Roster of SCHSAC Members, Alternates, and Workgroups
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.
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Update: To update the roster, please email health.schsac@state.mn.us.
| Community health board | Member and alternate |
| Aitkin-Itasca- Koochiching | Lester Kachinske |
| Ricky Roche (alt) | |
| Anoka | Mandy Meisner |
| Jonelle Hubbard (alt) | |
| Beltrami | Joe Gould |
| Amy Bowles (alt) | |
| Benton | Steve Heinen |
| Jaclyn Litfin (alt) | |
| Bloomington | Jenna Carter |
| Nick Kelley (alt) | |
| Blue Earth | Kelly Haeder |
| Erika Sletten | |
| Brown | Anton (Tony) Berg |
| Jaimee Brand (alt) | |
| Carlton-Cook- Lake-St. Louis | Shelley Fredrickson |
| Ashley Grimm (alt) | |
| Carver | Richard Scott |
| John Fahey (alt) | |
| Cass | Brian Buhmann |
| Renee Lukkason (alt) | |
| Chisago | Marlys Dunne |
| Courtney Wehrenberg (alt) | |
| Countryside | Paul Radermacher |
| Liz Auch (alt) | |
| Crow Wing | Steve Barrows |
| Dakota | Laurie Halverson |
| Des Moines Valley | Phil Nasby |
| Michelle Ebbers (alt) | |
| Dodge-Steele | Rodney (Rod) Peterson |
| Amy Evans (alt) | |
| Edina | Tracy Nelson |
| Jeff Brown (alt) | |
| Faribault-Martin | William (Bill) Groskreutz |
| Jaime Bleess (alt) | |
| Fillmore-Houston | Cindy Wright |
| Mitch Lentz (alt) | |
| Freeborn | Lukas Severson |
| Susan Yost (alt) | |
| Goodhue | Susan Betcher |
| Nina Arneson (alt) | |
| Hennepin | Angela Conley |
| Sara Hollie (alt) | |
| Horizon | Gordon (Gordy) Wagner |
| Ann Stehn (alt) | |
| Isanti | Maureen (Mo) Spike |
| Bill Berg (alt) | |
| Kanabec | Kathy Burski |
| Rick Mattson (alt) | |
| Kandiyohi-Renville | Steve Gardner |
| Greg Snow (alt) | |
| Le Sueur-Waseca | De Malterer |
| Dave Preisler (alt) | |
| Meeker-McLeod- Sibley | Beth Oberg |
| Kiza Olson (alt) | |
| Mille Lacs | Ronda Bjornson |
| Kristine Klopp (alt) | |
| Minneapolis | Damon Chaplin |
| Heidi Ritchie (alt) | |
| Morrison-Todd- Wadena | Greg Blaine |
| Nathan Bertram (alt) | |
| Mower | Pam Kellogg-Marmsoler |
| Polly Glynn (alt) | |
| Nicollet | Mark Dehen |
| Kurt Zins | |
| Nobles | Robert Paplow |
| Stacie Golombiecki (alt) | |
| North Country | Bonnie Engen |
| John Nelson (alt) | |
| Olmsted | Laurel Podulke-Smith |
| Denise Daniels (alt) | |
| Partnership4Health | Wayne Johnson |
| David Meyer (alt) | |
| Pine | Roger Nelson |
| Samantha Lo (alt) | |
| Polk-Norman-Mahnomen | Joan Lee |
| Sarah Reese (alt) | |
| Quin County | Theresia Gillie |
| Kayla Jore (alt) | |
| Rice | Debra Purfeerst |
| Galen Malecha (alt) | |
| Richfield | Jennifer Anderson |
| Katrina DeVore (alt) | |
| Scott | Barb Weckman Brekke |
| Lisa Brodsky (alt) | |
| Sherburne | Gary Gray |
| Brad Schumacher (alt) | |
| St. Paul-Ramsey | Rena Moran |
| Tara Jebens-Singh (alt) | |
| Stearns | Tarryl Clark |
| Steve Notch (alt) | |
| SWHHS | Dan Wildermuth |
| Carol Biren (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) |
| Region | Member and community health board |
| Chair | DeAnne (De) Malterer, LeSueur-Waseca |
| Vice-chair | Laurie Halverson, Dakota |
| Past chair | Tarryl Clark, Stearns |
| Northwest | Joan Lee, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen |
| Bonnie Engen, North Country (alt) | |
| Northeast | Lester Kachinske, Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching |
| Shelley Fredrickson, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis (alt) | |
| West Central | Gordon (Gordy) Wagner, Horizon |
| Ann Stehn, Horizon (alt) | |
| Central | Steve Heinen, Benton |
| Jeanne Holland, Wright (alt) | |
| Metro | Mandy Meisner, Anoka |
| Michelle Clasen, Washington (alt) | |
| Southwest | Steve Gardner, Kandiyohi-Renville |
| Phil Nasby, Des Moines Valley HHS (alt) | |
| South Central | William Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin |
| Beth Oberg, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley (alt) | |
| Southeast | Mitchell Lentz, Fillmore-Houston |
| Cindy Wright, Fillmore-Houston (alt) |
For a list of EHCIB members, please visit: Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board.
Members:
- Odi Akosionu-DeSouza (MDH Health Equity Strategy and Innovation Division)
- Elizabeth Auch (Countryside)
- Jeff Brown (Edina)
- Sagar Chowdhury (Olmsted)
- Joanne Erspamer (Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis)
- David Kurtzon (MDH Health Policy Division)
- Jody Lien (Partnership4Health)
- Katherine Mackedanz (Morrison-Todd-Wadena)
- Gabriel McNeal (Saint Paul-Ramsey)
- Mary Navara (MDH Environmental Health Division)
- Kiza Olson (Meeker-McLeod-Sibley)
- Rodney Peterson (Dodge-Steele)
- Sarah Reese (Polk-Norman-Mahnomen)
- Ann Zukoski (MDH Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division)
Staff leads:
- Linda Kopecky, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
- Ann March, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Co-chairs:
- Kristi Goos, Partnership4Health (West 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)
- Pam Kellogg, Mower County (Central Region)
- Renee Lukkason, Cass County (Central)
- Nora Moore, St Paul-Ramsey (Metro)
- Fran Tougas, Quin County (Northwest)
MDH staff:
- Kristin Sweet, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
- Ellen Hill, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
Chair:
- Joan Lee, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Members:
- Michelle Clasen, Washington
- Michelle Ebbers, Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services
- Jeanne Holland, Wright
Staff lead:
- Deanna White, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Chairs:
- Amy Bowles, Beltrami
- Chera Sevcik, Faribault-Martin
Members:
- Amina Abdullahi, Bloomington
- Chris Brueske, MDH Business Innovation and Support
- Mark Dehen, Nicollet
- Michelle Ebbers, Nobles
- Janet Goligowski, Stearns
- Angie Hasbrouck, Horizon
- 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
- Meaghan Sherden, Olmsted
- Ann Zukoski, MDH Center for Health Promotion
MDH staff:
- Ghazaleh Dadres, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
- Ann March, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Chair:
- Dave Brummel, Washington County
- Bill Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin
Members:
- Carol Biren, Southwest Health and Human Services
- Kathy Burski, Kanabec County
- Stacey Durgin-Smith, Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
- Joanne Erspamer, Carlton County
- Amy Evans, Dodge County
- Nick Kelley, Bloomington
- Megan Kirby, LeSueur County
- Sarah Kjono, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
- Lia Roberts, Dakota County
- Nicole Ruhoff, Sherburne County
- Ann Stehn, Horizon
- Michelle Steinbeisser, Brown County
MDH Workgroup Staff
- Katie Triebold, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- Linda Kopecky, Public Health Strategy and Partnership Division
MDH representatives:
- Sandra Hanson, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- Deb Radi, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- Amy Smith, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
Chairs:
- Tarryl Clark | Stearns County | SCHSAC Elected
- Melanie Countryman | Dakota County Public Health | LPHA Region V: Metro
- Shelly Aalfs | Countryside Public Health | LPHA Region VI: Southwest/South Central
Members:
- De Malterer, Le Sueur- Waseca | SCHSAC Elected
- Angel Korynta, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Public Health | LPHA Region I: Northwest
- Rob Prose, St. Louis County Public Health | LPHA Region II: Northeast
- LPHA Region III: Open Position
- Sarah Grosshuesch, Wright County | LPHA Region IV: Central
- Lisa Klotzbach, Dakota County Public Health | LPHA Region V: Metro
- Richard Scott, Carver County | LPHA Region V: Metro
- Alyssa Johnson, Faribault-Martin CHB | LPHA Region VII: Southeast
- Tina Jordahl, Olmsted County Public Health Services | LPHA Region VII: Southeast
Non-voting MDH Subject Matter Experts:
Subject matter experts and Data Stewards from across MDH will be asked to join the workgroup as non-voting members including a subject matter expert that is connected to the Tribal Public Health data system/work and the MDH Chief Data and Analytics Officer.
- Nila Hines, MDH Chief Data Analytics Officer | Office of Data Analytics
- Analise Dickinson, Data Scientist | MDH Office of Data Strategy and Interoperability
- Dawn Huspeni, Epidemiologist Supervisor | MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control (IDEPC) Division
- Kari Guida, Senior Health Informatician | MDH Center for Health Information Policy and Transformation (CHIPT)
- Tribal Public Health Subject Matter Expert: Open Position
Last Updated: 07/11/2025