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
Chief Executive Officer
Family HealthCare

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

Kristi Halvarson, MHA
Executive Director
Health Service Inc.

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

Jane Foote, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE
Program Director, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Midwest Nursing Academic Affairs, Mayo Clinic Department of Nursing

Kari Dick, NHA
Executive Director
Touchmark at Harwood Groves


Bobbi Jo Olson, 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
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
Tracy Wright,
PhD, MS, BSN
Program Coordinator | Professor
School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership