Trudy Ohnsorg

Cell: 651-399-4887
Email: Trudy@Cincinnatus.com

A goal without a plan is just a wish.
​-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Trudy is a big-picture thinker who helps organizations and their people think creatively, constructively and systematically to meet changing needs.  She provides steady guidance for organizations navigating periods of transition, helping them to clarify values, set realistic and measurable goals, and align operations and structures to promote successful outcomes.  She provides consulting services for the following:

• Strategic Planning – helping your organization envision and plan for its future
• Organizational Architecture – structuring roles to position your organization for success
• Accountability and Measurement – identifying and quantifying your key mission-based outcomes
• Collaborative Facilitation – supporting improved decision-making and buy-in among stakeholders
• Executive Search – leadership recruitment to foster your unique organizational culture and goals

An accomplished facilitator, Trudy is masterful at drawing out and leveraging the wisdom and experience of leadership teams to co-create strategy for innovative, practical, and sustainable results.  An experienced executive recruiter, Trudy wholeheartedly strives to match organizations with new leaders who bring not only superb technical skills to accomplish the organizations' objectives, but who possess the values, passion, and leadership that can bring the entire organization into alignment with it's purpose - resulting in engaged staff, cohesive and effective boards, and exceptional results.

Prior to joining Cincinnatus in 2015, Trudy served at the MN Department of Human Services for six years.  Her roles included Director of Strategic Planning for the system of state-owned hospitals, clinics, and programs that mostly serve people with significant mental illness; and the Minnesota Director of Interagency Health Reform, where Trudy worked collaboratively with multiple state agencies, interest groups, nonprofits, businesses, and consumers to support the work of the Governor’s Health Care Reform Task Force. 

Trudy holds a B.A. in English Literature and a M.P.H. in Public Health from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in Landscape Horticulture from U.W. River Falls. She has taught at the college level for a dozen years.
 
​An active community leader, Trudy currently serves the Vice-Chair of the City of North Saint Paul Arts and Culture Commission. Previously, she served as Board Secretary of Minnesota Humanities Center, Board Treasurer at Urban Roots; on the Board of Governors of the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics; on the Executive Board of a collaboration of state Medicaid programs; on the Management Committee of Camp UniStar; and on the Community Arts Base and Community Education Boards of River Falls, WI.