Board of Directors

Governing this private, nonprofit medical center is a group of volunteer board of directors.
The board appoints its own members from the GRMC service area. Their primary functions are to

• establish the mission and vision;
  
• strategically plan for the future;
  
• appoint members of the medical staff;
  
• approve the annual budget and provide financial oversight;
  
• monitor overall quality of services; and
  
• appoint the chief executive.

The directors, also called trustees, represent communities as well as business and industry and community groups. Much of GRMC’s success may be attributed to the trustee’s diversity: in occupations, ages, perspectives, and places of residence.

 

Bill Menner

Position Chair Elect

Term Serving on board since 2009

Professional Role Iowa State Director for Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture

Education BA and MA, The Ohio State University

Community/Volunteer Role

• Community Vitality Center Board of Directors
  
• Citizen Advisory Board for Iowa Great Places, Past Chair
  
• Iowa Innovation Gateway Board of Directors
• Grinnell College Assistant Tennis Coach

Stanley Greenwald, MD

Position Secretary

Term Serving on board since 2008

Professional Role Retired obstetrician

Education BS, Grinnell College; MD, University of Iowa College of Medicine

Community/Volunteer Role

• Lions International

Dan Agnew

Term Serving on board since 2012 previously serving 1986 to 1988

Professional Role Retired CEO and president of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company

Education BA, University of Northern Iowa

Community/Volunteer Role

• Lions International, member and past president
• United Way, board of directors
• Boy Scout Leader
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
• Iowa Insurance Institute Board

 

Karla Erickson

Term Serving on board since 2010

Professional Role Assistant Professor of Sociology, Grinnell College

Education BA, Illinois Wesleyan University; MA, Hamline University; PhD, University of Minnesota

Community/Volunteer Role

• Midwest Sociological Society, Editor and Ex Officio Board Member
  
• Mayflower Community, Ethics Committee
• Grinnell Regional Hospice volunteer

Wendy S. Kadner

Term Serving on board since 2011

Professional Role Senior Vice-president/Co-founder, Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Reading, MA

Education BA, Simpson College; MHSA, University of Kansas

Community/Volunteer Role

• Grinnell United Methodist Church, Trustees and Foundation board member
• Poweshiek Animal League Shelter, President
• Society of Human Resource Management, member
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, member

JoAnn Manatt

Term Serving on board since 2009

Professional Role Vice-president Manatts, Inc.; Iowa Speedway Concert Manager; Retired, Grinnell Regional Home Health Nurse

Education Iowa State University and St. Francis School of Nursing

Community/Volunteer Role

• Grinnell Regional Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors
  
• Michael J. Manatt Building Board
  
• Tri-T, past member
  
• Jewel House volunteer
• St. Patrick’s Catholic Church volunteer

Ex-Officio Members

Todd C. Linden

Position Ex-Officio

Term Serving on board since 1994

Professional Role President and CEO of GRMC

Education BA and MA, University of Iowa

Community/Volunteer Role

• American Hospital Association – Center for Healthcare Governance, Board of Advisors; and Coalition to Protect America’s Healthcare, Board of Advisors
  
• Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Board Member
• Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
  
• Grinnell College Board of Trustee
• Grinnell Renaissance, Board Member
  
• Health Enterprises of Iowa, Past Chair
  
• Iowa Health Care Reform Council, Chronic Care Subcommittee Member
  
• Iowa Hospital Association, Past Chair
  
• IOWAccess Steering Committee
  
• National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
  
• Poweshiek Iowa Development, Board Member
  
• University of Iowa College of Public Health, Board of Advisors
• Waterford Group, Board Member

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Ryan P. Dahlby Albright, MD

Position Ex-Officio
Term  Serving on board since 2012

Professional Role Family medicine physician, Family Medicine
Education BA, Luther College, MD University of Iowa College of Medicine; Practice Residency Mercy Family Medicine Residency Mason City, chief resident recognition 2004 to 2005

Community/Volunteer Role
GRMC Medical Staff, President

Immanuel Lutheran Church 

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Sally Lang

Position Serving on board since 2012

Professional Role Retired Licensing Manager, Deere & Company,
Moline, IL

Education BS, Iowa State University

Community/Volunteer Role

• Grinnell Regional Medical Center Foundation, Board of
  Directors, Chair-Elect
• Waterford Development Group, Co-owner and Secretary/Treasurer
• GRMC Auxiliary, lifetime member
• Grinnell Tourism Committee Member
• PEO, Chapter NF