MMRF Board Members
Paul Pentel, MD, President
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, HCMC
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
HHF Board Member
Gaylan Rockswold, MD, PhD, Vice President
Chief of Neurosurgery & Medical Director of Traumatic Brain Injury Center, HCMC
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
Anne Murray, MD, MS, Secretary/Treasurer
Staff Geriatrician and Epidemiologist, Chronic Disease Research Group and United States Renal Data Systems
Associate Professor of Medicine and Adjunct in Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School
Mary Emmons Bergaas, Vice President of Operations
Board of Directors, Association of Non-Smokers, Minnesota
HHF Board Member
Jeffrey Albrecht, MD
Phyisician, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, HCMC
Joan E. Bechtold, PhD
Director, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, MMRF
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Officer and Board of Directors, Orthopaedic Research Society
Suzanne Begin
Director, Hennepin Health Foundation (HHF)
Timothy Harlin
Chief Operating Officer, HCMC
Ajay K. Israni, MD, MS
Staff Nephrologist, HCMC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Community Health
University of Minnesota
Director of Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, MMRF
Donald Jacobs, MD
Chief Clinical Officer, HCMC
HHF Board Member Committee Chair
Janine Laird, JD
Executive Director, Minnesota Justice Foundation
James R. Miner, MD
Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, HCMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Anne Pereira, MD, MPH, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Co-Program Director, Emergency Medicine-Internal Medicine Residency Hennepin County Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Raymond Sailer
Director, Finance, HCMC Physician Services
Jana M. Stender
President, J.M. Stender, Inc.
Mary Tambornino
Former Hennepin County Commissioner


