Juli Baecker

Juli Baecker has been an active and enthusiastic participant in community service across the Twin Cities metro area at all levels of involvement for over 20 years. Since January 2005, Juli has served Families Moving Forward as a member of the board, including leadership roles as secretary and chair. With a passion for helping families and children in our community, a drive for success, Juli brings 22 years of professional experience, in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors, having successful experience growing revenue, building relationships, expanding market reach, and improving profitability. As a strategic thinker she has applied her knowledge and skills in a leadership role in her board involvement. Juli is married with 3 children and resides in Stillwater, MN. She received her B.A. degree from Luther College in Decorah, IA.

Brian Berg - Treasurer

Brian has been on the board of Families Moving Forward (FMF) for the past two years. His faith community, Incarnation Lutheran Church in Shoreview is also a participation congregation where guest spend two weeks a year staying overnight. This gives him a chance to interact with the guests of FMF as they work their way through our program. He is currently the Corporate Controller of CU Companies, a credit union service organization. Prior to CU Companies, he worked in public accounting for eight years as a financial auditor specializing in non profit organizations with a focus on low income housing.

Deb Carlson

Deb Carlson is a former chair of the Families Moving Forward board. She was the FMF host coordinator at her church, St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove, from 2002 through 2009, and continues to volunteer during the congregation's host weeks. Deb also serves on the Housing for All in Maple Grove group and was instrumental in bringing the first CLT (land trust) home to her city. She is a commercial real estate broker with global provider Cushman & Wakefield, having previously been a corporate officer for Nash Finch and regional vice presdient for SUPERVALU. Deb is married to Robin Gault and they have one daughter, Aly.

Marcy Frost - Chair

Marcy R. Frost is a shareholder at Moss & Barnett, a Professional Association. Marcy has been practicing law since 1992, and her practice focuses on management side employment law and corporate transactions. She has served on the Families Moving Forward board since January 2008, and is the current board chair. Her interest in the organization began when she was recruited by her congregation, Temple Israel, to serve as a co-host coordinator when the congregation became a host site for FMF.

LaRae Kazmierkoski

LaRae has been actively involved with Families Moving Forward for over 16 years, first as a host coordinator at her church, working with the guests that this organization serves, and for the past seven years as a member of the Board. She is active in her community, raising funds for the arts, and in her local school district where she raises funds for children in need.

With a degree in management and communications, she has been employed in the insurance industry for 23 years. LaRae is married, has two children and 4 grandchildren.

Michael Keeler

David Lima

David joined the Families Moving Forward board in May 2011. He is an attorney with 30 years of experience in real estate, including residential real estate, and is senior group counsel at Target Corporation.

Lee Mauk

Valencia Ray

Lori Riley

Lori Riley is the Vice President of Corporate Systems Development at Target Corporation. Lori has been with Target for 13 years mainly in human resources. She was connected with FMF through Target’s Non-Profit Board Services Program. She holds an MBA and her master's degree in Education. Lori is married and has 3 children. She is excited to begin serving her second term on the FMF board.