We are proud to announce our 2023 TRUST Award winners! The TRUST Awards celebrate women who are advancing efforts to help the health care industry boldly transform its future. We would like to thank everyone for their involvement in the success of our TRUST Award recipients. Please help us congratulate all of these wonderful women leaders in health care!
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
Thia Bryan, MA, IBCLC
Community Health and Well-being Partnership Manager
HealthPartners
Angie Fitzgerald, MBA
Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships – US & Mexico
National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match
Holly Scholl, MPH
Senior Director, Sustainability for Population Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Bri Springer
Director, Local Provider Partnerships
National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Deseria Galloway, LGSW
Founder and CEO
Wellspring Second Chance Center
Munira Maalimlsaq, APRN, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
HealthPartners Clinic Maplewood
Marie Malinowski, MAEd, MFA, CSM, PMP
Principal Program Manager, Medicaid Population Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Adriene Thornton, RN, MAOM, CIC, FAPIC
Health Equity Manager
Children’s Minnesota
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Dr. Gigi Chawla
Vice President, Chief of General Pediatrics
Children’s Minnesota
Ellie Hallen, MHA
Director Population Health
Allina Integrated Medical Network, Allina Health
Ellen Johnson, RN, SANE-A
Program Educator, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)
HealthPartners Regions Hospital
Chaz Sandifer
Founder and CEO
theNEWmpls
INNOVATION
Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd
Chief Education Officer and Medical Director of the Gender Health Program
Children’s Minnesota
Tamara Langeberg, NP-C
Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner Lead
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Katie Schoeppner, MSW, LICSW
Director, Patient Services
National Marrow Donor Program / Be the Match
Dr. Talee Vang, Pdy.D.d, LP, MA
Vice President, Health Equity
Hennepin Healthcare
LEADERSHIP
Sara Criger, MS
Senior Vice President, Acute Care
Allina Health
Laura Fero, PhD, RN
Dean of Nursing – School of Nursing
St. Catherine University
Tory Merhar, LSW, MBA
Associate Vice President, Community-based Services
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Megan Remark
Senior Vice President, President
Regions Hospital, HealthPartners