Staff

• 
  Fred Rose
  Director
  rosex122@umn.edu
  612-624-2143
  
• 
  Megan Voorhees
  Associate Director
  voorhees@umn.edu
  612-624-9855
  
• 
  Erin Kayser
  Program Coordinator
  kayse049@umn.edu
  612-624-9855
  @erinkayser
• 
  Aruna Raman
  India Program Coordinator - Consultant
  arunauminn@gmail.com
  
• 
  Karla Castro
  Nicaragua Program Coordinator - Consultant
  
• 
  Faith Nawagi
  Uganda Program Coordinator - Consultant
  
• 
  Anna Brekke
  Program Assistant
  brekk161@umn.edu
  
• 
  Chetana Guthikonda
  Program Assistant
  guthi004@umn.edu
  

Faculty Partners

• 
  Bill Arnold
  Fellow since 2012
  Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Cheryl Robertson
  Fellow since 2016
  School of Nursing
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillón
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Steve Kelley
  Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Thomas Fisher
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Design
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  

International Research Staff

Extended Network

In addition to staff and partnerships with faculty from across the University, Acara is advised by a faculty advisory board, and an incredible network of volunteers that support students as professional mentors, coaches and competition judges.