leadership

  • Sumedha Penheiter Chair of MCA Leadership Team; Chair of Steering Committee; Mayo Clinic
  • Erin Peterson Vice Chair of MCA Leadership Team; Steering Committee Vice Chair; Colon Cancer Network Co-Chair
  • Patty Graham Treasurer MCA Leadership Team; Senior Quality Consultant, HealthPartners
  • Sarah Manes Previous Chair of MCA Leadership Team; Cancer Program Development Consultant

steering committee members

Caroline Blacketter, Ph.D.
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Brittney Dahlin
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers

Laura Fangel
M Health Fairview – Fairview Health Services

Kate Feuling-Porter, MPH
Be the Match

Catherine Graeve, PhD, MPH, CNE, BSN, PHN
St. Catherine University

Joanne Moze, MPH 
Blue Cross MN

Cornelius Thiels, DO 
Commision on Cancer, Mayo Clinic

Aleta Stevens 
Masonic Cancer Center Office of Clinical Trials

Deborah Day Laxson
Health Care Agent Literacy Project

Emily Myatt
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

David Perdue, MD, MSPH
MNGI Digestive Health

Erin Hartung, JD 
Cancer Legal Care

Heather Kehn, RN, BS, MPH
Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium Project

Matthew Flory 
American Cancer Society

Melanie Peterson-Hickey, PhD
Minnesota Department of Health

Ashley Pohlenz, MPH
University of Minnesota – Masonic Cancer Center

Kathy Scheid
Elder Network

TBD
Association of Nonsmokers-Minnesota

Carrie Salaness
A Breath of Hope Foundation

Jeff Myhre
Jacks’ Caregivers Coalition

Amber Kerrigan 
Advocates for Better Health

Caitlyn Campbell 
Allina Cancer Institute

mdh staff

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