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NWA Refugee Resettlement Nonprofit Hires New Executive Director

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Kyle Kellams

Published June 16, 2020 at 3:31 PM CDT

Joanna Krause is now serving as executive director of Canopy NWA.

Joanna Krause has been selected to replace Canopy Northwest Arkansas's founding executive director, Emily Crane Linn. An agency of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Canopy has resettled over 170 international refugees in Arkansas since the nonprofit was founded in 2016. Previously, Krause served as director of Canopy’s Integration Services.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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