Children’s Minnesota Hospital Board of Directors adds four new members

MINNEAPOLIS (February 4, 2021) – Children’s Minnesota announced today the appointment of four new members to its Hospital Board of Directors, as well as the full slate of officers and board members for 2021. Joining the Hospital Board of Directors are Dr. Archelle Georgiou, Chris Hedberg, Damu McCoy and Dr. Brooke Moore.

“Members of the hospital board of directors are strategic partners in shaping the future of our health care system,” said Dr. Marc Gorelick, president and CEO of Children’s Minnesota. “We are thrilled at the diversity, breadth and depth of expertise the new board members will bring to help advance our commitment to improving children’s health by providing the highest-quality, family-centered care.”

The newly appointed members bring decades of experience in business, innovation, health care and advocacy.

• Archelle Georgiou, MD, chief health officer, Starkey Hearing Technologies
• Chris Hedberg, chief financial officer, CarVal Investors
• Damu McCoy*, vice president, Talent Acquisition at Target Corporation
• Brooke Moore, MD, MPH, pediatric pulmonologist, Children’s Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists, vice chief of staff, Children’s Minnesota

The full Children’s Minnesota Hospital Board of Directors for 2021 is as follows:

• Alvin Abraham, executive director, To Educate All Children (TEACH)
• Matt Bilunas, chief financial officer, Best Buy
• Gary Blackford, health care executive
• Henry Chang, strategy and business development executive, former vice president, 3M Connect
• Archelle Georgiou, MD, chief health officer, Starkey Hearing Technologies
• Angela Goepferd, MD, senior director of interprofessional education, chief education officer, medical director of gender health, and chief of staff, Children’s Minnesota
• Marc H. Gorelick, MD, MSCE, president and CEO, Children’s Minnesota
• Linda Hall, entrepreneur-in-residence, Carlson, School of Business, University of Minnesota
• Chris Hedberg, chief financial officer, CarVal Investors
• Jean Kane, CEO, Colliers International
• JJ Kuhn, vice president, chief counsel – global investigations, Medtronic
• Jim Leslie, chairman of the board, James D. Leslie Family Foundation
• Charles Maxwell, chairman and officer, Meristem Family Wealth
• Damu McCoy*, vice president of talent acquisition, Target
• Bonnie Speer McGrath, strategic business advisor & career strategist, Speer McGrath & Co
• Brooke Moore, MD, MPH, pediatric pulmonologist, Children’s Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists, vice chief of staff, Children’s Minnesota
• Jill Schurtz, executive director and CEO, St. Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association
• Carolyn Smallwood, CEO, Way to Grow
• Deneen Vojta, MD, executive vice president of research and development, United HealthGroup

*officially starts May, 2021

About Children’s Minnesota

Children’s Minnesota is the seventh largest pediatric health system in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota serves kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, 12 primary and specialty care clinics and six rehabilitation sites. Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital.

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