Lori Thomas joined the Donor Coordination team in September 2022, dedicating her time to ensure safe donor milk gets to babies in need. Working in her dream job, Lori helps maintain close relationships with potential and current milk donors through the screening and approval process. Her commitment to the community has been demonstrated through her various roles as an on-call firefighter for Maple Grove, La Leche League Leader, on-call banquet server and volunteer for her children’s schools and church youth program. She is certified in Fire 1 and 2, Hazmat response, EMR certification, and Fire Apparatus Operations.
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Joseph Finn-Bolling
Logistics Assistant and Courier
Joseph Finn-Bolling joined the Milk Bank in 2025 as a Logistics Assistant and Courier. He brings a background in logistics…
Mellisa Vang, MPNA
Office Coordinator
Mellisa Vang has been handling administrative roles with the Milk Bank since June 2021. Prior to her joining the team, she was an elementary youth worker and a certified postpartum doula working with babies in the comfort of their own homes where emotional and physical support was offered to families. She understands that the process of breastfeeding does not come easily for everyone or opted out for several reasons in which she is grateful to take part of a mission that ensures babies have access to pasteurized donor human milk. Mellisa is a proud Hmong-American and holds a Master of Public and Nonprofit Administration degree from Metropolitan State University.
Bridget Ryan, MA
Human Resources Assistant
Bridget Ryan has provided advisory services to the Milk Bank for nearly a decade, focusing on mission formation, community outreach,…