Mark Anderson has a MA in Liberal Studies from Hamline University.   Mark is the Founding Director of the Barbara Schneider Foundation (2003). Before that he was the Senior Policy Advisor on health care, mental health, human rights and other related issues in the office of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, including his work on universal health coverage and mental health and substance abuse treatment parity. He also served in the office of Governor Rudy Perpich and was appointed to the Health Care Access Commission which initiated the process that lead to the creation of Minnesota Care. 

Renee Jenson has a MA in Management from the University of Minnesota.  Renee works with individuals and organizations to collaborate on ways to respond to crisis situations in communities. She is a member of the Minnesota State Advisory Council on Mental Health and serves on many law enforcement and community health advisory councils.  She is a frequent speaker for NAMI and the Barbara Schneider Foundation on mental illness.