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  • 2023 retreat
  • Meetings
  • Help!
  • Important issues
  • Orientation
  • Roster
  • Return to SCHSAC home
Contact Info
SCHSAC
651-201-3880
health.schsac@state.mn.us

Contact Info

SCHSAC
651-201-3880
health.schsac@state.mn.us

Roster of SCHSAC members, alternates, and workgroups

Updated April 2023

SCHSAC voting members represent Minnesota's community health boards. Each community health board selects one member and one alternate to represent its board within SCHSAC.

Print: To print a roster, expand the list(s) below and then choose your browser's print function.

Update: To update the roster, please email health.schsac@state.mn.us.

SCHSAC voting members and alternates
Community health board Member and alternate
Aitkin-Itasca- Koochiching Lester Kachinske
Laurie Westerlund (alt)
Anoka Mandy Meisner
Jonelle Hubbard (alt)
Beltrami Tim Sumner
Richard Anderson (alt)
Benton Steve Heinen
Jaclyn Litfin (alt)
Bloomington Jenna Carter
Nick Kelley (alt)
Blue Earth Patty O'Connor
Phil Claussen (alt)
Brown-Nicollet Mark Dehen
Anton (Tony) Berg (alt)
Carlton-Cook- Lake-St. Louis Shelley Fredrickson
Susan Michels (alt)
Carver Richard Scott
John Fahey (alt)
Cass Michele Piprude
Renee Lukkason (alt)
Chisago Marlys Dunne
Courtney Wehrenberg (alt)
Countryside Dave Lieser
Liz Auch (alt)
Crow Wing Steve Barrows
 
Dakota Joe Atkins
Coral Ripplinger (alt)
Des Moines Valley Phil Nasby
Brad Brake (alt)
Dodge-Steele Rodney (Rod) Peterson
Amy Evans (alt)
Edina Julia Selleys
Jeff Brown (alt)
Faribault-Martin William (Bill) Groskreutz
Kathy Smith (alt)
Fillmore-Houston Mitch Lentz
Dewey Severson (alt)
Freeborn Brad Edwin
Susan Yost (alt)
Goodhue Susan Betcher
Nina Arneson (alt)
Hennepin Angela Conley
Susan Palchick (alt)
Horizon Gordon (Gordy) Wagner
Ann Stehn (alt)
Isanti Kristi Larowe
Maureen Spike (alt)
Kanabec Rick Mattson
Kathy Burski (alt)
Kandiyohi-Renville Steve Gardner
Greg Snow (alt)
Le Sueur-Waseca De Malterer
Dave Preisler (alt)
Meeker-McLeod- Sibley Nathan Schmalz
Beth Oberg (alt)
Mille Lacs Dan Whitcomb
Kristine Klopp (alt)
Minneapolis LaTrisha Vetaw
Heidi Ritchie (alt)
Morrison-Todd-
Wadena
Barb Becker
Jacquelyn Och (alt)
Mower Crystal Peterson
Polly Glynn (alt)
Nobles Robert Paplow
Michelle Ebbers (alt)
North Country Bonnie Engen
John Nelson (alt)
Olmsted Sheila Kiscaden
Denise Daniels (alt)
Partnership4Health Wayne Johnson
Frank Gross (alt)
Pine Terry Lovgren
Samantha Lo (alt)
Polk-Norman- Mahnomen Joan Lee
Mary Holz-Clause (alt)
Quin County Theresia Gillie
Jeanna Kuvajo (alt)
Rice Debra Purfeerst
Galen Malecha (alt)
Richfield Pixie Pixler
Jennifer Anderson (alt)
Scott Jody Brennan
Lisa Brodsky (alt)
Sherburne Lisa Fobbe
Gary Gray (alt)
St. Paul-Ramsey Mai Chong Xiong
Sara Hollie (alt)
Stearns Tarryl Clark
Steve Notch (alt)
SWHHS Jim Salfer
Dan Wildermuth (alt)
Wabasha Tammy Fiedler
Don Springer (alt)
Washington Michelle Clasen
David Brummel (alt)
Watonwan Dillon Melheim
Barbara Salmela-Lind (alt)
Winona Marcia Ward
Chris Meyer (alt)
Wright Jeanne Holland
Sarah Grosshuesch (alt)
SCHSAC Executive Committee members
Region Member and community health board
Chair Tarryl Clark, Stearns
Vice-chair DeAnne (De) Malterer, Le Sueur-Waseca
Past chair Sheila Kiscaden, Olmsted
Northwest Joan Lee, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Bonnie Engen, North Country (alt)
Northeast Shelley Fredrickson, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Lester Kachinske, Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching (alt)
West Central Gordon (Gordy) Wagner, Horizon
Frank Gross, Partnership4Health (alt)
Central Terry Lovgren, Pine
Steve Heinen, Benton (alt)
Metro Mandy Meisner, Anoka
Jenna Carter, Bloomington (alt)
Southwest Dave Lieser, Countryside
Steve Gardner, Kandiyohi-Renville (alt)
South Central William Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin
Nathan Schmalz, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley (alt)
Southeast Marcia Ward, Winona
Mitch Lentz, Fillmore-Houston (alt)
Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board (EHCIB) members

For a list of EHCIB members, please visit: Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board.

Foundational Public Health Responsibility Funding Workgroup members

Co-chairs:

  • Nick Kelley, Bloomington
  • De Malterer, Le Sueur-Waseca

Members:

  • Bree Allen, Brown-Nicollet (Alternate: Jaimee Brand, Brown-Nicollet)
  • Amy Evans, Dodge-Steele
  • Laurie Halverson, Dakota
  • Marissa Hetland, North Country 
  • Chelsie Huntley, MDH Community Health Division 
  • Joan Lee, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
  • Dave Lieser, Countryside
  • Samantha Lo, Pine
  • Susan Michels, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
  • Susan Palchick, Hennepin
  • Ann Stehn, Horizon

Staff lead: 

  • Phyllis Brashler, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Infectious Disease Continuous Improvement Board (IDCIB) members

Co-chairs:

  • Erica Keppers, Morrison-Todd-Wadena (Central)
  • Kristin Sweet, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division

Members representing LPHA regions:

  • Jenny Barta, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis (Northeast)
  • Jaimee Brand, Brown-Nicollet (South Central, Southwest)
  • David Johnson, Hennepin (Metro)
  • Erica Keppers, Morrison-Todd-Wadena (Central)
  • Deb Purfeerst, Rice (Southeast)
  • Fran Tougas, Quin County (Northwest)
  • Kristi Wentworth, Partnership4Health (West Central)

MDH staff:

  • Kristin Sweet, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
  • Ellen Hill, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
Member Development Workgroup members

Chair:

  • De Malterer, Le Sueur-Waseca

Members: 

  • Michelle Ebbers, Nobles
  • Joan Lee, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
  • Mandy Meisner, Anoka

Staff lead: 

  • Deanna White, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Performance Measurement Workgroup members

Members: 

  • Amina Abdullahi, Bloomington  
  • Amy Bowles, Beltrami 
  • Chris Brueske, MDH Business Innovation and Support
  • Michelle Ebbers, Nobles   
  • Janet Goligowski, Stearns 
  • Susan Michels, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
  • Mary Orban, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
  • Kristin Osiecki, MDH Center for Health Equity 
  • Rodney Peterson, Dodge  
  • Amanda Schueler, Horizon 
  • Chera Sevcik, Faribault-Martin 
  • Meaghan Sherden, Olmsted 
  • Ann Zukoski, MDH Center for Health Promotion 

MDH staff:

  • Ann March, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
PHEP Oversight Group members

Members:

  • Co-chair: Dave Brummel, Washington
  • Co-chair: Susan Morris, Isanti
  • Laura Anderson, St. Paul-Ramsey
  • Kathy Burski, Kanabec
  • Stacey Durgin-Smith, Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
  • Michelle Ebbers, Nobles
  • Tammy Fiedler, Wabasha
  • Bill Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin
  • Nick Kelley, Bloomington
  • Sarah Kjono, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
  • Mike Matanich, Stearns
  • Karen Moritz, Brown-Nicollet
  • Lia Roberts, Dakota
  • Nicole Ruhoff, Sherburne
  • Ann Stehn, Horizon

MDH representatives:

  • Sandra Hanson, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
  • Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
  • Deb Radi, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division

SCHSAC liaison: Becky Neudecker, MDH Center for Public Health Practice

Staff: Mickey Scullard, MDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Division

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Last Updated: 08/16/2023

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