cory boushee

Cory joined the Northwest Minnesota Foundation (NMF) in 2018 as a Program Officer, working across programs to manage external grand funding and facilitating community collaboration. In 2019 the NMF became directly involved in developing systems change approach to ending homelessness across the northwest region. In 2019, Cory was promoted to the Coordinator of the Northwest Continuum of Care (NWCoC), a regional collaboration of diverse stakeholders working to end homelessness. In 2021, Cory took on additional responsibilities to lead the NMF’s Housing and Homelessness programs. Through the additional responsibilities, Cory was tasked with managing the NMF’s discretionary grant funding to support housing development and homelessness program services, as well as managing external grant funding projects dedicated to ending homelessness. The most recent Continuum of Care award Cory managed resulted in over $1.4 million in funding. Cory holds a bachelor's degree in Geography with an emphasis in Land Use Planning and Geographic Information Systems from Bemidji State University. He previously worked as an Assistant Planner for the City of Bemidji, where he helped develop a Community Comprehensive Plan for the Bemidji area, an effort that included housing research. Other past experiences in construction and engineering in a diverse number of sectors have prepared Cory to manage construction projects, those experiences include energy development. Community development, aviation planning, and project cost feasibility analysis.