BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George Schoephoerster, MD
President
St. Cloud

Juan Bowen, MD
Past-President
Rochester

David Agerter, MD
Rochester

Macaran Baird, MD
Lake City

Ed Ehlinger, MD
Minneapolis

Fatima Jiwa, MBChB
Minneapolis

Kasey Justesen, MD
Plymouth

George Lohmer
Retired MMA
Eagan

Tiffany Onyejiaka
Minneapolis

Stephen Palmquist, MD
Treasurer
Duluth

Verna Thornton, MD
Cloquet

Kristen Gloege
Chief Executive Officer
Minnesota Medical Association Foundation

Janet Silversmith, Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
Minnesota Medical Association

STAFF

Kristen Gloege
Chief Executive Officer
612/378-1875
Email

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.