MMRF Board Members

Paul Pentel, MD, President
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, HCMC
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, U of MN 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, U of MN Medical School

Mary Emmons Bergaas, Vice President of Operations
Board of Directors, Association of Non-Smokers, Minnesota
HHF Board Member

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, U of MN Medical School

Thomas J. Bloss, MD
Retired Director of Primary Care Outreach, HCMC
Retired Physician, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, HCMC
Retired Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of MN Medical School

Joan E. Bechtold, PhD
Director, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, MMRF
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Ajay K. Israni, M.D., M.S.
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
Chairman and CEO, Hennepin Faculty Associates
Staff Surgeon, Department of Surgery, HCMC
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
HHF Board Member

Janine Laird, JD
Executive Director, Minnesota Justice Foundation

James R. Miner, MD
Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, HCMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, U of MN Medical School

Joseph Rice*

Jana M. Stender
Director of Marketing, Arizant Healthcare Inc.

Mary Tambornino
Former Hennepin County Commissioner

* leave of absence