Overview

The MHA Workforce Development Committee identifies, supports or develops resources and policies that increase health care workforce supply, improve hospitals' employee retention and support best use of hospitals' resources, both human and technological.

2012 members include:

• Chair: Scott Wordelman, President & CEO, Fairview Red Wing Medical Center
• David L. Albrecht, President, Owatonna Hospital
• Stacy Barstad, Chief Executive Officer, Sanford Tracy & Westbrook Medical Centers
  
• Laura D. Beeth, System Director, Talent Management/System H.R., Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis
• Craig J. Broman, President, St. Cloud Hospital
• Chad Cooper, President/CEO, St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls
• Richard J. Failing, CEO/Administrator, Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center, Hallock
• Gerry G. Gilbertson, Administrator, CentraCare Health System - Melrose
  
• Michael Hagen, CEO & Administrator, Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
• Dale Husted, Chief Administrative Officer, Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar
• Beth Krehbiel, President, Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville
• Charles C. Lobeck, Administrator, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Minneapolis
• Margaret E. Perryman, President, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul
• Stephen J. Pribyl, Chief Executive Officer, District One Hospital, Faribault
  
• Larry A. Schulz, Chief Executive Officer, Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls
• Christine S. Shakal, Human Resources, Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Kevin J. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, North Valley Health Center, Warren
• Marshall E. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, New River Medical Center, Monticello
• Vivian L. Tanniehill, Director of Talent Acquisition, HealthEast Care System, St. Paul
• Rebecca Watkins, Vice President of talent Management, Essentia Health, Duluth
  
• Staff: Ann Gibson, Vice President of Workforce/Federal Relations, Minnesota Hospital Association, St. Paul

Contact Ann Gibson, MHA vice president of workforce/federal relations, at (651) 603-3527 or (800) 462-5393.