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Agency and division heads
View the organization chart listing the Minnesota Department of Human Services agency heads, deputy and assistant heads, and division heads.
Office of the commissioner
- Temporary Commissioner and State Medicaid Director, John Connolly 651-431-2907
- Deputy Commissioner, Teresa Steinmetz 651-431-2907
Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel’s Office
- Chief General Counsel, Andrew Johnson 651-431-4855
- Equal Opportunity and Access Director, Charity Hovre 651-431-2192
- Quality Assurance and Disability Compliance Services Director, Margaret Fletcher-Booth 651-431-5776
Chief of Staff
- Assistant Commissioner, Josh Syrjamaki 651-431-4268
- Chief Strategy Officer, Nick Petersen 651-431-6361
- Office of Strategy and Performance Director, Marisa Hinnenkamp 651- 431-2935
- Resettlement Programs Office Director, Rachele King 651-431-3837
- Management Services Director, Heather Holt 651-431-3188
Agency culture and relations divisions
Assistant Commissioner, Peter Leggett 651-431-2907
Communications
Director, Greta Bergstrom 651-431-2912
Community Relations
Director, Helen Ghebre 651-431-2762
County Relations
Director, Eric Ratzmann 651-431-2020
Federal Relations
Director, Vacant
Legislative Relations
Director, Kristy Graume 651-431-2390
Tribal and Urban Indian Relations
Director, Angie DeLille 651-200-7669
Employee Culture
- Assistant Commissioner, De Anna Conover 651-431-3125
- Agency-wide Development and Learning Director, Cratè Darden 651-382-6762
- Human Resources Director, Jess Page 651-431-3025
- Human Resources Deputy Director, Jennifer Worthington 651431-4439
- Diversity Recruitment and Retention Supervisor, Sean McMoore 651-431-5697
- Minnesota Merit System Director, Melisa Bryant 651-431-6962
DHS Innovation and impact
Director, Ashley Oolman 651420-8443
Operations Equity and Inclusion
Operations Director, Nate Carter 651-431-2204
Agency Effectiveness Divisions
- Assistant Commissioner, Martha Josephson 651-431-3145
Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Financial Officer, Kate Mayer 651-431-2966
- Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Heather Lessard 651-431-2515
- Budget Analysis Director, Elyse Bailey 651-402-7046
- Financial Operations Director, Carmen Patton-Minder 651-431-3742
- Management Operations Director, Roger Ehresmann 651-431-2936
- Reports and Forecasts Director, Shawn Welch 651-431-2939
Finance and Technology Systems Office
- Finance and IT Systems Officer, Vacant
- Business Solutions Office, Business Transformation Officer, Jeffrey Jorgenson 651-431-2118
Compliance Office
- Chief compliance Officer, Alyssa Dotson (WOOC) 651-431-2917
- Appeals Director, Steven Collins 651-431-2301
- Central Grants Office Director, Mary Kim 651-431-4703
- Contracts and Legal Compliance Director, Brynn Rhodes 651-431-2275
- Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Rosalie Vollmar 651-431-2832
- Internal Controls and Accountability Director, Gary L. Johnson 651-431-3623
- Organizational Integrity Office, Nikki Thompson 651-431-424
Office of Inspector General
- Inspector General, James Clark 651-431-4030
- Background Studies, Deputy Inspector General, Dawn Davis 651-431-2113
- Chief Legal Counsel, Betsy Schollmeier 651-431-6577
- Business Integration and Analytics Director, Eric J McCool 651-431-6586
- Equity and Inclusion Director, Micah Tran 651-431-6611
- Program Integrity Oversight, Deputy Inspector General, Amanda Novak 651-431-6378
- Licensing, Deputy Inspector General, Jason Flint 651-431-6688
- Enterprise Operations and Policy Director, Patrick Holman 651-431-6411
Aging and Disability Services
- Assistant Commissioner Interim, Mor Vue 651-431-4908
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner Interim, Rachel Shands 651-431-9175
- Aging and Adult Services Director, Reena Shetty 651-587-4597
- Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing State Services Director, Dan Millikin 651-964-1452
- Disability Services Director, Heidi Hamilton 651-431-2710
- Equity Director, Deqa Sayid
- Fiscal Analysis and Results Management Director, Miriam Hirman 651-431-2548
- Grants, Equity, Access and Research (GEAR) Director, Carol Anthony 651-431-6334
- Nursing Facility Rates and Policy Director, Kim Brenne 651-431-4339
- Operations and Central Functions Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Stemper 651-431-4262
- Transitions, Tribal and Transformations Director, Amy Petersen 651- 4312443
Behavioral Health Administration
- Assistant Commissioner, Teresa Steinmetz 651-431-6290
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Kristine Preston 651-431-2618
- Business Integration and Alignment Director, Tom Gosset 651-4312601
- Chief Administrative Officer, Sara Rose 651-431-6972
Homelessness, Housing and Support Services Administration
- Assistant Commissioner Interim, Andrea Simonett 651-431-6327
- Housing and Support Services Director Interim, Tom Balsley 651-431-6152
- Equity Director, Vacant
- Business Integration and Alignment Director, Tom Gosset 651-431-2601
Health Care Administration
- Assistant Commissioner, Vacant
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Medicaid, Coverage and Service Delivery, Diogo Reis 651-431-2106
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Eligibility and Compliance, Pamela (PJ) Weiner 651-431-3487
- Chief Administrative Officer, Jill Sweiven 651-431-4090
- Equity Director, Vacant
- Deputy Medicaid Director and Federal Relations Director, Patrick Hultman 651-431-4311
- Health Care Budget and Finance Director, Troy Mangan 651-431-2138
- Health Care Eligibility and Access Administration Division Director, Karen M. Gibson 651-431-2297
- Health Care Eligibility Operations Director, Vacant
- Health Care Research and Quality (HRQ) Director, Reginald (Reggis) Wardoku 651-431-4213
- Managed Care Contracting and Rates Director, Mat Spaan 651-431- 2495
- Medicaid Medical Director, Dr. Nathan Chomilo 651-431-2481
- Medicaid Payments and Provider Services Director, Matthew Woods 651-431-2315
- Chief Compliance Officer, Health Care Integrity and Accountability Director, Britt Kringle 651-431-3151
- Pharmacy Program and Medicaid Decision Support Director, Chad Hope, 651-431-2504
MNIT Services
- Chief Business Technology Officer, George McNulty 651-431-6609
- IT Transformation Office Director, Lisa Koenig 651-431-6072
- Application Services Director, Deb Tibstra 651-431-4074
- Enterprise Architecture Director, Rashed Ferdous 651-431-4624
- Information Security Director, Brian Marrin 651-431-3665
- Java Application Development Director, Deb Ferreira (Interim) 651- 431-2657
- Microsoft Application Development Director, Thom Jones 651-431-4768
- Program Management Director, Vacant