TEAM DYNAMICS CO-FOUNDERS + AUTHORS OF HIRING REVOLUTION
ALFONSO TOMÁS WENKER
Co-Founder + President
he/him
pronunciation tip: all – phone – so
Alfonso Wenker is a seasoned executive leader and facilitator of transformational organizational culture and strategy campaigns. Serving in major leadership roles within the field of philanthropy, Alfonso has been responsible for driving sector and systems wide change to diversify both perspective and personnel in order to better steward resources responsible for underwriting major movements.
A Latinx, gay, cis-gender man, Alfonso was born and raised on the west side of Saint Paul, MN, to a Mexican mother and white father. Consequently, Alfonso has often been the ‘first’ or ‘only’ person on a team who is a Person of Color, gay person, or both throughout his career. He has experienced, first hand, how the attempted diversification in the U.S. workplace has both made strides and done accidental harm.
Prior to co-founding Team Dynamics, Alfonso served as the Vice President for the Minnesota Council on Foundations, which collectively supported member organizations overseeing more than $20 billion in resources. Alfonso also co-chaired the National Creating Change Conference, the largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ organizers in the country. In 2012, Alfonso took a leave of absence from philanthropy in order to play the role of Deputy Finance Director for the historic Minnesotans United for All Families Campaign.
Alfonso currently serves as the Vice President of Community Impact at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Alfonso is a highly sought after speaker and executive coach. Alfonso’s leadership has been recognized as a 40 Under 40 Awardee - 2017, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal; Facing Race Anti-Racism Award – 2016, The Saint Paul Foundation; Catalytic Leader Award – 2014, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; and he recently completed his tenure as Board President of Pollen Midwest.
TRINA C. OLSON
Co-Founder + CEO
she/her
pronunciation tip: Tree - nuh
Trina has led Team Dynamics’ curriculum development; concretizing the tools and resources our clients need to thrive.
Trina Olson is a seasoned executive coach, equity expert, author, facilitator and trainer who has been leading teams and building content for more than 20 years.
You can learn more about her current coaching practice at www.TrinaOlson.com.
Trina’s professional history includes two-time executive director. Trina has built an impressive portfolio of national and regional policy and advocacy experience, centering a multitude of progressive issues, including: healthcare, hunger, living wage, immigration reform, transgender inclusive non-discrimination, and more. Trina is an expert adult-educator who has supported teams around the country to both improve their workplace culture and performance.
Trina is a Minnesotan who has also made her home in eighteen U.S. cities, including: Seattle, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. A queer, white, cis-gender woman, Trina is motivated by the ways job creators could be addressing the intersection of identity and workplace more creatively and consistently to address the pervasive inequities still at play across race and gender, in particular.
Trina is a frequently called upon thought leader and presenter. Trina has used her degree in communications to design winning fundraising, communications, and issue campaigns.
Trina is the author of Fairness in Philanthropy, Leveling the Playing Field for Our LGBTQ Neighbors, as well as, Seeking Safe Haven: LGBTQ People and the American Immigration Experience. Together, Trina and Alfonso have co-written the book entitled: Hiring Revolution: A Guide to Disrupt Racism + Sexism in Hiring.