In her role with the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, Kapanke oversees all aspects of marketing communications and has helped launch public policy efforts around youth mentoring.  Kapanke most recently worked for the YMCA Mentor Duluth program.  In that capacity, she managed all public relations and marketing efforts and co-directed the Mentor Duluth program; the largest mentor program in Northeastern Minnesota.  Kapanke graduated from Michigan State University with a journalism degree.  She has worked in television news as a news reporter and weather anchor for five years prior to her work in the mentoring arena.  She has served as a mentor with Mentor Duluth.