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