Board and Staff
The Sister Kenny Foundation is led by a Board of Directors consisting of local leaders in business, health care and the community. The Board is dedicated to safeguarding each donor’s intent when making philanthropic donations to the Foundation. The Board is also committed to communicating how each gift is being used for the benefit of
rehabilitative care.
Board of Directors
Chair
Ed Pluimer, Partner
Dorsey and Whitney, LLP
Vice Chair
Mary DesRoches, US Grants Coordinator
Nonviolent Peaceforce
Secretary
Winifred Smith, President
Winifred Smith & Company
Treasurer
Todd Langevin, Senior Vice President Clinical and Commercial Development
CVRx
Board members
Amanda Abdo Sheahan, Director of Marketing
Abdo Markethouse
Peter Bianco, Director, Life Science Business Development
Halleland Health Consulting
Robin Cahow Borg
People Factor
Ann Dayton
Community Volunteer
Tim DeLapp, Vice President of Global Movement Disorders
Medtronic
Erick J. Ekstrom, MD
Institute for Low Back and Neck Care
Michael J. McDonnell
Community Volunteer
Valerie Johnson, Senior Director of Employee Relations
Best Buy
J. Robert Paulson, Jr., President and CEO
NxThera, Inc.
John P. Ryan
Community Volunteer
Karl Sandin, MD, MPH, Medical Director & Interim Executive Director
Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
Honorary Directors
W. Don Conley
Mary Lee Dayton
Vernon H. Heath
Robert A. MacDonald
Philip J. Orthun
Richard R. Owen, MD
G.A. Rooney
Gordon M. Sprenger
Staff
Sandy Landberg, executive director
Marjorie Rolland, manager, foundation accounting
Sue Hoyt, administrative assistant
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