Engage Winona announced today the appointment of Marcia Ratliff as the nonprofit organization’s next executive director. After an extensive search that drew candidates from across the Midwest, Engage Winona’s board of directors appointed Ratliff by unanimous consent.

Engage Winona’s Lived Experience Leaders program and one of their participants, Lisdamys Morera Gonzalez, alongside Engage Winona’s Intern Abbie Pierce and four participants of Engage Winona’s Community Changemaker Lab—Makenzie Olson, Alexandra Meldahl, Madelyn Molohon, and Hailie Cady—launched a survey to understand and address loneliness in the Winona area.