Spotlight Type: Board
June 2026 – Melissa Kloetstra
Melissa Kloetstra (pronounced “Kloot-stra”), Vice President, Talent & Culture, Solventum What’s your current role? In short: Define how Solventum builds, develops and moves talent — and ensure our leaders deliver on it. Long version: Set the enterprise talent strategy, build and govern core talent systems and processes, strengthen leadership and accountability, evolve our culture and…
June 2026 – Kelly Tauber, MHA, MPH
Kelly Tauber, MHA, MPH, Director of Employer Services and Convenience Care, CentraCare What’s your current role? I currently serve at CentraCare as the Director of Employer Services and Convenience Care. In this role, I oversee areas including occupational and employer health services, urgent care, and virtual urgent care. Much of my career has focused on…
May 2026 – Jenny Sobiech, MBA
Jenny Sobiech, MBA, VP of Payment Integrity Operations, Aetna What’s your current role? I have been with Aetna since December 2025 and lead the Payment Integrity Operations team globally which includes, but is not limited to operations for Coordination of Benefits, Data Mining, Fraud, Waste Abuse & Error, Claim Audit Review and Subrogation. When did…
April 2026 – Andrea Anschel, MSW
Andrea Anschel, MSW, Senior Program Officer II/Team Lead, John Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs What’s your current role? Since 2010, I have been part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), a global organization that works at the intersection of strategic behavior change communication, research and community engagement to improve health outcomes…
February 2026 – Mackenzie Bies, MHA
Mackenzie Bies, MHA, Manager, Allina Improvement System, Allina Health What’s your current role? I am fortunate to be celebrating over seven years with Allina Health. I began my career as an Operations leader within the Mental Health & Addiction services. In that role, I focused on improving delivery and access to mental health services across…
January 2026 – Bri Springer
Brianna “Bri” Springer, Senior Director, NMDP, Mexico What’s your current role? Over the past 16 years, I have had the privilege of working with NMDP (formerly Be The Match), a Minnesota-based global leader in cell therapy. My tenure has included diverse responsibilities, such as contributing to our scientific initiatives, overseeing operational delivery teams, establishing and…
December 2025 – Melissa Fors Shackelford, MBA
Melissa Fors Shackelford, MBA, Principal Marketing & Growth Consultant, Author and Speaker, Shackelford Strategies What’s your current role? I’ve been a health care marketing leader for nearly two decades. And what started as a side business has become my full-time role. I’m a fractional Chief Marketing Officer and marketing and growth consultant working with small…
November 2025 – Diane Nanstad
Diane Nanstad, VP, Health System Collaboration & Innovation, Available for Next Healthcare Leadership Opportunity What’s your current role? My career has centered on tackling health care’s most pressing challenges — from advancing population health and value-based care to generating data-driven insights and, most recently, applying artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical decision support. In Health IT,…
October 2025 – Karen Larson, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Karen Larson, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM , Director of Operations, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology What’s your current role? In my current role as Director of Operations with Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, I have the privilege to head operations as well as design and execute strategic initiatives. I have accountability for our five clinic locations along with our…
September 2025 – Kate Shaughnessy, MHA, PMP
Kate Shaughnessy, MHA, PMP, Population Health Advisor, Hennepin Healthcare What’s your current role? As a Population Health Advisor at Hennepin Healthcare, I lead system-wide initiatives to improve care delivery, enhance health equity, and advance performance under value-based contracts. I co-design and implement scalable models that close care gaps, strengthen risk adjustment practices, and improve outreach…
August 2025 – Libby Hornibrook, CPA
Libby Hornibrook, CPA, Partner, Health Care, Eisner Amper What’s your current role? I have over 20 years of experience working with accounting and advisory firms, specializing in consulting with independent physician practices and hospital systems. When did you join the Women’s Health Leadership TRUST and what roles have you held within the TRUST? I joined…
July 2025 – Lisa Ries
Lisa Ries, Chief Growth Officer, Flyte by Pelvital What’s your current role? As Chief Growth Officer at Pelvital for over 2 years, I lead the strategic and executional efforts behind the commercialization of Flyte, a first-line, non-invasive treatment for female urinary incontinence. This includes driving market adoption, expanding access through reimbursement strategies, and identifying key…