News Release: McKnight hires two staff members

April 13, 2009 - McKnight recently hired two new staff to fill administrative support positions.

The McKnight Foundation has hired two new staff members. On April 13, Nan Jahnke joined McKnight as program assistant for neuroscience and vice president of program; on April 20, Kaia Klockeman will take on the role of finance assistant.

Kaia Klockeman has worked for the past two years as staff accountant and human resources representative at Opportunity Finance, a specialty finance company in downtown Minneapolis, and for the past four years as an administrator at Sons of Norway Fifth District Heritage Camp in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. Klockeman has a B.A. in economics from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. As finance assistant, she will help maintain the Foundation’s financial records and provide administrative support to the vice president of finance and compliance.

ABOUT THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION

The McKnight Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations through grantmaking, coalition-building, and encouragement of strategic policy reform. Founded in 1953 and independently endowed by William and Maude McKnight, the Minnesota-based Foundation has assets of approximately $1.6 billion and granted about $99 million in 2008.

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