About Us

Our Mission

Down Home empowers lives by furnishing homes for families and individuals emerging from homelessness.

Our Vision

Down Home envisions a community where everyone lives in a supported, stable, and nurturing home.

Our Team

FILLIPI FAMILY

CO-FOUNDERS

Founded Down Home in October 2017.

Jenessa Fillipi

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Down Home

Jake Fillipi

FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER

AXIS & Jake of All Trades

Charlene Kuznia

CO-FOUNDER & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Down Home

Janet Nysetvold

CONNECTIONS COORDINATOR

Down Home

Emily Kaiser

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Down Home

Matthew Bye

WAREHOUSE MANAGER

Down Home & CMTA Engineering

Chandra Lendobeja

PROGRAMMING & VOLUNTEER RELATIONS COORDINATOR

Down Home

Bill Bienek

BOARD MEMBER

Farmers Union Insurance

Kristie Eid

BOARD MEMBER-SECRETARY

Eid-Co Custom Homes

Angela Lord

BOARD MEMBER

Vogel Law Firm

Dan Seefeldt

BOARD MEMBER

MSUM Adjunct Professor

Brittaney VanderHagen

BOARD MEMBER

JBC Commercial Real Estate

Jill Waslaski

BOARD MEMBER

Jill of All Trades

Jeremy Welsand

BOARD MEMBER-TREASURER

Border States Electric