BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Macaran Baird, MD 
Lake City, MN 

Saam Dilmaghani, MD 
St. Paul, MN 
 
Cindy Firkins Smith, MD 
Willmar, MN 

Leslee Jaeger, MD 
Minneapolis, MN 

Kasey Justesen, MD, President 
Plymouth, MN 

A. Stuart Hanson, MD 
Minneapolis, MN   

George Lohmer, Treasurer 
Eagan, MN 

Tiffany Onyejiaka 
Minneapolis 

Janet Silversmith, Secretary 
Chief Executive Officer 
Minnesota Medical Association 

Kristen Gloege, Chief Executive Officer 
Minnesota Medical Association Foundation

STAFF

Kristen Gloege
Chief Executive Officer
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Kristen Gloege serves as the chief executive officer of the MMA’s Foundation.  

Kristen joined the MMA Foundation in 2018. Prior to this role, she served as the executive director of the Healthier Minnesota Community Clinic Fund, a nonprofit that provided $34.5 million in grants to support Minnesota’s safety net clinics between 2004 and 2018.

Kristen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives with her husband and three sons in the Twin Cities, and is a beekeeper, orchardist, and handweaver.