Catherine Rasmussen | UMN Extension

Educator

Southeast Minnesota

rasmu035@umn.edu
Phone: 507-389-6749
Fax: 507-389-6787

Extension Regional Office, Mankato
1961 Premier Dr Suite 110
Mankato, MN 56001-5901

Communities where I work

Counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, Steele and Waseca

Education

B.S., English and Speech, Minnesota State University, Mankato
M.S., Continuing Studies, emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction

Work Experience

Catherine (Catie) Rasmussen has been an Extension Educator in Leadership and Civic Engagement since 1997. Along with her prior career as a secondary teacher, she brings over thirty years of experience in educational programming. She is the primary designer and educator of "bridging" leadership program s for counties. Her work focuses on building leadership capacity and enhancing collaboration among communities to address public issues. She has co-authored the facilitation guidebook, Committees That Work: Common Traps - Creative Solutions.

Catie is a frequent educator of leadership development workshops for organizations and provides training and consultation on emotional intelligence for Extension state and national leadership cohort programs. She recently designed and taught a leadership program in Morocco which focused on building skills necessary to create cooperatives.

Affiliations, Honors and Community Service

Awards: Early Career Award from the Minnesota Association of Extension Educators (2002); National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Excellence in Teamwork Award (2009) and Excellence in Community Development Programming Individual Award (2007); Extension Dean and Director's Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion Team Award (2013 and 2009); Association of Minnesota Counties Achievement Award (2009 and 2006); Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Local Government Innovation Award (2007); County Bridge Builder Award (2014); Association of Minnesota Counties Achievement Award (2006, 2009, and 2015)
Certified Trainer: Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (BarOn EQ-i®), Team Emotional and Social Intelligence (TESI); Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI); Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS), Technology of Participation Training in Group Methods; Study Circles (Everyday Democracy); The Art of Hosting Facilitation
Member: International Leadership Association; Association of Leadership Education, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals

Selected Publications

Liepold, M. J., Rasmussen, C. M., Boyce, K., & Trudeau Poskas, D. (2013). Outside the comfort zone: Strategies for developing emotionally intelligent leaders. Journal of Leadership Education, 12(2), 74-87.
Rasmussen, C. M., Armstrong, J., & Chazdon, S. A. (2011). Bridging Brown County: Captivating social capital as a means to community change. Journal of Leadership Education, 10(1), 63-82.