Governance and Leadership

Meet Our Boards and Senior Leaders

Sanford Health leadership drives us to improve, to heal and to cure. Two main teams make up our leadership:

Board of Trustees members are volunteers. This dedicated group of community leaders has strategic responsibility for activities affecting the entire organization and fulfillment of our mission across our system.
Executive Leadership members, as corporate officers of Sanford Health, are accountable to the Board of Trustees for fulfillment of the mission of our nonprofit organization.

Board of Trustees

Neil Gulsvig

Past Chair
Co-Founder/President and CEO, Align
CEO and Founder, ActivLife Solutions

Lauris Molbert

Chair
Retired CEO, TMI Hospitality, Inc.

Andy North

Neil Gulsvig

Andy North

Secretary
Former Professional Golfer

Brent Teiken

General Manager, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Perficient

Bill Gassen

Ex-Officio
Sanford Health
President and CEO

Jim Cain

Treasurer
KeyBanc Capital Markets

Wes Engbrecht

Director of Communications, PR and IT
Capital Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Marnie Herrmann

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Marnie Herrmann

Vice Chair
Chief Banking Officer
Security First Bank

Mark Lundeen, MD

Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Dana Dykhouse

CEO, First PREMIER Bank

David Shulkin, MD

Physician
Ninth Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

President, Augustana University

Leadership

Bill Gassen

Bill Gassen Sanford Health President and Chief Executive Officer

Bill Gassen

President and Chief Executive Officer

Nick Olson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer Grennan, JD

Jennifer Grennan Sanford Health Chief Legal Officer

Jennifer Grennan, JD

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Matt Hocks

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Erika Batcheller

Erika Batcheller, Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer

Erika Batcheller

Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer

Tommy Ibrahim

Executive Vice President, President and CEO of Sanford Health Plan

Corey Brown

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Jeremy Cauwels, MD

Jeremy Cauwels, MD Chief Medical Officer of Sanford Health

Jeremy Cauwels, MD, FACP, FHM

Chief Medical Officer

Erica C. DeBoer

Erica C. DeBoer, RN, Sanford Health's chief nursing officer

Erica C. DeBoer

Chief Nursing Officer

Joshua Crabtree, MD, MBA

Joshua Crabtree, MD

Joshua Crabtree, MD, MBA

Chief Physician of Sanford Health Clinic and Sanford World Clinic

Paul Hanson

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Paul Hanson

President and CEO, Sanford Sioux Falls

Karla Eischens

Karla Eischens, RPh, President and CEO of Sanford Bemidji

Karla Eischens

President and CEO, Sanford Bemidji

Michael LeBeau, MD

Michael LeBeau, MD President and CEO of Sanford Bismarck

Michael LeBeau, MD

System Vice President, Chief of Health Services Operations

Deb Koski

Deb Kroski smiling for headshot

Deb Koski

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Tiffany Lawrence

Tiffany Lawrence, President and CEO, Sanford Fargo

Tiffany Lawrence

President and CEO, Sanford Fargo

Stephen Wonderlich, PhD

Interim President, Research and Innovation

Brad Reimer

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Brad Reimer

System Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Nate Schema

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Nate Schema

President and CEO, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

Todd Schaffer, MD

Todd Schaffer, MD, President and CEO Sanford Bismarck

Todd Schaffer, MD

President and CEO, Sanford Bismarck

Robb Schlimgen

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Robb Schlimgen

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Andy Wentzy

Chief of Staff, Office of the President & CEO

Steve Young

Steve Young President of Sanford Sports

Steve Young

President, Sanford Sports