Leadership

Management & Communications Team

• TBD: Executive Director
• Angela Fields, CHW: Associate Executive Director
• 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