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Jenny Wright Collins is Executive Director of the University of Minnesota YMCA. She is a proven non-profit leader committed to transforming Twin Cities communities through youth development, educational equity, cross-sector collaboration, and innovative leadership development. With over 15 years of experience working with youth, she manages programs that engage 8,000+ young people state-wide, including the Beacons Network, University of Minnesota college student development programming, Statewide Youth in Government and the Teen Thrive program in Y branches across the Twin Cities. Jenny grew up in South Minneapolis and attended Minneapolis Public Schools before earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota