OneCommunity Alliance Staff

Hudda Ibrahim

Executive Director

Hudda has extensive expertise in training, teaching, and curriculum development. She has delivered workshops and customized training to company executives, HR departments/staff leadership teams, and supervisors.

Hudda graduated from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, majoring in Conflict Resolution and English Literature. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, and an H.R. degree with an emphasis on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from Cornell University in New York. Currently, Hudda is pursuing a Doctor of Education and Leadership degree at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Hudda is the author of “From Somalia to Snow” and several children’s books. Hudda is a certified trainer through Franklin Covey. She specializes in the areas of diversity and inclusion, cultural competency, and unconscious bias. Hudda is a recipient of the prestigious Bush Foundation Fellowship (2019) and the Greater Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s Initiative Fellow (2017).

Abdi Mahad

Director of Housing and Financial Education Program

Abdi, serving as the Director of the Housing and Financial Education Program, possesses extensive expertise in housing education workshops and homeownership advising. He leads initiatives aimed at fostering homeownership readiness, enhancing credit building, budgeting practices, and ensuring long-term financial stability.

In addition to his experience in the housing sector, Abdi holds a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. He also possesses a Master’s degree in Computer Science. As a former high school educator, Abdi has dedicated his professional career to the unwavering pursuit of excellence in education for children and youth, notably designing the first Somali language curriculum available in the United States.

Abdi has conducted training sessions and translated employee handbooks, orientation materials, and “good manufacturing practices” into the Somali language. Furthermore, he provides on-the-job training in American work ethics for immigrant and refugee employees.

Rachel M. Anderson

Communications Director

Rachel has more than 30 years of communications experience across a wide range of disciplines. In addition to her work as OneCommunity Alliance’s Communications Director, she is also a marketing & PR consultant and publicist. Plus, she has extensive media experience in both the print and broadcast journalism arenas. Before switching to a career in marketing and PR, she worked as a major market television newscast producer and reporter for 15 years. She is a graduate of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where she double majored in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science.