Join us for Restoring Hope Breakfast, an inspiring morning of fostering community and giving.
When: May 22, 2025 from 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Where: The Town & Country Club (300 North Mississippi River Blvd. St. Paul MN)
Guest Speaker: Heather Britt, Executive Director, Wilder Research
This engaging one-hour event is free of charge and designed to bring together individuals passionate about making a difference. Attendees will have the chance to learn about Small Sums and hear a personal testimony from a Small Sums worker, sharing their experiences and the impact of our work. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to invest in our mission and help us continue to serve our community.
We look forward to sharing this empowering experience with you!
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Executive Director, Wilder Research
Heather Britt joined Wilder in June 2022. As executive director of Wilder Research, Heather’s role is to enable teams and partners to flourish in their endeavors to understand community and community change over time, to carefully steward program evaluation of Wilder Foundation activities, and to help ensure research and evaluation efforts yield insight and impact across St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota and the nation.
Prior to joining Wilder, Heather served in leadership positions at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Minnesota Hospital Association, and Allina Health. She also spent time as part of the Safe & Healthy Learners unit at the Minnesota Department of Education and as a staff member at the Urban Coalition. Her leadership values of authenticity, creativity and service guide her work to support teams and partners.
Heather’s research interests are varied, from understanding the environments where young people thrive, the effectiveness of health care redesign, and the most beneficial ways for systems and organizations to work together to support worker well-being, to the influence of health systems on health equity. Her largest research study to date was focused on community health workers in late life care and ways health care systems can better support individuals and their families in their last few months and years of life.
Heather has her doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota, her master’s in public health from the University of North Carolina, and her bachelor’s in science from Cornell University. She lives in St. Paul and has two children – Maddy, a college sophomore, and Henry, a senior at Central High School. They have one rescue dog and two rescue cats who keep their home lively and their clothes fur covered.
Small Sums is a Minnesota-based 501c3 nonprofit that provides the support workers need to say yes to the job and the resources to move them toward long-term stability.
Consider sponsoring a table at the breakfast or becoming an annual sponsor for Small Sums. Your support helps us empower individuals to rebuild their lives.
For more information on sponsorships, reach out to Tara at tarav@smallsums.org.
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