Community of Interest Board Members
Health Services Administration & Master of Healthcare Administration
The MSUM 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:

Patrick Gulbranson, MS
Vice President
Converdia Health Staffing

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

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

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

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


Bobbi Jo Unterseher, MHA
Improvement Advisor
Sanford Health
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

John Haugrud
Director of Sports Medicine
Essentia Health System

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

Ryan Bosch, MHA
Executive Director
Northland PACE Senior Care Services - Fargo, ND
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

Dan Olson, MHA, FACHE
Executive Director
Sanford Health Network

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

Nathan Johnson, MHA, LNHA, LALD
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
PioneerCare

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

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

Teresa Mendoza, MHA, RN
Administrative Fellow
M Health Fairview
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

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

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

Anne-Marie Fitz, LALD
Executive Director
Touchmark at Harwood Groves
Amy Vogt, MHA, RN
Program Manager- Nursing Student Experience & Clinical Placement
Essentia Health
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni

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

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

Cassie Zielke, MSN, RN
Senior Director, Home Based Services
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

Kory Wolden, MHA
Director of Operations
Family HealthCare
*MHA Alumni
*MHA Alumni
Internal Stakeholders (faculty):
Brandi Sillerud,
DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
(She/Her/Hers)
Program Coordinator | 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
Heather Winkler,
EDD, MHA, BAS
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Tracy Wright,
PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NI-BC, CNE
Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership