SCHSAC member resources
Roster of SCHSAC members, alternates, and workgroups
Updated August 2022
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 |
| Betsy Johnson (alt) | |
| Anoka | Mandy Meisner |
| Jonelle Hubbard (alt) | |
| Beltrami | Richard Anderson |
| Reed Olson (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 |
| Gina Adasiewicz (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 |
| Kanabec | Rickey Mattson |
| Kathy Burski (alt) | |
| Kandiyohi-Renville | Steve Gardner |
| Greg Snow (alt) | |
| Le Sueur-Waseca | DeAnne (De) Malterer |
| Dave Preisler (alt) | |
| Meeker-McLeod- Sibley | Nathan Schmalz |
| Kiza Olson (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 |
| St. Paul-Ramsey | Jim McDonough |
| Trista MatasCastillo (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 |
| Marie Kovecsi (alt) | |
| Wright | Jeanne Holland |
| Sarah Grosshuesch (alt) |
| 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) |
For a list of EHCIB members, please visit: Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board.
Co-chairs:
- Amy Westbrook, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis (Northeast)
- Kristin Sweet, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
Members representing LPHA regions:
- Jamie Hennen, Partnership4Health (West Central)
- David Johnson, Hennepin (Metro)
- Megan Kirby, Le Sueur-Waseca (South Central, Southwest)
- Catherine Main, Wright (Central)
- Deb Purfeerst, Rice (Southeast)
- Fran Tougas, Quin County (Northwest)
- Amy Westbrook, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis (Northeast)
MDH staff:
- Kristin Sweet, interim assistant division director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
- Ellen Hill, Northeast Region district epidemiologist, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
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