{"id":230588,"date":"2024-02-14T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fasttrackermn.org\/?p=230588"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:54:09","slug":"sonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fasttrackermn.org\/so\/2024\/02\/14\/sonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id230588_df5173-52 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id230588_df5173-52 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id230588_df5173-52 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_70c371-4a\"><em>Executive Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_74409a-26\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_74409a-26\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_74409a-26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_74409a-26\"] 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_4f8a85-2b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading230588_4f8a85-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_4f8a85-2b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading230588_4f8a85-2b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading230588_4f8a85-2b\">sonia@fasttrackermn.org<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id230588_fb9880-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id230588_fb9880-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id230588_fb9880-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( 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Over the past 30 years, she\u2019s worked across the nonprofit world building capacity, awareness, and systems that make services more accessible&#8230; whether helping address food insecurity, supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence, or, now, improving access to mental health and substance use disorder care.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonia is the Executive Director of FastTrackerMN, the Minnesota Psychiatric Society, and the Minnesota Society of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry. 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