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Julie Schultz

President / Executive Director / Member since March 2016

Julie, the visionary leader behind Main Street Family Services. She wears multiple hats, serving as the founder, Executive Director, and President of our dedicated Board of Directors. In November 2015, Julie was asked to start a company to provide supervised visitation and parent education services to Sherburne County. She had been doing these services alone for the previous five years.

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Julie took on the challenge and contacted former board members of the unused Main Street Family Services 501c3 and asked if they could help her with this new challenge. They happily endorsed this new opportunity to use the 501c3 that had sat dormant for the previous 8 years. With Julie as the executive director, Main Street Family Services began serving families on March 1, 2016.

The Main Street Family Services’ legacy of serving individuals, children, and families has deep roots, a loving history, and a commitment to serving the most hurt and vulnerable. Julie is proud to be the instrument used to bring the mission and vision of Main Street Family Services to the individuals, children, and families in our community.

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Dale Dimitroff

Chairman of the Board / Member since July 2019

Dale has provided leadership by guiding and supporting the mission and vision of Main Street Family Services since 2019. Dale is currently retired from Northrop Grumman and Alliant Techsystems as a quality manager. He is also a retired Captain of the United States Marine Corp.

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Dale has a passion for giving back to his community. He has started several ministry organizations and a nonprofit that supports Native American communities, as well as serving in church leadership for over 40 years. Dale brings proven business processes, quality system standards of excellence, and skilled leadership to the Main Street Family Services board of directors.
“I firmly believe in the mission of Main Street Family Services. It is a privilege to serve with like-minded directors and staff to bring help, hope, and healing to families in need so they can thrive.”

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Steve Stensrud

Treasurer / Member since 2020

Steve has worked in accounting since 1981 and has experience serving public registrants and private companies across multiple industries. Most recently, Steve retired from his position as an audit partner for Baker Tilly US, LLP, and has 42 years of experience serving private companies in the manufacturing and distribution industry, including audits of accelerated and non-accelerated filers, providing merger and acquisition transaction support in various industries and assisting clients in planning strategies for business growth, capital needs, both debt and equity. Steve is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Steve believes in giving back to his community and has served as a board member of the Minnesota Children’s Museum as well as their finance committee chair. In addition, he served as an Overseer at his church for six years and as their finance committee chair for seven years. Steve has a strong and practical accounting background and a passion for organizations that serve families and support the growth of children with the love of God in their lives.

Steve says he is a part of the Main Street Family Services board of directors because he believes in their mission, vision, and values. Steve loves to waterski and spend time with his wife, family, and his 14 grandkids.

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Gary Morrison

Member at Large since 2022

Gary is a zoning administrator for the City of St. Louis Park. As the zoning administrator, he describes his responsibilities as working with residents and businesses to assist them in meeting their needs and requests and navigating city, county, and state rules. Gary is also the co-owner of a small local business.

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Gary is active in a church and has participated in many outreach opportunities, including building relationships with our friends on an Indian Reservation, visiting with them up to five times a year for the past ten years, and teaching English language learners’ classes locally and overseas. Gary routinely gives back to the community by participating in food shelf drives and raising donations for abuse shelters and victims of human trafficking, and local law enforcement.

Gary is the parent of three children adopted from Russia. One of whom was adopted by another family that terminated their rights to him at the age of five because of his disabilities. Since then, Gary and his wife have been advocating for their son through the school, county, state, and federal systems to get him the best care available.

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Jenni Viken

Secretary / Member since 2023

Jenni is a Business Broker and property investor with Meritus Group Business Brokerage and Retreat to Lake Superior. Jenni has worked in Clinical and Clinical IT for Large Medical Device and Pharma Companies. She has also been a Business Analyst/Project Manager.

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Jenni is the author of the book “Choosing Healthy Relationships, & a self-help book for Domestic Violence, and she is certified as a domestic violence advocate and a breakthrough coach. Jenni is very passionate about domestic violence and helping to get to the root cause of the trauma that causes this behavior.

“I believe that all my past experiences will benefit my role on the board, including my passion for the mission and vision of this program. I believe that my personal experience with a broken system where I didn’t feel nurtured, valued, joyful, hopeful, empowered, and connected will allow me to be an advocate for the primary mission and vision of this business.”

“I love everything this board stands for and being a part of growing this mission and vision to other communities.”

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Lynn Hedrick

Member at Large / Member since 2024

Lynn Hedrick joined the MSFS Board of Directors in June 2024.  She recently retired from a long career in investment management and financial planning, most recently as Vice President – Investments with BMO Investment Services.  Lynn has been active in the community in a variety of ways including Community Hope Fest, ThumbsUp 5K, and Great River Faith In Action.

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She has served in short term missions in the U.S. through Reach Global Crisis Response and Cameroon, West Africa through Wycliffe Associates.  Currently, Lynn is the Director of Local and Regional Missions at River of Life Church in Elk River where she has been attending for the past 13 years.

“I’m passionate about serving in ways which support children in our community and strengthen families.”

Main Street offers a truly fulfilling work environment for individuals committed to making a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable families and individuals.

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