Clinical ethics department team
Meet leaders and team members at Children’s Minnesota
Ian D. Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Director of Ethics
Dr. Ian D. Wolfe earned his PhD in Nursing with a focus in bioethics, and his MA in Bioethics with a minor in Public Health and focus on health equity, from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Wolfe has a clinical background in burn, trauma and pediatric critical care nursing. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric bioethics at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Shika Kalevor, MBE, RN, HEC-C, Clinical Ethicist
Shika Kalevor MBE, RN, HEC-C (she/her) is a Clinical Ethicist at Children’s Minnesota, dedicated to bridging the gap between complex ethical theory and bedside practice. With a Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seattle University, Shika leverages her clinical roots as a neonatal intensive care (NICU) nurse (at Seattle Children’s Hospital) and her ethics education to advocate for integrating ethics into everyday practice across disciplines.
Her work sits at the vital intersection of health equity and bioethics, with a specific focus on dismantling racial bias in medicine. Shika has authored articles on fetal health ethics, everyday ethics and equity, and the ethical integration of AI in nursing practice. She serves as an associate editor at the Journal of Pediatric Ethics. Beyond her clinical role, she is a leader in the national ethics community, serving on the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics Admissions Committee and the board of the Nursing Ethics Affinity Group for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). Notably, she contributed her expertise to the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses through the American Nurses Association and sits on their Ethics Advisory Board.
Outside of her professional work, Shika is an avid traveler who enjoys practicing her Spanish, spending time with her family, and has recently delved into professional storytelling through the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
Ethics committee leadership
Sally Hagen, BSN, RN, CCRN, Ethics Committee
Sally Hagen, BSN, RN, CCRN has been an RN at Children’s for 10 years on the CVICU. She started as an Ethics Committee Member in 2023. That same year, she became an Ethics Liaison for the CVICU, hosting monthly ethics forums for the staff. She transitioned into role of Chair of the Ethics Committee in September of 2025 after serving in the role of Co-Chair for the prior year. In 2024, she was awarded the Daisy Award for Ethics for her work as an Ethics Liaison. In her spare time she enjoys watching her boys’ sports, any activity outdoors, traveling, reading, and discovering new coffee shops!
Stevie Lien, MSW, LICSW, Ethics Committee Co-Chair
Stevie earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of St. Thomas/St. Catherine University. She supports families in the Cardiovascular Care Center (CVCC) on the Minneapolis campus, providing psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, resource coordination, and ongoing emotional support. She works closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure families are informed, supported, and advocated for throughout their cardiac care journey.
In addition to her clinical role, Stevie provides supervision to graduate social workers (LGSW) pursuing their clinical licensure and hosts MSW student interns, fostering the development of emerging social workers. Her professional interests include ethics, policy, trauma, and health equity within pediatric care.
Stevie has served on the ethics committee since 2023 and became co-chair in 2025. Outside of work, Stevie enjoys reading, exploring new breweries, traveling, and attending sporting events.
Maggie Ruohoniemi, Administrative Assistant Sr.
Maggie is the senior admin for the ethics department. Within her role she helps with logistics for the department, manages the ethics committee, coordinates with unit ethics liaisons, and is the managing editor of the Journal of Pediatric Ethics. She also helps with administrative duties for the Staff Well-Being Collective. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, trying new recipes, and traveling.
Ethics committee members
Amanda Bekric
Office assistant/social media strategist
Kris Catrine, MD
Pain and palliative care, Children’s Minnesota
David Cobb
Chaplain, Children’s Minnesota
Greg Coon
Community member
Najma Dahir-Abdulla
Community member
Renita Eidenschink
Chaplain, Children’s Minnesota
Anna Erickson, RN
NICU, Children’s Minnesota
Bryan Fate, MD, MPH
Primary care, Children’s Minnesota
Ayala Gorodzinsky, PhD, LP
Psychologist, Children’s Minnesota
Kendra Gram, MD
Children’s Heart Clinic, Minneapolis
Elisabeth Groutwells, LICSW
Clinical social worker, Children’s Minnesota
Nikki Helland, MSW, LICSW
Clinical social worker, Children’s Minnesota
Heidi Kamrath, MD
Neonatologist, Children’s Minnesota
Katherine Kruse, MD
Pediatric critical care, Childrens Respiratory & Critical Care Specialists
Lynn Liberman, Rabbi
Community chaplain, Jewish Family Services of St. Paul
Kim Maxa, PharmD
Pharmacist, Children’s Minnesota
Anna Pasic
Enterprise strategy director
Keisha Powell
Director of equity & inclusion, Children’s Minnesota
Sandra Rackley, MD
Child Psychiatrist, Children’s Minnesota
Andrew Redmann, MD
Otolaryngologist (ENT), Children’s Minnesota
Adam Sterman, MD
Pain and palliative care, Children’s Minnesota
Alice Swenson, MD
Child abuse pediatrician, Children’s Minnesota
Holly Thompson, APRN
Transplant coordinator, Children’s Minnesota
Adriene Thornton
Health equity manager, Children’s Minnesota
Jenna Triana, MD
Psychiatrist, Children’s Minnesota
Beth Wakefield
Family Advisory Counsel
