Archives: Spotlights
December 2022 – Joy King
Joy King, Executive Director, Be the Match Foundation, and Chief Advancement Officer, NMDP/Be The Match What’s your current role? I’m the Chief Advancement Officer at NMDP/Be The Match, an organization providing life-saving stem cells to patients with blood cancers and disorders. I also serve as Executive Director of Be The Match Foundation, a subsidiary of…
November 2022 – Diane Nanstad
Diane Nanstad, Senior Health Network Strategy Executive, Oracle Health and Artificial Intelligence division, Oracle What’s your current role? Nearly four of my 20+ years in health care have been at Cerner, which was recently acquired by Oracle. I align with my client’s population health and value-based care strategies to help them create value, maximize revenue growth, and…
November 2022 – Kate Shields Stenzinger
Kate Shields Stenzinger, VP of Client Success and Product Strategy, Lucina Analytics What do you do in your current role? I am responsible for integrating client priorities and developing strategies to achieve savings for clients and healthy outcomes for moms and babies. With primary accountability to health plan leaders, I am focused on reducing maternal…
October 2022 – Lea Kaiser
Lea Kaiser, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Western Wisconsin Health What do you do in your current role? I am the Chief Financial Officer for Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin, Wisc., which has a Critical Access Hospital and two rural health clinics. I started in May of 2022 after spending 17 years with Healtheast/Fairview in operational…
October 2022 – Tara Florek
Tara Florek, Global Education and Development Leader, 3M Health Care What’s your current role? I lead strategy and planning for the 3M Health Care Academy, our global customer-facing education platform. Working with adult learning professionals, we collaborate with area teams to identify, plan and execute the digital platforms and educational content that supports healthcare professionals.…
September 2022 – Tami Hedrick
Tami Hedrick, Executive Vice President, External Engagement, MATTER What do you do in your current role? I have been on the MATTER staff for nearly two years and have served on the Board of Directors for three years. While I was Director of Women’s Initiatives at the Minnesota Vikings, MATTER was our community partner for…
September 2022 – Lori Nelson, MBA
Lori Nelson, MBA, SVP, Provider Strategy and Network Management, Medica Health Plan What’s your current role? I oversee all of Medica’s provider relationships and contracting functions. This includes contracting and negotiating with large health systems and provider groups and ancillary businesses such as durable medical equipment companies and home health providers. All our provider relationships…
August 2022 – Sara Wilson
Sara Wilson, Chief Customer Officer, PROCare HR What do you do in your current role? PROCare HR offers comprehensive HR solutions designed for organizations that serve seniors and individuals with disabilities. Through the PEO model and plugging in a dedicated HR Director and Client Support Team, PROCare supports HR compliance, benefits, workers compensation and payroll.…
August 2022 – Adriene Y. Thornton, RN, MAOM, BSN, CIC, FAPIC
Adriene Y. Thornton, RN, MAOM, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, Manager of Health Equity, Children’s Minnesota What’s your current role? I work collaboratively to support the organizational strategic goals related to improving health outcomes due to health disparities. When and why did you join the Women’s Health Leadership TRUST? I am a member of the Associate Board…
July 2022 – Kristin Naruko
Kristin Naruko, Vice President, Provider Services Operations, National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match What do you do in your current role? I joined Be The Match 14 years ago in a role working directly with transplant center customers to facilitate unrelated donor stem cell donations for their patients with life-threatening blood cancers and diseases. I…
July 2022 – Heidi Dieter, MBA
Heidi Dieter, MBA, Chief Research Officer, Mayo Clinic What’s your current role? I began my career at Mayo Clinic in 2007 after working in for-profit healthcare in different locations across the country. I am currently the Chief Research Officer at Mayo Clinic and am responsible for all research activities across our enterprise, including our locations…
June 2022 – Mary Jacobs, MA
Mary Jacobs, MA Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs and MBA Program Director, Saint Mary’s University, Twin Cities campus What’s your current role? I oversee the graduate programs in the School of Business and Technology at Saint Mary’s University. We currently have nine master’s degrees and 16 certificate programs, both online and in-person. I’ve been at Saint…