MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division
Last Revised: 11/23/2016
Mary Manning
Director
Chuck Stroebel
Assistant Director
Jane Korn
Medical Director
Center for Health Promotion
Don Bishop, Section Manager
Jim Bluhm, Assistant Manager
Injury and Violence Prevention
Section
Mark Kinde, Section Manager
Oral Health
Merry Jo Thoele, Supervisor
Safe Harbor &
Sexual Violence Prevention
Beatriz Menanteau, Supervisor
Cardiovascular Health
Stanton Shanedling, Supervisor
Stroke
Al Tsai, Supervisor
Surveillance, Epidemiology and
Analysis
Jon Roesler, Supervisor
Diabetes
Gretchen Taylor, Supervisor
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Prevention
Dana Farley, Lead
Asthma
Jim Bluhm, Interim Supervisor
Suicide Prevention
TBD, Lead
Sage Programs Section
Shelly Madigan, Section Manager
Finance and Support
Sarah Diaz, Supervisor
Recruitment and Program
Evaluation
Christina Nelson, Supervisor
Clinical Services and
Implementation
Mike Flicker, Supervisor
Comprehensive Cancer Control
Donna McDuffie, Supervisor
Administrative Support Unit
Claudia Fercello, Supervisor
Communications
Sara Maaske
Cancer Control Section
Jon Slater, Section Manager
Chronic Disease & Environmental
Epidemiology Section
Alan Bender, Section Manager
Allan Williams, Assistant Manager for
Scientific Research
Lucy Ross, Assistant Manager for
Administration
Center for Occupational Health and
Safety
Allan Williams, Supervisor
Environmental Epidemiology
Jean Johnson, Supervisor
Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System
(MCSS)
Sally Bushhouse, Supervisor
Field Staff, Database Management
Mona Highsmith, Supervisor