Sam Marquardt joined McKnight in July 2009 as program assistant with the Environment program. In subsequent years they held similar roles with the Mississippi River and Midwest Climate & Energy programs, before moving to a program and grants associate role with the Climate team. In their current position as senior program and grants associate (since January 2023), Sam supports the Neuroscience program and McKnight’s Other Grantmaking areas and administers the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience grantmaking database, maintaining key relationships and moving funds to support our grantee partners, all with the help of a robust spreadsheet. During their tenure, Sam has enjoyed connecting with grantees working on varied issues in diverse communities and is excited about the new directions and energy at McKnight.
Sam tau mob siab rau lawv txoj haujlwm los ua haujlwm nrog kev daws teeb meem kev ncaj ncees thiab ib puag ncig, xws li dej tsis zoo, kev ua liaj ua teb kom ruaj khov, kev hloov pauv huab cua, thaj av sovereignty, thiab kev txhawb nqa haiv neeg. Ua ntej McKnight, Sam tau tsim thiab tswj hwm cov ntaub ntawv dav dav FileMaker Pro raws li tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Organic Alliance. Qhov kev paub thiab kev paub ntawm cov ntaub ntawv no tau ua rau lawv nkag mus rau hauv kev pabcuam nyiaj txiag los ua tus saib xyuas nyiaj pabcuam ntawm Grotto Foundation, uas lawv kuj tau tswj cov ntaub ntawv rau American Indian Family Empowerment Program. Sam tau kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev tshawb fawb txog poj niam thiab poj niam los ntawm Macalester College.
Thaum lub caij sau se Sam tuaj yeem pab dawb nrog Npaj + Prosper los npaj thiab tshuaj xyuas cov se rov qab. Sam nyiam daim ntawv zoo. Thaum tsis ua haujlwm, Sam nyiam ua vaj hauv lawv lub nroog ua liaj ua teb thiab lub vaj hauv zej zog, koom nrog pab pawg neeg hu nkauj, thiab siv sijhawm nrog phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg, suav nrog lawv tus poj niam thiab tus dev ntxim hlub.