Community Health Division staff list and org chart

Staff listed on this page
Division Director's Office
Center for Health Statistics
Center for Public Health Practice
Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives (OSHII)

• Chelsie Huntley, Director
• Becky Sechrist, Assistant Director

Community Health Admin Team

• Liz Arita, Operations Analyst and Projects Coordinator
• Ashlie Richie, Office and Administrative Specialist
• Curtis Seelen, State Program Administrator Technical Specialist

Cross-Division Operations

• Terri Peaslee, Finance and Budget Administrator
• James Poole, Grants Specialist 
• Alicia Waters, Grants Specialist

Performance Improvement

• Kelly Nagel, Performance Improvement Manager

Director's Office

• Madison Anderson, Tribal System Consultant
• Dee Finley, Governance and Administration
• Laura Guzman-Corrales, Public Health System Transformation Coordinator
• Allie Hawley March, Communications
• Gabby (Gabrielle) Nelson, Data Modernization Planner
• Pam Willow, Health Equity Strategist

• Daniel Fernandez-Baca, director (651-201-5954)

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

• Mark Lee, director
• Surbhi Gupta, BRFSS Intern

Health Statistics

Cannabis research

• Dylan Galos, research scientist
• Phitz Nantharath, data standards specialist

County health tables, vital statistics

• LJ Panas, research scientist
• Neeti Sethi, research scientist

Demographic data standards

• Phitz Nantharath, data standards specialist
• Nan Watts, AmeriCorps project coordinator

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

• Kerri Sawyer, IRB administrator, research scientist (651-201-3879)

Local surveys

• Bob Kuziej, research scientist
• Kerri Sawyer, research scientist (651-201-3879)

Minnesota Student Survey

• Bob Kuziej, research scientist
• Kat Panas, research scientist

School Health Profiles Survey

• Kerri Sawyer, research scientist (651-201-3879)

Youth Tobacco Survey

• Kat Panas, research scientist

• Kim Milbrath, Section Manager
• Jeannette Raymond, Assistant Section Manager

Capacity Development

For a map of these regional public health system consultants and the community health boards they serve, visit: Who is my public health system consultant?

• Phyllis Brashler, Supervisor
• Madison Anderson, Tribal System Consultant
• Johanna Christensen, Northwest System Consultant (local public health)
• Kristin Erickson, Central / West Central System Consultant (local public health)
• Leah Jesser, Southwest System Consultant (local public health)
• Erica Keppers, Central System Consultant (local public health)
• Janelle Lambert, Northeast System Consultant (local public health)
• Mary Orban, Southeast / South Central System Consultant (local public health)

Planning and Communications

• Michelle Gin, Supervisor
• Murphy Anderson, Communications Coordinator
• Tara Carmean, Partnerships Planner
• Audrey Hanson, Statewide Health Assessment Project Manager
• Melissa Mady, Assessment and Planning Planner
• Yasmin Odowa, Workforce Pathways Planner
• Deanna White, Partnerships Planner

Equity Networks

For a map of network coordinators and regions, visit: Minnesota Health Equity Networks.

• Shor Salkas, Supervisor
• TC Duong, Capacity-Building Specialist
• Colleen McKinney, Northeast Planner
• Mary Mitchell, Northwest Planner
• Lyndsey Reece, Southeast Planner
• Anna Rogotzke (formerly Snyder), Southwest Planner
• Fa (Fatuma) Youb, Central Planner

System Performance

• Kim Milbrath, Supervisor
• Sodik Adelani, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator
• Ghazaleh Dadres, System Data Analyst
• Kate (Kathryn) Ebert, System Innovation Planner
• Linda Kopecky, 21st Century Planner
• Ann March, Public Health System Performance and Accountability Planner
• Heather Myhre, Foundational Public Health Responsibilities Grant Manager

• Kris Igo, Director

Finance and Communications

• Diane Lauren, Finance Manager
• Rhonda Bauer, Finance Coordinator 
• Mai Xiong Khang, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator
• Susan Thurston-Hamerski, Communications Coordinator

Thriving Communities Unit

• Cherylee Sherry, Supervisor and Population Health Systems Manager
• Immanuella (Ella) Asong-Morfaw, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator
• Alex Dahlquist, Community Health Systems Coordinator
• Sadie Gannett, Food Systems Coordinator
• Elizabeth Gardner, Early Childhood Education Coordinator
• Hilary Gebauer, Nutrition Policy Coordinator
• Holly Glaubitz, Worksite Coordinator
• Kris Haugen, Worksite Coordinator
• Austin Lowell, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator, MN Moves
• Allegresse Mbujibungi Kayembe, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator
• Lindsay Nelson, Community Health Systems Coordinator
• Ellen Pillsbury, Active Transportation Coordinator
• Shirley Schoening Scheuler, Active Living Associate
• Emily Smoak, Active Living Coordinator (currently on mobility assignment with MnDOT)
• Jeremy Vann, Healthy Schools Coordinator

Community Initiatives Unit

• Fred Ndip, Supervisor
• Tracy Ackman-Shaw, Community Engagement Coordinator
• Brian Bluhm, Technical Assistance and Training Coordinator
• Alice Englin, Lead Community Specialist
• Kim Engwer-Moylan, Technical Assistance and Training Specialist
• Anna Johnson, Community Specialist
• Chelsea Tufts, Community Specialist
• Jennifer Wald, Community Specialist

Evaluation and Surveillance Unit

• Emily Becher, Supervisor
• Alexander Blidi, Data Systems
• Kim Edelman, Assessment/Equity
• Sue Sing Lim, Commercial Tobacco
• Liana Schreiber, SHIP/Food Systems
• Diane Zaato, Commercial Tobacco, Youth

American Indian Community Initiatives Unit

• Jacob Walker-Swaney, Supervisor
• Sarah Brokenleg, Lead American Indian Community Specialist
• LaRaye Anderson, American Indian Community Specialist
• Chris Johnson, American Indian Community Specialist

Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

• Christina Thill, Manager

Policy, planning, and communications

• Paula Keller, Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control Coordinator 
• Parker Smith, Communications and Program Planner

Prevention initiatives

• Heather Hirsch, Supervisor
• Jessica DeWolfe, Grants Lead 
• Emily Jones, Local Policy Planner 
• Rebecka Mozes, Youth Grants Specialist
• Bethany O'Connell, Community Grants Specialist
• Kaiti Smith, Youth Initiatives Coordinator

Cessation initiatives

• Christina Thill, Supervisor
• Heidi Larson, Cessation Coordinator
• Mike Sheldon, Cessation Communications Planner