Hired appreciates the support and investment of the State of Minnesota, through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Below are the names of Hired leaders and grants managers for our DEED grants:  

Hired’s Senior Leaders: For general questions about our grant implementation or financial management of the grants, please reach out to: 

Julie Brekke 
President and CEO 
julie.brekke@hired.org
Tel: 612-808-9456

Rob Novak 
Chief Finance Officer 
rob.novak@hired.org
Tel: 612-808-9457

Program Leaders: 

For any grants that support Career Pathways training programs and related services, including grants from the Adult Career Pathways and Minnesota Job Skills Partnership divisions:  

Andrea Peterson
Director of Career Pathways 
andrea.peterson@hired.org
Tel. 612-237-0362

For questions regarding youth program grants administered through DEED, including Youth At Work and Workforce Investment Opportunities Act (WIOA) funded projects, please contact: 

Rachel Grosskurth
Youth Program Director
rachel.grosskurth@hired.org
Tel: 612-708-3717

For questions regarding grants that fund our Adult Employment Services from DEED, such as: Adult WIOA and Dislocated Worker (special projects and Small Layoff Individual Grant), please contact: 

Debbie Ferry 
Director of Employment Services 
Debbie.Ferry@hired.org
Tel: 952-303-8304