Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Officers
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP
HHRI Board Chair
Dean, School of Nursing
University of Minnesota (U of MN)
Miaja Cassidy, JD, CHC, CCEP
HHRI Board Vice Chair
Chief Legal Officer and Sr VP at BC/BS of MN
Adjunct Professor, Law & Leadership in Healthcare Administration, Mitchell Hamline Law School
Serafin Samson, MBA, MS
Secretary / Treasurer
Venture Capital Investment Manager, U of MN Office of Investments & Banking
Members
Gopal Khanna, MBA
Carlson School of Management Medical Industry Leadership Institute Executive in Residence, U of MN
Anne Frosch, MD
Physician, Infectious Disease and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare; Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of MN
Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, HHRI President
Chief of Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare
Professor of Medicine, U of MN
Warren McKinney, PhD
VP of Expanding Participation in Research
Investigator, Division of Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Theresa Pesch, RN
President, Hennepin Healthcare Foundation
Michael Puskarich, MD, MS
Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Edward P. Ehlinger, MD, MSPH
Adjunct Professor (ret.), School of Public Health, U of MN
Prat Verma, MBA, MS
Vice President, Innovation, Optum Labs
Eric Ling, MD, MBA, MA
Chief Medical Officer, Hennepin Healthcare
