Conie Borchardt (she/they) is the new Executive Director of Music that Makes Community, where they are delighted to promote the practice of communal song-sharing that inspires spiritual connection and brave leadership that sparks transformation. In addition to 30+ years of church music experience in Lutheran, Episcopal, and UCC congregations, Conie listens and moves at the confluences of the past, present, and not yet; Asian-European ancestry; and the Misi-ziibi and Mni’sota Rivers with training in music, Dances of Universal Peace, and spiritual direction as a freelance Public Heart Artist and Cultural Catalyst.  Recent transdisciplinary projects include Freeing Refrains and Biracial and Rural which explore the role of storytelling and community in healing.