Joel Krogstad joined McKnight in July 2021 and serves as the program manager of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. In this role he works closely with the neuroscience research community to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain and behavior can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. Specifically, he oversees the Endowment Fund’s $3.8 million budget, coordinates its two prestigious award programs, and organizes the popular annual conference. As part of administering the award programs and conference, Joel processes more than 150 applications annually, and helps to build connections among the neuroscience research community.
Before joining the Neuroscience program, Joel worked with McKnight’s Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems as a program and grants associate with the Grants & Program Operations department supporting all facets of the grantmaking process for the 10 countries served by the program.
Joel ໄດ້ອຸທິດອາຊີບຂອງຕົນເພື່ອເຮັດວຽກເພື່ອການຫັນປ່ຽນສັງຄົມໃນທົ່ວວັດທະນະທໍາ. ກ່ອນທີ່ຈະ McKnight, ລາວເປັນຜູ້ອໍານວຍການໂຄງການສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງດ້ານເຕັກໂນໂລຢີຂອງຊຸມຊົນຢູ່ Saint Paul Neighborhood Network ສໍາລັບ 15 ປີ, ຈ້າງແລະຄຸ້ມຄອງສະມາຊິກຂອງ AmeriCorps ຫຼາຍກວ່າ 500 ຄົນໃນການສອນທັກສະເຕັກໂນໂລຢີພື້ນຖານແລະສ້າງສັນສໍາລັບຊາວອົບພະຍົບ, ຄົນອົບພະຍົບ, ແລະຊຸມຊົນຊາວຫນຸ່ມໃນເມືອງຄູ່ແຝດ. . ກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້, Joel ຍັງໄດ້ນໍາພາໂຄງການຄົ້ນຄ້ວາແລະການສຶກສາໃນ Ecuador ແລະປະເທດໄທ.
Joel ມີລະດັບປະລິນຍາໂທໃນການເຮັດວຽກ, ຊຸມຊົນ, ແລະການສຶກສາຄອບຄົວຈາກມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ Minnesota, ແລະລະດັບວິທະຍາສາດທາງດ້ານການເມືອງແລະແອສປາໂຍນຈາກວິທະຍາໄລ Macalester. ລາວອາໄສຢູ່ກັບພັນລະຍາແລະລູກສອງຄົນຂອງລາວໃນ Saint Paul ແລະບໍ່ດົນມານີ້ໄດ້ເຮັດວຽກກ່ຽວກັບສິລະປະທີ່ລະມັດລະວັງໃນການຫັນຫນ້າໃນຂະນະທີ່ສະເກັດສະກີຂ້າມປະເທດ.
Motto for today: “Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart will search for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are NEVER exactly right.” – Andy Andrews, The Traveler’s Gift.
