Staff and Board
HCI STAFF
Executive Leadership and Operations Team
Communications Team
Data and Evaluation Team
Grants Team
Growing Up Healthy Team
Youth Programs
Board Meeting Dates
HCI board meetings are typically held on the third Wednesday of every month from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. by Zoom. In-person meetings (noted below) are held at the Northfield Community Resource Center (NCRC), unless otherwise noted. If you would like to attend a meeting, email info@healthycommunityinitiative.org.
- March 20, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- May 15, 2024 (in person)
- June 12, 2024 (one week earlier due to Juneteenth holiday the following week)
- July 17, 2024
- August 21, 2024
- September 18, 2024 (Annual Meeting)
- October 16, 2024 (in person)
- November 20, 2024
- December 18, 2024
- January 15, 2025
- February 19, 2025 (in person)
HCI Board Members
Saul Alfaro Alvarez
Junior, Northfield High School
Erin Bailey
Director, Northfield Public Schools Community Education
Claudia Bauer
Administrative Assistant, St. Dominic School
Carrie Duba
PreK-12 Systems and Instructional Coach, Northfield Public Schools
Eric Guth
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Northfield Hospital + Clinics
P.T. Haider
Deputy Chief of Police, Northfield
Natalie Halverson
Supervisor of Health Promotion, Scott County Public Health
Ellen Iverson
Director of Evaluation, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton
Jens Kasten
Senior, Northfield High School
Dr. Angelica Koch
Community Volunteer
Anna Kochevar
Arcadia Class of 2019 graduate, Community Volunteer
Alyssa Melby
Program Director of Academic Civic Engagement, St. Olaf
Kirk Muhlenbruck (Co-Chair)
Market President, Merchants Bank
Randy Olson
Senior Vice President, Chief Credit Officer, Community Resource Bank
Parker Sneary (Co-Chair)
Senior, Northfield High School
Betsy Spethmann
Director of Communications, Northfield Hospital + Clinics
Laura Stelter
Executive Director, Arcadia Charter School
Val Svenby
Family Literacy Specialist, Faribault Public Schools
Linda Thornton (Treasurer)
Comptroller, Carleton College
Brianna Velazquez Sanchez
Sophomore, Faribault High School
HCI Executive Committee 2023-2024
Chairs: Kirk Muhlenbruck & Parker Sneary
Vice Chairs: To be named
Treasurer: Linda Thornton
Northfield Hospital & Clinics Rep: Betsy Spethmann
Northfield Public Schools Rep: Erin Bailey