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Update on ILCM Transition
Posted on Jan 16 2019
As John Keller leaves ILCM on January 31 to become Minnesota’s Chief Deputy Attorney General, Lenore Millibergity steps up as acting executive director.
“I couldn’t think of anyone better than Lenore,” Keller said. “She hired me, and has been my rock whenever I needed help and support, whether in an individual case or on policy issues.”
Millibergity began working for Oficina Legal, which later became the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, in 1987. She worked first as a staff attorney and then as supervising attorney. In 2005 she received Centro Legal’s Advocate for Justice Award for her service to the Latino community. She also received the Minnesota State Bar Association’s 2013 Bernard P. Becker Legal Services Staff Award.
Jenny Stohl Powell, who has decades of experience in immigration law and has worked with ILCM in the recent past, agreed to come back to work with the legal team.
The board of directors has approved a search committee. They plan to hire an outside firm to conduct a national search, which is expected to take three to six months. Founding directors Bill Mahlum and Karen Ellingson will work with the board and transition team.
“I have no reason for anything but optimism for the future once we get through the transition and the challenge of change,” said Keller. “With a strong staff and systems in place, and with a culture of getting things done, ILCM will continue to serve immigrants and refugees and the community throughout this transition and long into the future.”
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