SWCIL Staff

Meet Our Staff

Angie, Independent Living Specialist & CDCS Support Planner

Angie Algood
Angela is an Independent Living Specialist working out of the Marshall office. She has over 20 years of experience working with people with disabilities. She is a dog mom to a spoiled rescue dog and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

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Melissa, Executive Director

Melissa Doherty
Melissa is our Executive Director and has been with SWCIL since 2006. Prior to working with SWCIL Melissa worked in hospice care, home healthcare, hospitality, and served in the Minnesota National Guard.

"Working at a Center for Independent Living, we get to promote a person's right to live the life they choose and to be afforded the dignity of taking risks to achieve this."

David, Ramp Program Manager

David Haen
David is a graduate of Southwest State University with a degree in Music Education and has lived in the Marshall area for the past 25+ years. Before joining the SWCIL team as the Ramp Program Manager, he worked for over 20 years in the restaurant world and three and a half years for the Boy Scouts of America. He and his wife, Lisa,have a daughter, a son, and one foster child. His hobbies consist of woodcarving, photography, camping, hunting, and about anything outdoors.

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Linda, CDCS and Veteran's Directed Program Manager

Linda L. Halbur
Linda is our Program Manager for our Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) Support Planner Program and Veterans Directed Care Program. She has a passion for others and has worked in human services all of her professional life. Linda and her husband live on a crop and cattle farm in Southwestern MN. She loves the space to have her four daughters, their husbands and wonderful grandchildren come to visit and play.

“I love working with SWCIL because as an agency the people we serve are our top priority. We are here to support others in their pursuit of their goals and dreams. "

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Ruth, Independent Living Specialist

Ruth Hubbling
Ruth is an Independent Living Specialist serving the Worthington and Slayton areas. Ruth enjoys spending time with family and friends and reads any moments she can. Ruth is a crafter and has been blessed with a friend that continues to let her sell projects at her occasional store and a partner who ignores the constant project mess.

"The best part of working with SWCIL is the ability to work with incredible people that are continually striving to live their best lives."

Sherry, Independent Living Program Manager

Sherry Olson
Sherry has lived in Southwest Minnesota the majority of her life. Since she started working in the healthcare field supporting people with disabilities 28 years ago, she realized her passion of advocating for others and supporting them to live their dream. She has been excited to be a part of the SWCIL team as an Independent Living Program Manager, as SWCIL puts the people it serves as a top priority, supporting them in the pursuit of their goals. Sherry is married and has two adult children and two grandsons, as well as one spoiled dog. She loves to read, spend time with family, spend time outdoors, and reap the benefits of her husband’s gardening.

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Harry, Peer Mentor

Harry Remley
Harry is our Peer Mentor serving the Marshall Area. Harry loves to socialize, have fun, and make jokes. Harry loves his cat, including dressing her up in wacky outfits. Harry can't wait to meet you!

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Ted, Independent Living Advocate

Ted Stamp
Ted has worked for SWCIL since 2006 and continues to enjoy advocating on behalf of people with disabilities in the areas of local community accessibility, transportation, and legislation, among others. He serves on a number of local, regional, and statewide committees in this respect, with the goal of increasing independent living and community access for people with disabilities.

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Annette, Grants & Financial Manager

Annette Swanson
Annette is our Grants & Financial Manager and SWCIL extraordinaire, with over 30 years experience working at SWCIL.

Rachel, IL Specialist & CDCS Support Planner

Rachel Thalacker
Rachel grew up in Southwest Minnesota and serves as an Independent Living Specialist and CDCS Support Planner for SWCIL. She has worked in the disability field for ten years, and in employment services for three years, and has had a passion for helping others and working in the Human Service field. She is also a wife, mom, and stepmom to three beautiful children. Her hobbies include spending time with family, gardening, cooking, books, and being outdoors.

Kristina, IL Program Support Staff

Kristina Tollefson
Kristina serves SWCIL as an IL Program Support person in the SWCIL office. She has lived in Marshall for 19 years. She also volunteers at the Marshall YMCA in the child watch department, and at the Marshall Library. She is also the court reporter for People First, a member of the SWCIL Social Rec Committee, and a former Self-Advocate of MN (SAMS) representative. For fun she likes reading, coloring, going to movies, listening to music, watching TV, writing stories and fan-fiction, as well as hanging out with family and friends.

Samantha, IL Specialist

Samantha Wolff
Samantha grew up in Balaton, graduated from TMB in 2014, and now lives in Tyler with her husband, stepdaughter, and newborn son. She has worked with mentally impaired individuals for about eight years in group home, in-home, and nursing home settings. She is excited to bring care and compassion to the other side of things and encourage independent living as an Independent Living Specialist for SWCIL.

Suzie, Executive Assistant

Suzie Rauch
Suzie is a native of Southwest Minnesota, having grown up on a dairy farm near Milroy. She graduated from Bethel University with a Business Management degree and has spent the last 15 years raising her two sons, while becoming very invested in public education. Suzie currently serves as chairperson on her local school board, coaches co-ed basketball and was a substitute teacher prior to joining SWCIL, where she will be serving the agency in an executive assistant capacity. She enjoys traveling, reading, spending time with her family and helping others.

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Raised Garden Bed Project 2021

Contact SWCIL to request more information about our Independent Living Program,
request accommodations, or to obtain forms in alternate formats.

SWCIL OFFICE: 109 S 5th St. #700, Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 507.532.2221 or 800.422.1485 (for MN Relay, dial 711)
Email: [email protected] Fax: 507.532.2222