Community of Interest Board Members
Health Services Administration & Master of Healthcare Administration
The Minnesota State Moorhead School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership includes two dynamic and growing programs in healthcare leadership: an undergraduate Health Services Administration (HSAD) degree and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration (MHA) graduate degree. Both programs have strong, growing enrollment. Members of our Community of Interest (COI) Board play an important role in providing feedback that helps form program planning, assessment and implementation of improvement activities for our educational programs. Information about these key stakeholders, both external and internal, are listed below.
External Stakeholders:

Doug Arvin, MBA, CPA
VP Finance- West Market
Essentia Health

Steven Astrup, JD
Project and Regulatory Counsel Office
Hospice Red River Valley

Justin Boldt, LNHA, LALD
Executive Director
St. Mark's Living
MN
MN

Jill Cragoe RN, LNHA, CHPCA
Regional Director, Patient Services
Avera@Home

Kari Dick, NHA
VP, Regional Director of Operations
Touchmark at Harwood Groves

Anne-Marie Fitz, LALD
Executive Director
Touchmark at Harwood Groves

Jeanine Gangeness, Ph.D., RN
Program Director, Midwest Nursing Academic Affairs
Mayo Clinic

Rod Gellner
Associate Director for Patient Care Services
Fargo VA Health Care System

Patrick Gulbranson, MS
Vice President of Provider Network Strategy
Blue Cross/Blue Shield-ND

John Haugrud
Director of Sports Medicine
Essentia Health System

Nicholas Helbling
Operations Senior Director
Essentia Health

Dawn Hummel, RN, CDON/LTC, C-NE
Senior Executive of Resident Care—Skilled Operations
Bethany Retirement Living

Nathan Johnson, MHA, LNHA, LALD
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
PioneerCare
Emily Jones
Manager Operation Development- Long Term Care
Good Samaritan Society

Ken Kompelien, Ed.D.
Dean for the School of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing
M State

Kayla Linn
Chief People Officer
Eventide

Teresa Mendoza, MHA, RN
Program Manager
M Health Fairview
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

Aynsley Morris, MS, CCC-SLP, MHA
Inpatient Therapy Manager
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

Dan Olson, MHA, FACHE
Executive Director
Sanford Health Network

Jon Riewer
CEO
Eventide

Zachary Schmitz, MHA, LNHA, LALD
Administrator
Parmly On The Lake
*HSAD & MHA Alumni
*HSAD & MHA Alumni

Wade Swenson
Medical Oncologist/Medical Director
Lakewood Healthcare


Bobbi Jo Unterseher, MHA
Continuous Quality Improvement Administrator
ND Health and Human Services
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

Amy Vogt, MHA, RN
Program Manager- Nursing Student Experience & Clinical Placement
Essentia Health
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

David F. Walz, MBA, RN, BSN, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Madelia Health
ACHE Regent, MN
ACHE Regent, MN

Kory Wolden, MHA
Vice President of Operations
Family HealthCare
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

Cassie Zielke, MSN, RN
Senior Director, Home Based Services
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Internal Stakeholders (faculty):

Brandi Sillerud,
DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
(She/Her/Hers)
Program Director | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

Jitendra Singh,
DHSC, MHA, BDS, Lean certified, Online Teaching certified, Bioinformatics certified
Co-Chair | Program Coordinator | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

Jim Sterling,
PhD, MS, BS
Associate Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

Tracy Wright,
PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NI-BC, CNE
Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
