I joined Nexus in August of 2019 as a team member of The Worker Ownership Initiative (WOI). I consult with business owners on succession planning and help them explore the benefits of selling to their employees. This provides a solid exit strategy for business owners, retains local businesses, and is an opportunity for employees to become stakeholders in their workplace. Our vision is to grow and perpetuate community wealth by expanding opportunities for local business ownership.
I joined Nexus in the spring of 2018. In my time at Nexus, worked across programs and in development. Currently, I serve as the Communications Director. I care about creating powerful written, oral, and visual narratives that tell a story of an irresistible, attainable future.
As the Vice President of Operations and Culture, I provide strategic planning, alignment, and oversight of the organization’s administrative functions and staff, including communications, facilities, fundraising, and IT. At the core of my work is ensuring these areas making up the organization’s internal infrastructure align with our vision, mission, and programs. I do this by designing and maintaining systems in such a way that the systems reflect Nexus values and center the people most impacted by them.
I joined Nexus Community Partners in July 2017 as the Community Wealth Building Coordinator through the AmeriCorps VISTA program that is sponsored by The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota. In August 2019, I was hired on full-time, and in 2020, I became a Program Manager. I support different Community Wealth Building initiatives at Nexus including the North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship, the Nexus Cooperative Development Fellowship, and regranting.
I have had several roles at Nexus Community Partners since 2013, and now serve as the director of Human Resources and Organizational Culture.
Repa serves as President and CEO of Nexus Community Partners, a Community Building Intermediary that works at the intersection of community building and community development, engaging communities of color to achieve equitable, sustainable neighborhood revitalization in the Twin Cities region.
At Nexus: I am a Senior Director of Community Wealth Building at Nexus Community Partners. I lead Nexus’ Community Trust Fund, which is designed to redistribute $50 million to the Black community in Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Previously at Nexus, I developed and led the North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship, a 7-month program that
I joined the organization in October 2015 and am now the program manager for the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI), Nexus initiative to train, place and support people of color and other underrepresented community members on publicly appointed boards and commissions in the Twin Cities region.
I joined Nexus in April 2008 and currently serve as the vice president of programs and operations. It’s a great position that allows me to be involved in all of our amazing programs.
My journey with Nexus started back in December of 2010 and I have worn many hats throughout my tenure. I am currently the Senior Executive Assistant to the Founder and CEO, Repa Mekha. I am also the Nexus board liaison and support all aspects of board meetings and sub-committee meetings along with acting as primary contact to our wonderful board members. I still continue to wear several hats and work on special projects, contracts, file management, event planning and other duties as necessary.