salter - Founder of Peacemaker Resources and Trainer
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Flann Christenson- SEL Specialist, STAR Team Lead
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Joanna Wallenberg - SEL Specialist, Step Up Team Lead
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Sarah Wilson - SEL Specialist, SEL Team Lead
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Amanda Lien - Adult Workshop Presenter
amanda@peacemakerresources.org
Amanda has many passions/roles and wears many hats, quite literally and figuratively. You'll see her sporting many hats throughout her favorite seasons at home in Northwest Minnesota, where she has returned to after time spent across the states and globe. She has always felt a deep connection and pull back to NW MN where her family resides and where she is a proud auntie, outdoor adventurer, live music lover, creative cookie maker, Pilates instructor, and is passionate about wellness and change/development for people and organizations across generations and cultures.
Amanda is an Adult Workshop Presenter, integrating her community and organization development passions to help adapt and transform workplaces and communities. With her mix of education in health science and organization development, she uses creative approaches to lead strategic change, expand narratives, improve well-being, and advance communities and workplaces across our region. In addition to her role at Peacemaker Resources, she continues to seek out continuous learning and opportunity for impact in the lives of others, whether that is in her role as a Wellness Coordinator in upstream prevention with public health, as a hockey coach, or as a volunteer with local youth. She is committed to the systemic work to be done to heal trauma and restore justice in our regional communities and is currently a team member of the Respecting Voice Collaborative working to advance safety
and culturally-based approaches in health equity.
She is at her best near any body of water - lakes & rivers mostly - and lives with Luna the Moon Dog and Agassiz, her cat named after the nature refuge nearby her home.
Amanda is an Adult Workshop Presenter, integrating her community and organization development passions to help adapt and transform workplaces and communities. With her mix of education in health science and organization development, she uses creative approaches to lead strategic change, expand narratives, improve well-being, and advance communities and workplaces across our region. In addition to her role at Peacemaker Resources, she continues to seek out continuous learning and opportunity for impact in the lives of others, whether that is in her role as a Wellness Coordinator in upstream prevention with public health, as a hockey coach, or as a volunteer with local youth. She is committed to the systemic work to be done to heal trauma and restore justice in our regional communities and is currently a team member of the Respecting Voice Collaborative working to advance safety
and culturally-based approaches in health equity.
She is at her best near any body of water - lakes & rivers mostly - and lives with Luna the Moon Dog and Agassiz, her cat named after the nature refuge nearby her home.
Angela Haasch - SEL Specialist
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Diamond Knispel - SEL Specialist
diamond@peacemakerresources.org
Diamond is a creative thinker who likes to figure out how things work. She has been applying those skills to art and the human brain her whole life and continues to integrate them in her adult life as a teacher and painter. She joins Peacemaker Resources as a Social Emotional Learning Specialist with more than a decade of experience teaching folks of various ages, abilities and backgrounds. In pursuit of making genuine community connections Diamond has spent time organizing various music and art events as well as creative workshops and classes. She believes in the power of connection and creative thinking to help develop and deepen relationships. She believes empathy and compassion can be grown through healthy communication and the sharing of stories, and that understanding is the first step to building genuine, inclusive spaces.