Contact us
HealthForce Minnesota
859-30th Ave. Southeast
Rochester, MN 55904
(507) 280-5034
HealthForce Minnesota Staff
Diane Dingfelder
Interim Executive Director
Office: (507) 285-7339
ddingfelder@winona.edu
Elizabeth Biel
Director of Healthcare
Technology and Innovation
Office: (507) 429-6653
eabiel@winona.edu
Ivan Imm
Grant Writer
Office: (507) 645-2254
immivan@yahoo.com
Valerie DeFor
Director of Healthcare Education
and Industry Partnerships
Office: (507) 429-6652
vdefor@winona.edu
Lynn James
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Office: (952) 832-9079
write2workcomm@comcast.net
Nickolas Gudmundson
Office & Administrative Assistant
Office: (507) 285-7133
ngudmundson@winona.edu
Sonya McNamara
Health Sciences and Technical Education Coordinator
Office: (507) 993-6772
smcnamara@winona.edu
Ardell Haberer
Assistant to Diane Dingfelder
Office: (507) 280-5034
Ahaberer@winona.edu
Communications Team,
Design Team,
Executive Alliance
and Healthcare
Education Industry
Partnership Chairs
Mark Cairns
CEO
Madonna Towers, Rochester
(507) 288-3911
mark.cairns@bhs.health.org
Judith Ramaley
President
Winona State University
(507) 457-5003
JRamaley@winona.edu
Janis Kivela Hooey
Manager, Community Affairs
Benedictine Health System
(218) 786-2375
Janis.hooey@bhshealth.org
Cindy Scherb
Professor of Nursing
Winona State University-Rochester
(507) 280-5565
CScherb@winona.edu
Laura Beeth
System Director, Talent Acquisition
Fairview Health Services
(612) 672-2278
Lbeeth1@fairview.org