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Leadership

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:

  • Vanessa Southworth (MNCHWA Board Chair), Community Wellbeing Director for Live Well Winona, Winona Health
  • Sue Severson (MNCHWA Vice Chair), Vice President, Stratis Health
  • Tara Nelson (MNCHWA Secretary/Treasurer), Program Manager, Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA)
  • Cathy VonRueden (MNCHWA Board Member), Vice President, Provider Relations and Contracting, UCare
  • LaShawna McKinney (MNCHWA Board Member), CHW Sr., Hennepin Healthcare
  • Bart Phillips (MNCHWA Board Member), MS, Founder of Community Building Together
  • Connie Norman (MNCHWA Board Member), CHW, PrimeWest
  • Joy Ruoti (MNCHWA Board Member), Case Aide Family Support, Olmsted County
  • Cindy Carow Schiebe (MNCHWA Board Member), Department Chair in Public Health Department, Normandale Comm. College
  • RandiSu Tanem (MNCHWA Board Member), Red Lake Community Health Services
  • Lisa Richards (MNCHWA Board Member), CPR Instructor, Life and Health Coach, TANF Case Manager and Advocate for our Elderly and Children
  • Jess Flotterud (MNCHWA Board Member), Apple Tree Dental
  • Ahmed Abdelhai (MNCHWA Board Member), Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association