Leadership

MACC brings the strength of its broad team to each of our members. Nearly fifty expert and credentialed professionals combine skills and experience with deep roots in the nonprofit sector. Our depth of staffing provides “bench strength” to all our members, regardless of their size. As a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, we are active participants in the community of nonprofits we serve.

Meet our Senior Leadership Team.

Steve Houtz, President and CEO

In his role as President and CEO, Steve has overall responsibility for ensuring that MACC fulfills its mission of supporting the unique missions of its nonprofit members by providing outstanding management and administrative services in a collaborative framework.

Prior to joining MACC in January 2013, Steve was a Group Vice President at Digital River, Inc. Before that he was with Thrivent Financial for nine years, where he held executive positions in technology shared services, continuous improvement, and as Director, Human Resources and Financial Systems. Steve’s background also includes eight years in executive consulting with Accenture. Steve holds an MBA in Finance, an MHA in Health Services Administration from the University of Minnesota, and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA. Steve has served on the Boards of Directors at Pillsbury United Communities and Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP).

"Together, we'll keep working to make a more powerful impact on our communities"

Adam Cowing, Vice President, Client Data Services

In his role as the Vice President of Data Services, Adam collaborates with member organizations to design strategy for client data management needs. He leads the Data Team in their work to implement the Client Track database and improve our members' data reporting processes.

Adam has a Masters of Public Policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota with a concentration in nonprofit leadership and management. He brings more than five years of experience working in social service nonprofits in the Twin Cities and nearly ten years of experience creating and maintaining database systems. “I like getting a window into the different nonprofits that we work with and seeing all the great work they’re doing.”

Amanda Golly, Vice President of Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources Amanda is responsible for leading the team of HR professionals who provide a full range of Human Resource services for MACC members.

Amanda has over ten years of experience working at third party administration firms in the Midwest. Her strengths are compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and the Department of Labor on retirement and health and welfare plans. She enjoys learning and teaching about the intricacies of benefit plans.

"I look forward to helping nonprofit organizations better understand and utilize employee benefits and benefits strategies."

Serena Cram, Vice President of Financial Services

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In her role as Vice President of Financial Services Serena is responsible for leading the Financial Services team in providing accounting services to MACC members. Among other things she is responsible for supervising staff and handling financial reporting and analysis. Additionally she handles audit coordination, budgeting, fraud prevention, Census and other government reporting as well as cash flow management for several members. Serena graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, and continued her studies there to obtain her Master in Business Administration degree. She specifically chose MACC not only because of the mission, but also because of the variety of work offered – it never seemed like there’d be a dull day, which has been proven true thus far. Serena is very passionate about learning. She mostly accomplishes her learning by reading, which is another activity she is passionate about. If you want to get her talking, just start talking about books – genre doesn’t matter, because she’s dabbled in a little bit of everything!

Trisha Reinwald, Vice President of Member Advancement

Trisha works across all of our services as an advocate and connecting point for members and prospective members. She helps connect members to the right mix of programs and services that allow an organization to focus on mission and collaborate in new ways. She leads member engagement through technology and communications, and develops support strategies that help members get the most out of their member benefits.

Trisha’s career focus has long been in associations and capacity-building nonprofits in the Twin Cities community. Immediately prior to joining MACC she was Executive Director of the Minnesota Jaycees. Prior to that she held Program Assistant roles with Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) and the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. She holds an MA in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University and a BA in Political Science from St. Olaf College. Trisha served two terms on the national board of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) and was a founder of the Twin Cities chapter of YNPN.

"It's exciting to be a part of a unique organization- MACC's "special sauce" is something that makes us stand out in our community. Pairing social capital and trusting relationships with a powerful administrative platform makes a lot of new things possible. I enjoy supporting members as they engage and identify what might be possible."

Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities
3433 Broadway St NE, Ste 230, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Phone 612-341-1601 · info@macc-mn.org
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