Who We Are

Board and Staff

Alena Taylor
Executive Director
715-425-6751, ext. 101
alenat@turningpoint-wi.org

Amy Berg, CFRE
Development Director
715-425-6751, ext. 102
amyb@turningpoint-wi.org

Haley Konsela
Legal Services Coordinator
715-425-6751
haleyk@turningpoint-wi.org

Chayse Ludowese
Child and Youth Services Coordinator
715-425-6751
chaysel@turningpoint-wi.org

Katie Ryan Niznik, MA
Sexual Assault Services Director
715-425-6751, ext. 104
katier@turningpoint-wi.org

Samantha Pierson
Client Services Coordinator
715-425-6751
samanthap@turningpoint-wi.org

Thursday Night Support Group Facilitator
Tuni

Crisis Services Support Staff

Amber

Jenn

Kit

Payton

Sydney

Tasha

Whitney Blank
Second Chances Thrift Store
Retail Manager
715-426-5463

Second Chances Retail Associates:

Bella

Jay

Julia

Don Stovall
Interim President
Professor, School Psychology Program; University of Wisconsin River Falls

Krista Herum
Interim Treasurer
Accountant at Thorsen, Breidinger, & Novak, P.A.

Dori Marty
Secretary
Director of Grants/Resource Development at WITC

Ashley Burt
Director of Care Group Communications
HealthPartners

Cheryl Emerson
Community Volunteer

Edna Grotjahn-Early
Community Volunteer

Kristin Jepson
Insurance Agent
State Farm Insurance River Falls

Michelle Johnson
Financial Advisor
Edward Jones

Mike Metro
Owner
Metro Health and Fitness Studio

Senator Patty Schachtner
(Honorary, Non-Voting Board Member)
Wisconsin State Senate, 10th District; and St. Croix County Medical Examiner

Carrie Torgersen, MD
Family Practice Physician
Allina Medical Clinic, River Falls