Mandy Makinen

Mandy Makinen is an experienced professional in advocacy and communications, currently serving as Advocacy Senior Manager at National Co+op Grocers since May 2012. Previously, Mandy held the roles of Advocacy Manager and Communications Specialist II within the same organization, where key contributions included a major website transition, internal rebranding, and management of the editorial calendar for organizational communications. Prior experience also includes serving as Children's Education Coordinator at Walker United Methodist Church and Brand Coordinator at Wedge Community Co-op. Mandy holds a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota.