We are proud to announce the 2022 TRUST Award Winners. The 2022 TRUST Awards will celebrate Minnesota women who are advancing efforts to help the healthcare industry boldly transform its future. We would like to thank everyone for their involvement in the success of our 2022 TRUST Award selections. Please help us congratulate all of these wonderful women leaders in healthcare!
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
Hope Guidry-Groves
Senior Director, Network Partners
B.S.
Be The Match
Emy Johnson
Chief Security Officer, Allina Health
Allina Health
Dr. Meghan Miller
Clinical Director – Mental Health and Addiction Service Line
PsyD, LP
Allina Health
Dawn Simonson
President & CEO
MPA
Trellis
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kathleen Donnelly
Family Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare for the Homeless
MN Community Care
Deltreice Gates
Principal, Medicaid Programs Manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota
Jeanette Rupert
ICU Nurse
Rev. Jeanette Rupert, BSN
HealthPartners
Tracy Telander
System Director Connected Care
RN, MBA
Fairview
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Dr. Elizabeth Alabi
OB/GYN at Hennepin Healthcare, Clinical Medical Director of the Women’s Health and Wellness Clinic, Adjunct professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Minnesota
MD
Hennepin Healthcare
Dr. Archelle Georgiou
Chief Health Officer, Starkey Hearing Technologies
MD
Starkey Hearing
Dr. Mary Beth Lardizabal
System Medical Director for Provider Wellbeing
D.O.
Allina Health
Dr. Ashley TeKippe
Sports Medicine & Emergency Medicine Physician
MD, CAQ
TRIA Orthopedics
INNOVATION
Sheyanga Beecher
Program Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
CNP, MPH
Hennepin Healthcare
Dr. Emily Downing
System Clinical Officer- Population Health and Home Care Services
MD
Allina Health
Dr. Dawn Martin
Pediatrician, Medical Director, HHS Pediatric Mobile Health
MD, MPH
Hennepin Healthcare
Kayla Vinje
Program Manager, Convenience Care & Virtual Care
MHA
Allina Health
LEADERSHIP
Tracee Anderson
Executive Director, Minnesota Prevention & Recovery Alliance
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge
Dr. Michelle Murray
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nexus Family Healing
Ph.D.
Nexus Family Healing
Maria Raines
Vice-President/Chief Nursing Officer – University of Minnesota Medical Center &
Masonic Children’s Hospital
MS, ACNS-BC
M Health Fairview
Lisa Shannon
President and CEO, Allina Health
Allina Health
21st Century Pinnacle Leader
Presented annually at the TRUST Forum, the 21st Century Pinnacle Leader Award recognizes individuals who are “trailblazers” in leadership, transformation and innovation in health care.
This award is given at the Forum each year to recognize a great health care woman who has made a difference in our state in health care. This Pinnacle Award shows what a great woman can accomplish in health care!
2022 – Amy Ronneberg
Amy Ronneberg is the recipient of this year’s 21st Century Pinnacle Leader Award. As CEO of National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP)/Be The Match®, Amy leads an organization of more than 1,300 professionals and 3,000 volunteers, fighting so all people, irrespective of background, get the cell therapy they need.
Ronneberg joined the NMDP/Be The Match in July 2013 as the chief financial officer. Along with her finance duties, Ronneberg was also president of Be The Match BioTherapies business and led new business development while overseeing the development and delivery of a strategic plan to grow and expand our portfolio of product offerings.
Prior to joining BTM, she spent 12 years at Capella Education Company, where she served as chief accounting officer, VP of finance and VP of operations. She also worked for Ernst & Young for several years as an audit manager.
Ronneberg has served on several boards and is currently on the board of Magenta Therapeutics (MGTA), Allina Healthcare and Medical Alley Association. She serves as Chair of Nominating and Governance on Magenta, Vice Chair of Finance on Allina and Executive Committee and Chair of Health Disparities on Medical Alley.
She has won several awards including MSPBJ Forty Under 40, Top Women in Business and CFO of the Year, Tiffany & Co.’s Community Hero, Pharma100 Most Influential and Finance and Commerce’s Top Women in Finance.
2021 TRUST Forum Award Winners