ILT Academy was built to support the underestimated innovators and founders by underestimated innovators and founders…
// Our Team
Nick Tietz
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Parker Schlank
Chief Operating Officer
Chris Knutson
Chief Revenue Officer
Delila Gonyea
Event Planner & Coordinator
Jon Walters
ILT Academy Trainer and Community Leader – West Central, MN
Kenzie Kitzman
ILT Academy Trainer / Operations
Amy Stefanski, MBA
Curriculum Advisor
Moreen Kajuju
Community Lead – Isiolo, Kenya
// Our Community Connectors
Gladys Daniela Mejia,
Community Connector – Minneapolis, MN
Schia Hart,
Community Connector – Twin Cities, MN
Marliana Love,
Community Connector – Minneapolis, MN
Kanthi Yalamanchili,
Community Connector – St. Cloud, MN
Uyanga Naranbaatar,
Community Connector – Fargo/Moorhead, ND
Sebastian Borras,
Community Connector – St Cloud, MN
Fardowsa Iman,
Community Connector – St Cloud, MN
Ujjwal Adhikari,
Community Connector – Fargo/Moorhead, ND
// Advisors
Ryan Weber
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Great North Labs
Tony Simmons
Executive Director, High School for Recording Arts and Studio 4 Enterprises
Bonnie Speer McGrath
President, Speer McGrath & Co
Bayo Okusanya
Angel Investor at Layerr, Partner at Ganas Ventures, and LP Microtraction.
Mary MacCarthy, MBA
Venture Strategist and Business Consultant
Jessa Cook, PhD
Founder & Education Leader
Bob Dockendorf
Principal, Big Lake High School
Ramon A. Pastrano IV, D.Min-GCL., MSM, MATS
Founder, Impact Lives
Shelisa Demuth
CEO & Co-Founder, LAUREL
Jason Michels
Global head of Services Architecture & Customer Success, Black Box
Houston White
Serial Entrepreneur + Fashion Designer, HWMR
Sandy Hansen-Wolff
Executive Coach & President, New Heritage Feed Co.
SHERIE LANDRUD MBA, CPPM, PMP
Director of Finance Operations, Gravie
Susan Otten, MBA, ABC
COO
Sharad Agarwal
Strategic Executive, Growth and Startup Advisor