Staff
The Store To Door® staff can be reached by calling 651.642.1892.
Mary Jo Schifsky, Executive Director, x123
Executive Director Mary Jo Schifsky has over 25 years of corporate business experience in positions of increasing responsibility with Minnegasco, Target and the Hazelden Foundation. From 1994-2004, she owned and operated Pickle Product, a children's gift and stationery manufacturing company in Minneapolis.
She's never strayed too far from her retail grocery roots, from her first job as a cashier at Applebaum's through several years of starting up and working at food co-ops. Working with groceries and Cub Foods is very familiar.
Mary Jo has a strong interest in aging services; in late 2005, she formed her own consulting practice, Aging Choices, advocating aging planning for adult children and their aging parents and advised clients on issues concerning finances, medical social and housing issues. She holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management and a BA from the University of Minnesota. In May 2006, she earned an Advocacy Leadership for Vital Aging Certificate from the University of Minnesota. This year-long program, completed in conjunction with the Vital Aging Network, exposed Mary Jo to the myriad of issues facing aging adults in today's society as well as to many resources available to help.
Cheryl Bumstead-Johnson, Controller, x122
Controller Cheryl Bumstead-Johnson has over 25 years of financial management experience in a series of for-profit and non-profit settings. Prior to joining Store To Door, she served in a consulting capacity for the Minneapolis YMCA, as Interim CFO/Controller for the Upper Midwest Junior Achievement as Interim VP Finance for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and as COO for MELD, Minneapolis. Earlier, she served as general manager of Kwik-File, LLC and manager of administration and personnel for Sick Optic Electronic. Her expertise includes strategic and fiscal planning, asset and capital management, forecasting, budgeting and reporting and staffing, training and supervision. In addition, she has a personal passion for aging services, leading a ministry in her faith community to serve elderly.
Susan Herridge, Development Director, x130
Development Director Susan Herridge started working at Store To Door in January 2009. Previous to this, she was a development and communications consultant, working with a variety of nonprofits on grant-writing, membership campaigns, direct mail campaigns and other marketing and communications strategies. Susan worked for 25+ years in the corporate sector, doing advertising, marketing and communications for an array of clients while working at Carmichael Lynch Advertising and later, at Capella University. Susan has an MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and has taken advanced training in fund development, planned giving, and other fund-raising topics.
Sarah Skjolsvik, Program Manager, x121
Program Manager Sarah Skjolsvik joined the Store to Door staff in March 2010. Sarah has had over 13 years of experience working with a variety of non-profit agencies. Just prior to coming to Store to Door, Sarah worked at Big Brothers Big Sisters for nine years in a variety of roles with increasing program and department management responsibilities. Earlier in her career, she worked with children and youth, first with the Wilder Foundation at the Bush Children's Center and then as an Outreach Counselor with the Youth Service Bureau at Chisago Lakes Middle School. Sarah has extensive experience with project management, training, paid and volunteer staff management, strategic planning, budget management, public speaking, recruitment, fundraising, event planning, and community collaborations. Sarah graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Family Studies, and she has taken several additional advanced trainings in the areas of leadership, cultural competency, communication, and safety measures for vulnerable clients.