Katy Lofquist Email & Phone Number

Virginia, MN, US

Chisholm, Minnesota, United States

In my role as Creative Director, I am able to marry my passion for bettering the community with 15 years experience communicating with a broad audience.This position also gives me the opportunity to play a direct role in expanding United Way of Northeastern Minnesota's reach. I know our region and therefor understand not only how critical UWNEMN's work is.

Chisholm, Minnesota, United States

In my time as Community Impact Director, I worked closely with changemakers in the UWNEMN office and outside of it to address issues like dental and childcare shortages, improving mental well-being, and increasing volunteerism in our region while also supporting our incredible UWNEMN team and network of partner nonprofits. I'm proud to have played a role.

Chisholm, Minnesota

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) serves individuals and families across the region not only by supporting local agencies but also through its own programming - led largely by community requests. UWNEMN programs address local veterans’ needs, home emergencies, childhood hunger, and early literacy. In this role I created promotional materials.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

In this role I continued my administrative and media duties for the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota and furthered my work on membership outreach and workforce development.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

The IMA represents Minnesota's iron mines and 150+ companies that supply goods and services to the iron mines. The association recently expanded to include businesses, organizations, and individuals who do not work directly in the industry but want to show their support for this vital Minnesota industry.As Media Manager, I helped represent and promote.

I reported on the following regular beats: Nashwauk City Council, Nashwauk PUC, Social Services, and Non-profits. I wrote a column a month as well as a weekly profile on a local artist. I also wrote obituaries and "person of the day" blurbs. I took photographs and video, and I wrote captions and headlines. Helped manage the newspaper's first social media.

The Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training has a government-funded work program each summer for disadvantaged teens in the area. As a summer intern, I visited the work sites and wrote press releases for local papers in order to gain exposure for the program. I set up meetings with job counselors, attended youth work orientations, and visited worksites.

I wrote/edited several freelance pieces for W.A Fisher Printing and Advertising Co. in Virginia, Minn. The pieces focused on the growth of the Iron Range and were published in trade magazines in the area.