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:

The Board of Trustees is a dedicated group of leaders who provide governance, strategic direction and fiduciary oversight for the organization, helping ensure we fulfill our mission as a nonprofit health system.
The Executive Leadership team serves as corporate officers of Sanford Health and are accountable to the Board of Trustees for the execution of our mission, strategy and operations across the system.

Board of Trustees

George Brown, MD, FACP

George J. Brown, MD, FACP

Treasurer
CEO, Legacy Health

Dana Dykhouse

CEO, First PREMIER Bank

Wes Engbrecht

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

Bill Gassen

Ex-Officio
Sanford Health
President and CEO

Neil Gulsvig

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

Marnie Herrmann

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Marnie Herrmann

Vice Chair
Chief Banking Officer
Security First Bank

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

President, Augustana University

Mark Lundeen, MD

Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Maureen McCausland, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Maureen P. McCausland, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Senior Advisor
McChrystal Group

Lauris Molbert

Chair
Retired CEO, TMI Hospitality, Inc.

Andy North

Neil Gulsvig

Andy North

Secretary
Former Professional Golfer

Kevin Schieffer

Retired President and CEO of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad

David Shulkin, MD

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

Brent Teiken

General Manager, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Perficient

Tom Wenzel

Retired Co-Portfolio Manager
Institutional Capital

Leadership

Bill Gassen

Bill Gassen Sanford Health President and Chief Executive Officer

Bill Gassen

President and Chief Executive Officer

Erika Batcheller

Erika Batcheller, Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer

Erika Batcheller

Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs 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

Tommy Ibrahim, MD

Tommy Ibrahim

Tommy Ibrahim, MD

Executive Vice President, President and CEO of Sanford Health Plan

Nick Olson

Nick Olson Sanford Health Chief Financial Officer

Nick Olson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Nathan Peterson

Michael LeBeau, MD President and CEO of Sanford Bismarck

Nathan Peterson

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

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

Joshua Crabtree, MD, MBA

Joshua Crabtree, MD, MBA, Sanford Health's Chief Physician

Joshua Crabtree, MD, MBA

Chief Physician of Sanford Health Clinic and Sanford World Clinic

Erica C. DeBoer

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

Erica C. DeBoer

Chief Nursing Officer

Deb Koski

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Deb Koski

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Michael LeBeau, MD

Michael LeBeau, MD President and CEO of Sanford Bismarck

Michael LeBeau, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief of Health Services Operations

Brad Reimer

Headshot of Brad Reimer in dark suit with red shirt and short dark hair

Brad Reimer

Chief Technology and Digital Officer

Nate Schema

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Nate Schema

President and CEO, Good Samaritan Sanford Health

Robb Schlimgen

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Robb Schlimgen

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Stephen Wonderlich, PhD

Interim President, Research and Innovation

Steve Young

Steve Young President of Sanford Sports

Steve Young

President, Sanford Sports

Karla Eischens

Karla Eischens, RPh, President and CEO of Sanford Bemidji

Karla Eischens

President and CEO, Sanford Bemidji

Brian Hoerneman, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer, Sanford Marshfield

Tiffany Lawrence

Tiffany Lawrence, President and CEO, Sanford Fargo

Tiffany Lawrence

President and CEO, Sanford Fargo

Andy Munce

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Andy Munce

President and CEO, Sanford Sioux Falls

Todd Schaffer, MD

Todd Schaffer, MD, President and CEO Sanford Bismarck

Todd Schaffer, MD

President and CEO, Sanford Bismarck

Kyle Wiese

President and CEO, Sanford Rapid City