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Emergency Preparedness and Response
651-201-5700
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Emergency Preparedness and Response
651-201-5700
Emergency Preparedness & Response Comment Form

Emergency Preparedness and Response Org Chart

Emergency Preparedness and Response Division Org Chart (PDF)
October 7, 2025

Division Director: Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber

Assistant Division Director: Michelle Larson

Director's Office

  • Laural Mattson, BC Coordinator
  • Rachel Garaghty, Health Equity
  • Ruth Thiesfeld, OASP
  • Mickey Scullard, Cross Section Coordinator
  • Christy Becthold, Communications Planner

Organizational Services

  • Chessa Kendrick, Supervisor Fiscal Team Lead
  • Karina DiGiorgio, Grant Specialist
  • Na Vang, Fiscal Management Analyst
  • Madison Ahrens, Health Program Rep 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP)

  • Sandra Hanson, Manager
  • Nancy Carlson, Disaster Behavioral Health Program Coordinator
  • Jillian Oppegard, Education and Exercise Planner Team Lead
  • Jesse Groettum Education and Exercise Planner
  • Caleb Collins, Education and Exercise Planner
  • JaLeah Strehl Education and Exercise Planner

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Strategic National Stockpile and Medical Counter Measures (MCM)

  • Chad Ostlund, Staffing Supervisor
  • JaLeah Strehl, Medical Countermeasures Planner
  • Jennifer Plum, Medical Countermeasures, CRI Planner
  • Andrew Klitzke, Medical Countermeasures  Planner

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Consultants (PHPC) 

  • Julia Whitcomb, Public Health Preparedness Consultant Staffing Supervisor
  • Vacant, South Central Region
  • Peter Ekadu, Southeast Region
  • Deann Holland, Southwest Region and Tribal Health
  • Kayla Scrivner, Northeast and Northwest Regions
  • Michelle Moritz, West Central Region
  • Katie Triebold, Central Region
  • Cassidy Watson, Metro Region

Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP)

  • Erin McLachlan, Manager
  • Walter James, HPP Coordinator
  • Alexandra Waterman, Medical Surge Coordinator
  • Marlee Etchison, Medical Surge Planner
  • John Bowen, All Hazards and Pandemic Planner

Updated 1/21/2026

 

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