2021 People to Watch: Allison Sharkey, Lake Street Council

The Lake Street Council has raised $11 million via 80,000 donations for its We Love Lake Street fund since roughly 20 buildings on Lake Street, between Nicollet Avenue and 32nd Avenue, burned to the ground and many more were damaged during the late-May riots following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. To manage the outpouring of support, Allison Sharkey, the council's executive director, doubled the organization's staff by hiring four full-time employees and formed a 15-member…