Our Team

Leadership Team

Fowzia Adde- Executive Director

Director Adde has been the head of the Immigrant Development Center since 2003. She carries the vision and mission of the organization into the area community with a strong voice and a determination to improve the lives of its people.
With a strong leadership background and experience working in multiple cultures and languages as an interpreter, Director Adde works to connect immigrants from the community and local partners to help new entrepreneurs overcome barriers and realize their dreams of self employment.
Through her hard work and determination the Immigrant Development Center was pleased to announce the opening of the International Market Plaza in 2016. This business incubator creates a welcoming and educational environment to help new business owners, and boosts the local economy through new jobs.
Director Adde and her family have lived in the Fargo Moorhead area since 1999.

Sky Purdin - Program Director

A truly global citizen, Director Purdin received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead, and her Masters in Development and International Cooperation from the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She has been a member of the IDC team since 2016 but has lived in the FM are since 2015. Before this Director Purdin lived with her family in Thailand and Laos where her parents teach.
Through her time as Program Director she has helped to start many initiatives such as the Inagural Giving Hearts Day Campaign for the IDC which raised over $12,000.00. Her primary focus at the IDC being program development and the implementation of our mission and programs in the community.
With her passion and attention to detail Director Purdin has helped to galvanize the IDC and continues to guide it in it's mission to help improve the FM area.