Annie Van Avery brings an extensive track record of collaborative leadership in the nonprofit sector. She has successfully stabilized and grown each organization she has been a part of by listening to and engaging the strengths of the team while developing innovative solutions that help organizations thrive. Her extensive leadership history includes successful experiences as Interim Executive Director at Banyan Community Foundation, and Executive Director positions at three nonprofits: Domestic Abuse Project in Hennepin County; COLAGE, a national organization supporting LGBTQ+ parents and caregivers; and Photographic Center NW in Seattle. Annie brings a deep understanding of the communities Family Tree serves, and extensive experience as a co-creator of strategies, sustainable practices, and innovative solutions to support this next chapter for Family Tree Clinic.

Lindsey Hoskins is a deeply committed sex nerd who graduated from the University of MN with a degree in sex education. She dove into this work in 1999 and fell in love with helping folks get comfy and start talking about topics that can often be challenging. Lindsey joined Family Tree is 2002 and is now the Director of Health Education.

Lindsey is most proud of the sex ed programming she runs in juvenile corrections, the peer sex educator program she started for queer and trans teens, and her work with parents of young children. Lindsey is happiest when teaching puberty, and don’t even get her started on lube.

In 2017, her book, Principles of Pleasure: Working with the Good Stuff as Sex Therapists and Educators, was released. Her mother is very proud.

Nyssa discovered her ability to lead teams towards a shared goal in a positive, people-centric way as a teenage camp counselor in the Wisconsin Northwoods. Her passions of music & team leadership joined forces while in college to spend many years working at the Electric Fetus record store near Lake Superior.

In 2013 Nyssa started working at Planned Parenthood & managed the Duluth & Virginia, MN clinics, helping to eliminate health disparities in underserved communities with a focus on sexual health. Nyssa moved to the Twin Cities during the Covid pandemic to join the team at Family Tree & continue work in community-focused reproductive & social justice in healthcare.

Nyssa holds a Bachelor of Music & Business Administration degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. In her spare time she loves to go on outdoor adventures, play the upright bass, cook complicated meals, & her newly found joy of fly fishing.

Deborah Angelucci has more than 25 years of experience working in fundraising, finance, human resources, and administration in small- to mid-sized nonprofits in the Twin Cities.

Her previous work experience includes Tree Trust, Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Rural AIDS Action Network, and what was then Face to Face Health & Counseling Service (now Face to Face).

Prior to that, she worked as a fundraising consultant for what was then Crowley, White & Associates – now Crowley, White, Helmer & Sevig.

Deborah has a BA in Communications from Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA, and in her free time enjoys traveling with her spouse.

Annie Schmitz is a dedicated fundraising professional passionate about community. Before joining Family Tree, Annie was the Director of Programs and Research at Momentum Nonprofit Partners in Memphis, TN, where she coordinated capacity-building training to other nonprofits across a ten-county service area.

Annie previously served as Grants and Communications Coordinator at COA Youth & Family Centers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Managing Director at the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, she graduated with a masters in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also holds a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

Annie is passionate about gender justice, racial justice, and LGBTQ rights. Please send her a note any time to connect!

Kate Vaske-Wright (she/her) is a Women’s and Gender-Related Health Nurse Practitioner proud to be serving as the Medical Director at Family Tree Clinic. Kate became an RN after earning her bachelor of arts degree in nursing from Luther College in Decorah, IA. She worked as a registered nurse on a surgical trauma unit at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN before moving to Chicago. She worked as a registered nurse on the float team at the University of Chicago Medical Center while in graduate school. Kate graduated from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2015 with a Master of Science in nursing.

She started her NP career with Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Kate has always been passionate about reproductive and sexual health, gender-affirming care, and abortion care. She worked for several years in Illinois before moving to Minnesota and working again for Planned Parenthood, this time in their North Central States affiliate. In her current role, she is proud to be part of a clinic that is a leader in reproductive and sexual health and serving a large population of folks seeking gender affirming health care. Family Tree Clinic never turns away a patient regardless of their ability to pay and strives to be a safe and welcoming environment for all. Outside of work, Kate enjoys spending time with her husband, two young sons, and their rescue dog.