Board of Directors

MINNESOTA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020-2021

At its Annual Meeting June 22, 2021, the MRHA Board of Directors recognized outgoing welcomed three new Board members.

Executive Board

Sue Grafstrom (Board President) – Roseau County, Roseau

Heather Keyes -  (Board Vice President) Stratis Health, Bloomington

Warren Larson (Board Immediate Past-President) – Retired - Sanford Health, Bemidji

Diane Thorson (Treasurer / Past President) – Retired – Public Health Director, Fergus Falls 

Board  *newly elected members

Zora Radosevich - MN Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (permanent Board seat) – St. Paul

Buck McAlpin – McAlpin Consulting, St. Paul

Jim Przybilla - Prime West Health, Alexandria

Dave Borgert – Retired – Community and Government Relations, St. Cloud

Denise Schneekloth - MN Rural Health Cooperative, Cottonwood

Marti Paulson - Project Turnabout, Granite Falls

Alyssa Meller – National Rural Health Resource Center, Duluth

*Audrey Thayer - Bemidji City Council, Bemidji

*Rick Ash - United Hospital District, Blue Earth

*Kap Wilkes - Ely Behavioral Health Network, Ely