Radical Welcome: Leadership Without Conditions

In this episode of Conversations with Chanda, Senior Vice President of Impact Alfonso Wenker interviews Jamie Verbrugge, President & CEO of Catholic Charities Twin Cities, about nonprofit leadership, housing stability, and leading with dignity in complex times.Catholic Charities Twin Cities is one of the largest social service providers in Minnesota, serving people experiencing homelessness through permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter, family services, and aging and disability support. Jamie shares how his background in municipal leadership prepared him to guide a 150-year-old faith-based nonprofit rooted in Catholic social teaching and community impact.This conversation explores radical welcome, moral clarity in leadership, and how institutions can build trust by serving without condition. They discuss homelessness in the Twin Cities, housing access, stewardship leadership, trauma-informed care, and what it means to “do things with people” rather than for them.Learn more about Catholic Charities Twin Cities at www.cctwincities.org.Find us:https://conversationswithchanda.com/IG @chandasbaker & @conversationswithchanda