NAMI Minnesota State Conference 2025

Join us on Saturday, November 1st for the annual NAMI Minnesota State Conference to attend workshops of your choosing, help us recognize the contributions of this year’s NAMI award winners during our annual Awards Luncheon and hear from our panel of Keynote speakers.

Opening Keynote: Panel on Legislative Advocacy

• Sue Abderholden, MPH, Former NAMI Minnesota Executive Director
• Jinny Palen, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Executive Director
• Kirsten Anderson, Aspire MN, Executive Director
• Dominic McQuerry, Consultant
• Marcus Schmit, Executive Director – NAMI Minnesota

Closing keynote: Advocacy at the Federal Level

Hannah Wesolowski, Chief Advocacy Officer, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)