Annie Martinie, MPA
Cofounder
Annie Martinie is a cofounder of Liminal Collaboration. Annie focuses on helping communities embrace a new vision of leadership - one that brings diverse groups of people together to build trust, learn together, heal divisions, create shared goals, and collectively address issues that concern them. After years of convening and facilitating cross-sector collaboration, and creating and implementing robust collaborative leadership opportunities, Annie continues to work in partnership with many across the Southeast US to support collaborative groups and accelerate community change. Prior to this role, Annie spent nine years at the Danville Regional Foundation, most recently as a senior program officer and director of collaboration, leading and implementing the Foundation’s strategy to help more people engage in the region’s transformation.
Tim Schwantes, MPH, MSW
Cofounder
Tim is a cofounder of Liminal Collaboration. Tim is committed to a learning journey that is centered in equity and community-led processes. Tim prioritizes connecting people in collaboration across sectors, backgrounds, and geographies and facilitating conversations in service of positive community change. He has had the privilege of working and growing alongside funders, local leaders, and other partners in the healthy community field to create more fair systems. He focuses on individual-, organizational- and systems-level approaches and examples to better understand and help participants reflect how to operationalize DEI concepts. Tim worked at Healthy Places by Design for 15 years supporting community-led environmental, policy and systems changes at the national, state, and regional levels.
Nina Kaur
Director of Operations & Collaborative Leadership and Digital Learning Fellow
Nina is the Director of Operations at Liminal Collaboration and a social impact professional with a background in global affairs, education, and nonprofit work. She previously managed operations for multi million dollar fellowship programs at the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), supporting clean energy and social innovation leaders through leadership development, training, and global exchange. Her work spans climate, philanthropy, and international development, including research to inform grant-making and nonprofit growth strategies. At Liminal, she strengthens internal systems, supports business development and communications, and co designs learning experiences that advance collaborative leadership. Nina began her career in education equity as a College Advisor in rural North Carolina and holds a Master’s in International Relations from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with study abroad experience at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.