HealthPartners Research and Education

Board of Directors and corporate officers

Marcia Hanson
Chair

Debbie Savage
Assistant Secretary

Alan Abramson, PhD
SVP and CIO
HealthPartners

Tom Brinsko
President and CEO
YMCA of Greater St. Paul

David Dries, MD
Surgeon
Regions Hospital

Dave Dziuk
SVP and CFO
HealthPartners

John Finnegan Jr., PhD
Professor and Dean
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota

Gretchen Leiterman, MBA
Vice President
Regions Hospital Heart Center

Brian Martinson, PhD
Senior Research Investigator and Director of Science Programs
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research

Andrew Nelson, MPH
Executive Director
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research

J. Daniel Nelson, MD
Associate Medical Director
HealthPartners Medical Group

Carl Patow, MD, MPH
Executive Director
HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education

Brian Rank, MD
Medical Director
HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics

Leif Solberg, MD
Associate Medical Director for
Health Care Improvement Research
HealthPartners

Tobi Tanzer, JD
Vice President of Corporate Integrity
HealthPartners

Barbara Tretheway, JD
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel
HealthPartners

Ann Wynia
Retired former president of
North Hennepin Community College

Donna Zimmerman, MPH, RN
Vice President of Government and
Community Relations
HealthPartners

Research Committee

Leah Hanson, PhD
Chair

Howard Stang, MD
Vice Chair

Louise Anderson, PhD

Kristin Engebretsen, PharmD

Krista Graven, MD

Dave Hamlar, MD

Russell Luepker, MD

Josh Salzman, MA

Leif Solberg, MD

Robin Whitebird, PhD

Health Services Research Committee

Robin Whitebird, PhD
Chair

Josh Salzman, MA
Vice Chair

Craig Amundson, DDS

Ajay Behl, PhD, MBA

Thomas Flottemesch, PhD

Emily Parker, MPH, PhD

Pamala Pawloski, PharmD

Leif Solberg, MD

Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, PhD

Clinical Research Committee

Howard Stang, MD
Chair

Kristin Engebretsen, PharmD
Vice Chair

Sarah Anderson, MD

Steve Asche, MA

Elyse Kharbanda, MD

Michael Rosenbloom, MD

Josh Salzman, MA

Lynnette Savaloja, SCT (ASCP)

Gretchen Zunkel, RN, PhD

Michael Zwank, MD

Basic Science Research Committee

Dave Hamlar, MD
Chair

Krista Graven, MD
Vice Chair

Alex Adams

Jared Fine, PhD

Thomas Flottemesch, PhD

Erhard Haus, MD, PhD

Institutional Review Board

Elie Gertner, MD
Chair

Elizabeth Reeve, MD
Vice Chair

Jennifer Haberman

Joel Holger, MD

Dave Hamlar, MD

Debra Kelly

Margaret Krieser, MPH

Mary Jeanne Levitt, MA

Mike Maciosek, PhD

Gerda Ottman, PharmD

Julibeth Petter, PhD, RN

Don Postema, PhD

Christopher Shepela, MD

Amar Subramanian, MD

Julie Switzer, MD

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Leah Hanson, PhD
Chair

Carson Harris, MD
Vice Chair

Alex Adams

Dan Brumm, JD

Kate Faltesek, AALAT

Daniel Sadoff, DVM

Linda Sackett-Lundeen