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
Jami Berkness
Program Operations Manager
Ezra Anderson
Batch Recruiter
Zak Payne
Batch Admissions
Josh Oswald
ILT Academy Trainer and Community Lead – Northeast, MN
Jon Walters
ILT Academy Trainer and Community Leader – West Central, MN
Sara Dolan
Instructional Design & Digital Development
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.
Elena Imaretska
Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ecolab
Trent Janezich, Ed. D
Executive Director, Advanced MN Northeast Higher Education District – Minnesota State
Board Chair, Northland Foundation
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.
Liz Josefsberg
Founder & CEO of Target 100 Inc.
Susan Otten, MBA, ABC
COO
Sharad Agarwal
Strategic Executive, Growth and Startup Advisor