Minnesota MHA Alumni Reflections
Minnesota alumni lead some of the country’s most innovative healthcare organizations. Often their success is built upon a learning process involving decisions, judgments, and encounters that shape their leadership style and careers.
Read about our distinguished alumni’s defining moments and lessons learned as they paved their way to a meaningful career in healthcare administration.
Matt Knapp
Executive MHA (’12)
Practice Manager and Stroke Program Manager
NorthShore Neurological Institute; NorthShore University HealthSystem
Megan Remark
MHA (’91)
Senior Vice President, Specialty Care
HealthPartners
The Value of Physician Relationships
Jesse Tischer
MHA (’03)
Vice President
Education My Foundation for Success
Carol Kiecker
MHA (’77)
Vice President and Area Manager (Retired)
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Howard Peterson
MHA (’76)
Managing Partner, TRG Healthcare, LLC
James A. Rice
MHA (’71), Ph.D (’91), FACHE
Executive Vice President, Integrated Healthcare Strategies Minneapolis
Vice Chairman, The Governance Institute, San Diego
Stumbling into International Health Reform Designs: The Program’s Contribution in Eastern Europe
Gabrielle Cummings
MHA (’02)
Vice President Evanston Hospitals, NorthShore University Health System
Defining Career Moment and Lessons Learned
Timothy H. Hanson
MHA (’73)
President and CEO
HealthEast Care System
Mary Ellen Wells
MHA (’84)
Vice President Client Development
Experienced Resources
John Cushing
MHA (’67)
Director of International Programs at Children’s Heartlink
Lynn Abrahamsen
MHA (’79)
Retired CEO, Hennepin County Medical Center
Dan McGinty
MHA (’86)
President, Essentia Community Hospitals and Clinics
Stay in Touch with Your People
Sarah Miller
MHA (’92)
Senior Consultant, Strategy and Business Development
Sutter Health
Crossroads Events – A Few Tidbits
Lowell Kruse
MHA (’67)
Retired CEO of Heartland Health, St. Joseph, MO
Awarded Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2009