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Staff

  • Duane Ninneman, Executive Director
    Duane Ninneman is the Executive Director of CURE. He continues to serve as CURE’s Climate Program Director, the program area he has led since joining CURE in 2005. Duane concentrates on About Me
  • Peg Furshong, Operations & Director of Programs
    Peg Furshong joined CURE in August of 2012.  As the Operations & Program Director, Peg is responsible for internal operations including financial systems, information technology and managing organizational performance, record About Me
  • Erik Hatlestad, Energy Democracy Program Director
    Erik has been working with CURE since he joined the organization in 2013 and currently leads CURE’s Energy Democracy campaigns. His work focuses around rural development through fostering sustainable economies About Me
  • Maggie Schuppert, Campaigns Director
    Maggie joined CURE at the end of 2021 as Campaigns Director. She is helping to build CURE’s capacity for strategic communications, campaigns, and advocacy. Maggie is a Minnesota transplant from About Me
  • Anne Borgendale, Communications Director
    Anne Borgendale is CURE’s Communications Director. She joined CURE in 2017. Anne works to communicate CURE’s grassroots, progressive vision for the future rural places as it relates to CURE’s work About Me
  • Sarah Mooradian, Government Relations & Policy Director
    Sarah joined CURE in the fall of 2021. Sarah graduated from Vermont Law School with both a J.D. and a Master of Environmental Law and Policy. She is passionate about About Me
  • Maureen Laughlin, Financial Manager
    Maureen started working as CURE’s Financial Manager in February 2021. Maureen served as CFO and Office Manager for Hasslen Construction for over 20 years. Prior, she spent six years working About Me
  • Clovis Curl, Communications Fellow & Research Specialist
    Clovis Curl joined CURE in the Fall of 2021. As the project associate, Clovis assists with a variety of projects, from investigative research to community outreach. With a background in About Me
  • Andrea Fox Jensen, Consultant
    Andrea Fox Jensen is an independent planning consultant based in Litchfield, Minnesota and Rudkøbing, Denmark. She provides a range of expertise to organizations that serve the public good, including comprehensive About Me
  • Reagan Diggins, Program Intern
    Reagan joined CURE in the spring of 2021. As the Program Intern, she provides program support in organizing community events and connecting people to outdoor programs. Her internship offers her About Me

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