The Sanctuary CDC


		Marque Jensen and his family have lived on the north side for 18 years. He is an ordained minister who co-planted and co-led North Minneapolis Christian Fellowship with Nathaniel Orr from 1991 until 2005. He has also served in significant leadership roles with Sanctuary Covenant Church, including racial righteousness group facilitation and occasional preaching. Marque has taught at North High School, Crown College and various other schools. He has also led student affairs diversity efforts at Crown College and most recently at Northwestern College. Marque holds a BA degree from Minnesota Bible College, and an MA in Education from the University of St. Thomas.

		Jennifer Lachermeier serves as Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator for the Sanctuary CDC. Previously she worked as an Administrative Assistant in both the mortgage and health care industries. Jennifer has lived with her husband in North Minneapolis since 2003 and is passionate about her community. She has seen first hand the barriers that are exist in North Minneapolis, but also believes that it is a beautiful place with beautiful people with many opportunities for growth and development. Jennifer desires to use her gifts to help families become healthy and empowered. Jennifer graduated from Bethel University in 2003 with a B.A. in Communications and a Minor in Fine Art.

		Tracy Nordby is the lead facilitator of Momentum, and is the CEO of Successful Foundations, Inc. She has over 20 years experience in training, development, and facilitation; her teaching skills ranging from how to write a resume to how to manage today’s workforce. Along with her co-facilitators and partners, Tracy creates unique workshops that both team-build and teach. Each workshop is specifically intended to make life more manageable. While spending the past six years developing human capital in corporate America, Tracy’s roots are in working with the under- and unemployed. Her unique personal experiences allow her to reach a broad audience, and her facilitation style produces learning and understanding. Tracy has been providing training, coaching, and keynote speaking through Successful Foundations since 2001. She has her Master’s Degree in Business from the College of St. Scholastica.

		Tryenyse Jones has been the Lead Teacher for Beautiful since 2006. Tryenyse is passionate about seeing young women live out their beauty from the inside out. She skillfully weaves in her past experiences and education to positively impact the lives of the young women she works with. Tryenyse lives in North Minneapolis with her husband Stacey and their son Priest. Tryenyse and Stacey also pastor a hip hop church, Urban Jerusalem, where Tryenyse serves as the worship pastor and leader. Their hip hop worship band "Luv Jones and the Theo Soul Crew also tours and leads worship experiences across the country.

		Marcus Singleton is originally from the South Side of Chicago and has been working with urban youth his whole life. Realizing how important it is for young people to find their identity at an early age, Marcus wants to empower youth to become our leaders for the next generation. Marcus is also a professional recording artist, going by the a.ka. Iomos Marad. By kicking clever freestyles while delivering crisp strikes to the drums, he has regularly stolen the show while performing in Chicago’s crowded underground hip hop scene. Marcus weaves his passion for youth and hip hop to help youth develop their own sense of identity and voice that leads to meaningful and lasting individual and community change. Marcus is currently attending Metropolitan State University in the Urban Teachers Program.