Governance & Leadership

Neil Gulsvig

Chair
Co-Founder/President & CEO, Align
CEO & Founder, ActivLife Solutions
Wausau, WI

Lauris Molbert

Vice Chair
TMI Hospitality, Inc.退休CEO
Fargo, ND

Andy North

Secretary
Former Professional Golfer
Madison, WI

Robin Smith, MD

Treasurer
President and Chair, Stem for Life Foundation
New York, NY

Brent Teiken

Past Chair
General Manager, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Perficient
Fargo, ND

Bill Gassen

Ex-Officio
2022世界杯巴西阵容
President & CEO

Maria Bell, MD

Sanford Cancer Center
Sioux Falls, SD

Jim Cain

KeyBanc Capital Markets
Larchmont, NY

Wes Engbrecht

Director of communications, PR and IT
Capital Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Bismarck, ND

Marnie Herrmann

Chief Banking Officer
Security First Bank
Rapid City, SD

Donald "Jake" Jacobs

Market Manager/VP, Townsquare Media
Sioux Falls, SD

Mark Lundeen, MD

Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Fargo, ND

Mark Paulson, MD

Perham Health Clinic
Perham, MN

比尔·加森于2020年11月被任命为桑福德健康公司总裁兼首席执行官，他承诺该公司将致力于三大支柱:患者、民众和社区。2022世界杯巴西阵容这一重点使该系统成为覆盖整个生命周期的综合医疗保健模式。

Gassen leads a workforce of more than 46,000 that cares for patients and residents across 26 states and 10 countries.

Before his elevation to president and CEO, Gassen served as chief administrative officer. He began his career at Sanford Health in 2012 as corporate counsel and transitioned to the human resources department two years later as vice president of human resource integration. Gassen also spent four years in private legal practice.

加森曾是全美橄榄球鼻翼后卫，田径锦标赛铅球锦标赛冠军，多次获得北中学术会议荣誉，他拥有南达科他大学的刑事司法和法律学士学位。

Gassen and his wife, Jill, have five children.

As Sanford Health’s executive vice president and chief financial officer and treasurer, Michelle Bruhn is responsible for Sanford Health’s financial strategy and operations, investments, asset management, and business development and innovation efforts.

Bruhn joined Sanford Health in 1999 after nearly a decade in public accounting, focused on the hospitality, health care and nonprofit sectors. She has held various financial and operational leadership positions within Sanford, most recently serving as system vice president of health services operations, where she drove clinical, operational and financial performance to deliver high-quality affordable care to the communities and patients served.

Bruhn holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from the University of South Dakota. She is a certified public accountant and a member of various industry associations, and currently serves on the board of the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Bruhn and her husband, Dave, have one son, Cole.

As officer, Jennifer Grennan, JD, is responsible for human resources, legal, risk, compliance and government affairs. She joined Sanford Health in 2009 and has held multiple positions in the organization’s legal department, including chief legal officer and vice president of legal.

格伦南是苏福尔斯人，拥有密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的政治学和心理学学士学位和克莱顿大学法学院的法学博士学位。

格伦南和她的丈夫大卫住在苏福尔斯。

Matt Hocks, 2022世界杯巴西阵容Sanford Health的执行副总裁兼首席运营官，负责成功的规划和实施运营和战略目标。

Hocks graduated from the University of South Dakota in 2002 with a Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in health services administration. He joined Sanford Health in 2004 and held various clinic director and vice president positions before assuming his current role in 2019.

Hocks and his wife, Rachel, live in Sioux Falls and have three children.

Nathan Peterson serves as Sanford Health’s executive vice president and chief strategy and development officer, responsible for the system’s enterprise data and analytics, digital strategy, marketing, corporate communications, strategic planning, enterprise project management and governance. He also oversees Sanford Health Plan and the Sanford Health Foundation.

Peterson began his career at Sanford Health in 2010 and has held multiple positions, including director of legislative affairs and enterprise vice president of marketing. Prior to joining Sanford Health, he was the managing director of a national political consulting and issues management firm based in Sioux Falls.

彼得森是南达科他州空军国民警卫队的退休成员，曾在军队服役20多年。他拥有南达科他州大学的政治学学士学位和工商管理硕士学位。他目前是南达科他州大学基金会和未来前景基金的董事会成员。彼得森和妻子梅根(Megan)带着三个孩子住在苏福尔斯。

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, MD, offers his expertise in health care, government, technology and public health as executive vice president and strategic advisor to Sanford Health.

Shulkin is also a director on the Sanford International Board and serves as an ambassador for Sanford Health for its many domestic and international projects.

在担任退伍军人事务部部长之前，舒尔金是退伍军人事务部卫生部副部长，是美国最大的综合医疗保健系统的领导者。他也曾担任the University of Pennsylvania Health System、Temple University Hospital和the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital的首席执行官。

Shulkin持有the medical College of Pennsylvania的医学学位，是一名认证内科医生。他完成了耶鲁大学医学院的实习和匹兹堡大学长老会医学中心的住院医师和奖学金。

Jared Antczak serves as Sanford Health’s chief digital officer, overseeing digital strategy and transformation initiatives to enhance consumer and caregiver engagement, support care delivery, improve business processes and expand health care access through virtual care.

Antczak于2022年加入2022世界杯巴西阵容Sanford Health，此前他曾在Highmark Health、Intermountain Healthcare和Atrium Health担任领导职务。他拥有爱达荷州杨百翰大学(Brigham Young University- idaho)的生物学学士学位和维克森林大学(Wake Forest University)的工商管理硕士学位，以及产品高管认证(PEC)和信息技术基础设施图书馆(ITIL)认证。他还是医疗信息和管理系统(CPHIMS)的认证专业人员。

Originally from around Salt Lake City, Utah, Antczak lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Charlene, and their six children.

Sanford Health的政府事务副总裁科里·布朗(Corey Brown)监督该组织在州和联邦层面的公2022世界杯巴西阵容共政策活动。

A former South Dakota state senator and native of Gettysburg, Brown represented District 23 from 2009 to 2016, serving as majority leader, president pro tempore, assistant majority leader and chairman of the appropriations committee. He was actively involved in shaping policy related to Native American health, primary care, emergency medical services and medical licensing.

布朗在其家族拥有的保险机构2022世界杯巴西阵容工作并担任葛底斯堡/惠特洛克湾发展公司的执行董事后，于2018年加入桑福德健康公司。他还在美国海军服役了10年，在那里他曾是一名飞行员和飞行教练，后来晋升为海军少校。

布朗拥有圣母大学(University of Notre Dame)政府和国际关系学士学位和圣地亚哥大学(University of San Diego)国际商务硕士学位。

He lives in Sioux Fall with his wife, Karen, and their four children.

医学博士、FACP、FHM杰里米·考威尔斯(Jeremy Cauwels)担任桑福2022世界杯巴西阵容德健康的首席医生。在这个角色中，他代表执行领导团队和董事会的医生利益。他还担任质量内阁主席，支持该系统成为一个高度可靠的组织的努力，并监督医疗人员的企业方面。

Prior to his appointment to chief physician in 2021, Cauwels led safety, quality and patient experience as senior vice president of quality. He also served as vice president and chief medical officer for Sanford Health Plan. Cauwels started with Sanford Health as a hospitalist in Sioux Falls in 2006, was promoted to director of the group and eventually became Sanford USD Medical Center’s chief of staff.

Born in South Dakota and raised in northwest Iowa, Cauwels has bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of Northern Iowa and a medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He completed his residency and a chief resident year at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas. Cauwels is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Cauwels and his wife, Teresa, live in Sioux Falls with their three children

Erica DeBoer, RN, MA, CCRN-K, CNL, serves as Sanford Health’s chief nursing officer. A member of the organization’s executive leadership team, DeBoer provides clinical expertise for Sanford Health’s work in quality, safety, research and care management. She also oversees the integration of clinical initiatives.

DeBoer拥有超过20年的一线注册护士经验，包括在危重病护理、临床领导和教育方面的角色。她最近担任Sanford Health护理和临床服务和临2022世界杯巴西阵容床信息学的高级执行董事。DeBoer还曾在南达科他州立大学和苏福尔斯大学担任护理课程的兼职教师。

Active in several professional associations, DeBoer holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from South Dakota State University and a master’s degree in nursing from Augustana University.

DeBoer和她的丈夫Shane以及他们的两个孩子住在南达科他州的伦诺克斯。

Luis Garcia, MD, serves as the president of Sanford Health’s clinic division, overseeing governance, mergers and acquisitions, and overall clinic integration.

Garcia has been with Sanford Health in Fargo since 2002 (when it was MeritCare) and is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgeries. He was born and raised in Mexico City, where he also attended medical school at LaSalle University. Garcia completed his general surgery residency at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and did a mini-fellowship in bariatric surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He also holds a Health Care Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota).

加西亚和他的妻子格蕾塔有四个孩子。

As president and CEO of Sanford Sioux Falls, Paul Hanson leads Sanford Health’s Sioux Falls market and network operations for facilities in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. He also works closely with enterprise resources to coordinate corporate initiatives with local operational priorities.

Hanson began his career with Sanford Health at a managed facility in Watertown, South Dakota, in 2000. In 2011, he coordinated Sanford Health’s merger with North Country Health Services in Bemidji, Minnesota. He served as the president of Sanford Bemidji from the time of the merger through 2013 and before being named president of Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.

汉森毕业于明尼苏达州穆尔黑德的康考迪亚学院，毕业时主修工商管理双学位，重点是医院管理和社会工作，重点是长期护理管理。汉森还拥有科罗拉多大学医疗管理硕士学位。

Hanson has received the American College of Healthcare Executives Regent’s Award for Outstanding Healthcare Executive and is also a fellow in that organization.

汉森目前是南达科他州医疗保健组织协会、南达科他州商会、苏福尔斯商会、南达科他州大学桑福德医学院、南达科他州大学发现区、Forward苏福尔斯经济发展和苏福尔斯市中心扶轮社的董事会成员。他也是与当地经济发展和奥古斯塔纳大学相关的特别工作组的成员。

Hanson and his wife, Paige, have four children and two grandchildren.

苏珊·贾维斯是Sanford Bemidji公司的总裁兼首席执行官，她负责监督Sanford Health公司位于明尼苏达2022世界杯巴西阵容州北部的Bemidji市场。

自2010年加入Sanford Health以来，Jarvis曾担任多个行政领导职务。2022世界杯巴西阵容在她被提升为贝米吉的最高职位之前，她曾担任桑福德·法戈医院的运营副总裁，帮助该地区2017年新建的5亿美元医疗中心开业。贾维斯开始在该组织担任法戈紧急和创伤服务的执行董事，在那里她领导她的机构被指定为一级创伤。

在Sanford 2022世界杯巴西阵容Health之前，Jarvis是北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔教会医院和卫生系统紧急服务的行政主管。

Jarvis holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Saint Francis and a master’s degree in Nursing from the University of Phoenix.

She and her husband, Ed, live in Bemidji and have two grown daughters

Kent Lehr, chief business development officer, oversees Sanford Health’s business development strategy, growth initiatives, innovative partnerships and commercialization efforts.

Lehr在UnityPo2022世界杯巴西阵容int Health工作了10年之后，于2020年加入Sanford Health，他最初是一名行政研究员，后来担任战略增长和业务发展的几个领导职位。他最近担任UnityPoint Health的战略和业务发展副总裁。

A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Lehr holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Cornell College (Iowa) and a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Administration from the University of Iowa

Michael LeBeau, MD, serves as Sanford Health’s system vice president and chief of health services operations.

LeBeau has been with Sanford Health for more than 10 years and started with the organization as a nephrologist. Prior to his current role, he served on the Sanford Health Board of Trustees,as vice president of clinics, and as president and CEO of the Bismarck region.

LeBeau毕业于北达科他州大学医学与健康科学学院，在威斯康星州拉克罗斯的甘德森路德医学基金会完成了内科住院医师实习。他还在爱荷华大学(University of Iowa)完成了肾脏学研究，并获得了the American board of Internal Medicine的认证。他目前任职于北达科他州大学基金会董事会和俾斯麦州立大学基金会董事会。

LeBeau and his wife, Michelle, have five children.

Deb Koski是Sanford He2022世界杯巴西阵容alth的首席慈善官，负责监督整个Sanford医疗系统的所有慈善策略和举措，包括Good Samaritan Society。

Koski于2004年加入桑福德健2022世界杯巴西阵容康基金会，最近担任该基金会的系统执行董事。她领导的团队负责募捐的各个方面，包括计划捐赠、重大捐赠和年度捐赠;捐赠管理工作;志愿者管理;特殊事件;金融;数据分析;礼品加工、销售。

Koski holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of South Dakota and a certification in healthcare fundraising management from the University of Wisconsin – Madison; she has also achieved the professional designation of certified fundraising executive (CFRE), and is a dedicated volunteer in her community.

Koski and her husband, Sheldon, live in Sioux Falls, S.D. They have two teenage sons, Preston and Keaton.

As president and CEO of Sanford Fargo, Tiffany is responsible for the management and operations of the Fargo market for Sanford Health.

Lawrence began her career working at Dakota Hospital in Fargo as a staff accountant. In 1996, she began working for MeritCare in a finance operational role. After a few years, she was promoted to a management position. Right before MeritCare merged with Sanford Health in 2009, Lawrence became the chief financial officer of the Fargo Broadway hospital. In 2015, she became vice president of finance and began overseeing both the hospital and clinics in Fargo. From 2017 to March 2022, Lawrence oversaw finance for the entire Fargo region. As of March 4, 2022, Lawrence now serves as the interim president and CEO of Sanford Fargo.

Lawrence graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She and her husband, Rick, have three sons. She spends her weekends busy watching her children play sports and in the summer, Lawrence enjoys spending time at the lakes with family.

As Sanford Health’s president of innovation, research and Sanford World Clinic, David A. Pearce, PhD, oversees the organization’s research activities and global clinic initiative. He is responsible for 450 researchers, eight research centers, more than 300 ongoing clinical trials and the commercialization of select research strategies. Pearce also leads Sanford World Clinic and manages Sanford Health’s international relationships.

皮尔斯领导着研究青少年巴顿病的领先实验室，他的研究导致了首次针对儿童这种疾病的临床试验。他还管理着一个名为“桑福德罕见病协调”(cord)的全国罕见病登记机构。

皮尔斯在伍尔弗汉普顿理工学院获得生物科学荣誉学士学位。他在巴斯大学获得博士学位，并在罗彻斯特大学和牛津大学进行博士后培训。

He and his wife, Suzanne, have three children.

Brad Reimer serves as Sanford Health’s chief information officer, responsible for all technology systems including patient-critical applications like Epic, Cloverleaf and Sectra PACS; business solutions like Workday, ServiceNow and productivity applications; and information security.

在桑福德健康公司(Sanfor2022世界杯巴西阵容d Health)任职期间，雷默改进了信息安全项目;改善部门对效率、合约及质素的关注;并成功定位了系统的技术基础设施，使其具有稳定性、灵活性和灵活性，这是在COVID-19大流行期间取得成功的关键组成部分。

在2017年加入Sanford之前，Reimer曾担任doctap和Wells Fargo的领导职务。

Reimer持有the University of South Dakota的工商管理学士学位。他和他的妻子Salena有三个孩子。

Nathan Schema是福音路德善撒玛利亚人协会的总裁兼首席执行官，该协会是美国最大的非营利性老年护理和服务提供商。他监督组织优先事项的发展和执行，并与桑福德健康领导合作，努力推进综合医疗保健系统。2022世界杯巴西阵容

Schema’s longstanding career with the Society began in 2006 as an administrator-in-training in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He was a nursing home administrator at multiple Society locations, and also held positions as associate director of operations, regional executive director of operations and most recently, vice president of operations.

2022年1月，Schema被选为美国医疗保健协会董事会成员，该协会是美国最大的长期和急性期后护理提供者协会。

Schema是明尼苏达州法里博人，拥有康考迪亚学院(明尼苏达州)的医疗管理学士学位和贝尔维尤大学的工商管理硕士学位。

Schema lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Alex, and their two sons.

Todd Schaffer, MD, serves as president and CEO of Sanford Health’s Bismarck region, where he oversees health services and is responsible for the successful planning and implementation of operational and strategic goals.

Schaffer joined Sanford Health in 2014 as a family practitioner and walk-in clinic physician, becoming vice president of clinic in 2019. He holds a doctor of pharmacy degree with honors from North Dakota State University; a medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where he graduated first in his class; and a master’s degree in strategic studies with distinguished honors from the United States Army War College.

In addition to his work with Sanford, Schaffer is a colonel in the North Dakota Army National Guard, serving as the State Surgeon. He also sits on the North Dakota Medical Association Board of Directors and is active in a number of other community organizations.

Dr. Schaffer and his wife, Erin, have four daughters and one grandson.

Robb Schlimgen, system vice president and chief compliance officer for Sanford Health, oversees the organization’s compliance and privacy programs.

Schlimgen此前曾就就业法问题向Sanford He2022世界杯巴西阵容alth领导层提供建议，并为Sanford Health Plan处理法律和合规事务。在2016年加入Sanford H2022世界杯巴西阵容ealth之前，他曾担任南达科他州最高法院的书记员，并在私人执业。

施利姆根拥有南达科他大学的政治学和会计学学士学位，以及明尼苏达大学法学院的法学学位。

他和妻子玛丽还有儿子住在苏福尔斯。

约翰·斯奈德是桑福德健康计划的主席，负责监督桑福德健2022世界杯巴西阵容康保险部门的所有方面，该部门服务于南达科他州、明尼苏达州、爱荷华州和北达科他州的成员。他开发管理式护理产品、支付模式和综合服务交付策略。

斯奈德在医疗保健方面有40多年的经验。在担任Sanford Health Plan的最高领2022世界杯巴西阵容导人之前，他曾担任Health Alliance Medical Plans的总裁兼首席执行官，以及Carle Health system的执行副总裁/系统首席运营官。斯奈德曾在卡尔卫生系统工作了30多年，在药房、运营和健康计划管理方面担任过各种领导职务。

A native of Tennessee, Snyder holds a pharmacy degree from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and a Master of Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He also completed an executive fellowship program through Northwestern University’s Kellogg Executive Program.

Steve Young, president of Sanford Sports, oversees Sanford Health’s expanding portfolio of services and facilities designed to develop and better understand today’s athlete through health services, training programs and research.

Sanford Sports includes the Sanford Sports Complex, Sanford POWER training, Sanford POWER academies, Sanford POWER Physical Therapy and the Sanford Sports Science Institute.

Young于2017年重新加入S2022世界杯巴西阵容anford Health，担任该系统骨科和运动医学服务线的高级执行董事。作为一名物理治疗师，他从2009年到2013年在Sanford骨科和运动医学实习。在Sanford He2022世界杯巴西阵容alth之外，Young在苏福尔斯和伊利诺斯州的诊所担任过各种领导和物理治疗职务。

A native of Custer, South Dakota, Young received his bachelor’s and Master of Physical Therapy degrees from the University of South Dakota. He is also fellowship trained through the Gray Institute and a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Young and his wife, Tara, have four children.