Management & Communications Team
- Ann Nyakundi: Executive Director
- Angela Fields, CHW: Associate Executive Director
- James Walsh: Communications and Registry Manager
- Anne Ganey, MPH: Program Manager/Trainer and Facilitator
- Moa Xiong, CHW: Registry Coordinator
- Rachel Stoll: HRSA Program Manager
- Vonyee Howard: HRSA Field Experience/Apprenticeship Coordinator
Board of Directors
As a nonprofit, we are governed by a voluntary, multi-disciplinary board that provides strategic direction, oversight, and stewardship. Our board includes:
- Cathy VonRueden (MNCHWA Board Chair), Vice President, Provider Relations and Contracting, UCare
- Vanessa Southworth (MNCHWA Vice Chair), Community Wellbeing Director for Live Well Winona, Winona Health
- Tara Nelson (MNCHWA Secretary/Treasurer), Program Manager, Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA)
- Laura Guzman-Corrales (MNCHWA Board Member), MPH, Healthy Communities Program Manager, MN Department of Health
- Gary Oftedahl (MNCHWA Board Member at Large), MD, Consultant
- LaShawna McKinney (MNCHWA Board Member), CHW Sr., Hennepin Healthcare
- Bart Phillips, MS, Founder of Community Building Together
- Connie Norman (MNCHWA Board Member), CHW, PrimeWest
- Joy Ruoti (MNCHWA Board Member), Case Aide Family Support, Olmsted County
- Sue Severson (MNCHWA Board Member), Vice President, Stratis Health
- Cindy Carow Schiebe (MNCHWA Board Member), Department Chair in Public Health Department, Normandale Comm. College