BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George Schoephoerster, MD
President
St. Cloud

Juan Bowen, MD
Past-President
Rochester

David Agerter, MD
Rochester

Luis A (Alex) Antezana
Medical Student
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Rochester

Macaran Baird, MD
Lake City

Gabrielle Cummings
Medical Student
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Rochester

Ed Ehlinger, MD
Minneapolis

Fatima Jiwa, MBChB
Minneapolis

Nick Jungbauer
Medical Student
Minneapolis

George Lohmer
Retired MMA
Eagan

Stephen Palmquist, MD
Treasurer
Duluth

Marilyn Peitso, MD
St. Cloud

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.