Roster of SCHSAC Members, Alternates, and Workgroups
Updated March 2024
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-Nicollet | Mark Dehen |
| Anton (Tony) Berg (alt) | |
| Carlton-Cook- Lake-St. Louis | Shelley Fredrickson |
| Annie Harala (alt) | |
| Carver | Richard Scott |
| John Fahey (alt) | |
| Cass | Brian Buhmann |
| Renee Lukkason (alt) | |
| Chisago | Marlys Dunne |
| Courtney Wehrenberg (alt) | |
| Countryside | Dave Lieser |
| Liz Auch (alt) | |
| Crow Wing | Steve Barrows |
| Dakota | Laurie Halverson |
| Coral Ripplinger (alt) | |
| Des Moines Valley | Phil Nasby |
| Simoine Bolin (alt) | |
| Dodge-Steele | Rodney (Rod) Peterson |
| Amy Evans (alt) | |
| Edina | Tracy Nelson |
| 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 |
| 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 | Nathan Schmalz |
| Beth Oberg (alt) | |
| Mille Lacs | Dan Whitcomb |
| Kristine Klopp (alt) | |
| Minneapolis | Damon Chaplin |
| Heidi Ritchie (alt) | |
| Morrison-Todd- Wadena | Barb Becker |
| Jacquelyn Och (alt) | |
| Mower | Pam Kellogg-Marmsoler |
| Polly Glynn (alt) | |
| Nobles | Robert Paplow |
| Stacie Golombiecki (alt) | |
| North Country | Bonnie Engen |
| John Nelson (alt) | |
| Olmsted | Laurel Podulke-Smith |
| Sheila Kiscaden (alt) | |
| Partnership4Health | Wayne Johnson |
| Frank Gross (alt) | |
| Pine | Terry Lovgren |
| Samantha Lo (alt) | |
| Polk-Norman- Mahnomen | Joan Lee |
| Sarah Reese (alt) | |
| Quin County | Theresia Gillie |
| Jeanna Kuvajo (alt) | |
| Rice | Debra Purfeerst |
| Galen Malecha (alt) | |
| Richfield | |
| Jennifer Anderson (alt) | |
| Scott | Barb Weckman Brekke |
| Lisa Brodsky (alt) | |
| Sherburne | Lisa Fobbe |
| Gary Gray (alt) | |
| St. Paul-Ramsey | Mai Chong Xiong |
| Rena Moran (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) |
| 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.
Members:
- Sarah Reese (Polk-Norman-Mahnomen)
- Joanne Erspamer (Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis)
- Jody Lien (Partnership4Health)
- Samantha Lo (Pine)
- Katherine Mackedanz (Todd-Morrison-Wadena)
- Elizabeth Auch (Countryside)
- Sagar Chowdhury (Olmsted)
- Rodney R. Peterson (Dodge-Steele)
- Kiza Olson (Meeker-McLeod-Sibley)
- Jeff Brown (City of Edina)
- Gabriel McNeal (Saint Paul-Ramsey)
- Mary Navara (MDH, Health Protection Bureau, Environmental Health Division)
- Ann Zukoski (MDH, Health Improvement Bureau, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division)
- David Kurtzon (MDH, Health Systems Bureau, Health Policy Division)
- Odi Akosionu-DeSouza (MDH, Health Equity Bureau, Health Equity Strategy and Innovation Division)
Staff lead:
- Ann March, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
- Linda Kopecky, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Co-chairs:
- Kristin Sweet, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division
- Local public health co-chair to be named soon
Members representing LPHA regions:
- Jenny Barta, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis (Northeast)
- Jaimee Brand, Brown-Nicollet (South Central, Southwest)
- Nora Moore, St Paul-Ramsey (Metro)
- Renee Lukkason, Cass County (Central)
- Deb Purfeerst, Rice (Southeast)
- Fran Tougas, Quin County (Northwest)
- Kristi Goos, 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
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
Chairs:
- Chera Sevcik, Faribault-Martin
- Amy Bowles, Beltrami
Members:
- Amina Abdullahi, Bloomington
- 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
- Angie Hasbrouck, Horizon
- Meaghan Sherden, Olmsted
- Mark Dehen, Nicollet
- Ann Zukoski, MDH Center for Health Promotion
MDH staff:
- Ann March, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
- Ghazaleh Dadres, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Chair:
- Dave Brummel, Washington County
Members:
- Laura Anderson, St. Paul-Ramsey County
- Kathy Burski, Kanabec County
- Stacey Durgin-Smith, Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
- Bill Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin
- Nick Kelley, Bloomington
- Sarah Kjono, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
- Lia Roberts, Dakota County
- Nicole Ruhoff, Sherburne County
- Megan Kirby, LeSueur County
- Amy Evans, Dodge County
- Ann Stehn, Horizon
MDH Workgroup Staff
- Amy Smith, MDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
- Katie Triebold, MDH Emergency Preparedness and Response 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
SCHSAC liaison: Becky Neudecker, MDH Center for Public Health Practice
Staff: Mickey Scullard, MDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
Last Updated: 09/26/2024