Eric Krause

Eric Krause is the Director of Facilities for multiple metro area Allina Health hospitals. His primary responsibility includes daily operation of Facilities on the campuses, regulatory and accreditation compliance, and construction oversite for these hospitals. He is an active member on Allina’s Sustainability and Energy committee.

Eric started his healthcare journey as a master plumber in Montana, established a business to teach students proper boiler operation, and also holds a Minnesota 1-B boiler operator license.

Eric is a Certified Healthcare Facilities Manager (CHFM), Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC), served as the President of the Minnesota Healthcare Engineers Association and sits on multiple American Society of Healthcare Engineering task force committees currently.

Leadership

Ken Smith

President and CEO

Andrew Kasid

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Michael Auger

Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer

Mike Burns

Operations

Pam Sarne

Accounting

Steve Rambeck

Director of Business Development

Jenae Batt

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Tom Thomalla, Jr.

Information Systems

Board of Directors

Heidi Conrad

Heidi Conrad

Chairperson
Ken Peterson

Ken Peterson

VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Beverly Jones Heydinger

Beverly Jones Heydinger

Heide Kempf-Schwarze

Eric Krause

Kelly Lange

Pat Wolf

Pat Wolf

David Ybarra

David Ybarra

Ken Smith

Ex Officio

Bill Buth

Bill Buth

Director Emeritus
George Fremder

George Fremder

Director Emeritus
Former Mayor, George Latimer

George Latimer

Director Emeritus
Robert Lowe

Robert Lowe

Director Emeritus
Barbara Lukermann

Barbara Lukermann

Director Emerita
Susan Sands

Susan Sands

Director Emerita
Bernard St. Peter

Bernard St. Peter

Director Emeritus
John Taylor

John Taylor

DIRECTOR EMERITUS