CEO: David Herman, MD
- Total Compensation: $3,357,481
Background
- Ophthalmologist by training
- Previously CEO of N.C.-based health system Vidant Health
- Worked and held close ties to the Mayo Clinic, where he served on the health system’s management team and the board of directors
- Helps set healthcare and corporate priorities through his board roles at the Minnesota Hospital Association, where he serves as chair, and the Minnesota Business Partnership
CNO: Rhonda Kazik, RN
- Total Compensation: $629,127
Notable Board Members
- Michael Watters, Chief Legal Counsel at Essentia Health
- As the top legal executive, Watters and his team have been involved in Essentia’s efforts to expand through mergers and acquisitions. Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are increasingly controversial and have spurred regulatory action and legislation as elected officials and community groups have called into question whether these deals serve the public interest. Academic research consistently concludes that consolidation leads to increased prices with little to no improvement in quality.
- Traci Morris, Chief Financial Officer at Essentia Health
- Stefanie Gefroh, MD, West Market President at Essentia Health
- Wrote an opinion piece in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, justifying Essentia Health’s decision to cut labor and delivery services in Fosston.
- Patrick Courneya, MD, HealthPartners Insurance Executive
- Tim Pawlenty, Former Governor of Minnesota
- After his term, Pawlenty served as CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, which lobbies the federal government on behalf of the country’s largest and most powerful banks and financial institutions.
- There are numerous critiques of his administration’s regressive approach to healthcare (example 1, example 2)