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Meet Our Director, Sue Purchase

Sue Purchase believes that by making drug use safer we can mitigate overdose, death by overdose, and the spread of AIDS, Hep C, and other blood-borne illnesses. She is passionate about recognizing and addressing the disparities in services that exist for people who use drugs, especially women and people of color. Sue has twenty plus years’ experience in harm reduction. 


Her expertise encompasses strategic planning, capacity building, organizational development, and outreach as indicated by her accomplishments: she created the first comprehensive harm reduction program with a syringe exchange, Women With a Point-Access Works in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she was instrumental in the day to day operations of the first needle exchange program in Tacoma, Washington; she was the founding board chairperson of Project Safe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and she established a syringe access program in the rural mountain area of Clear Creek County, Colorado. Sue spent time as an operations manager in North Carolina helping to develop and implement harm reduction programs before returning to her home state of Minnesota. 


She is currently building Harm Reduction Sisters (HRS), a nonprofit dedicated to serving the needs of people using drugs in rural Northeastern MN. HRS currently offers mobile syringe access and Narcan distribution throughout St. Louis and Carlton counties--the counties with the highest racial disparity of overdose and HIV/Hep C infection in the state.

Outreach, Care Coordination & Administrative Team

Max Bowman

Delainey Hardy

Shayna Clark

Intern

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Shayna Clark

Delainey Hardy

Shayna Clark

Peer Navigator & HIV Tester

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Delainey Hardy

Delainey Hardy

Delainey Hardy

Linkage To Care Coordinator

Leah Houska

Makenna Kullman

Delainey Hardy

Outreach Volunteer

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Makenna Kullman

Makenna Kullman

Makenna Kullman

Education Volunteer

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Board of Directors

Nichole Angieri

Margaret Bordeaux

Margaret Bordeaux

Board Member

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Margaret Bordeaux

Margaret Bordeaux

Margaret Bordeaux

Board Member

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LEE HERTEL

Margaret Bordeaux

Jaylen Miller

Board Member

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Jaylen Miller

Carrie Schnieder

Jaylen Miller

Board Treasurer

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Carrie Schnieder

Carrie Schnieder

Carrie Schnieder

Board Member

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JENNY SWANSON

Carrie Schnieder

Carrie Schnieder

Board Secretary

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Our team is growing!

We are always seeking volunteers, board members, and peer outreach team members.

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