Board of Directors – Quality Health Associates of North Dakota

Jeffrey Sather, MD (President)

Trinity Health, Minot
Term Expires 12/31/2021

Patrick Gulbranson (Vice President)

Family HealthCare, Fargo
Term Expires 12/31/2022

Tiffany Schmidt, CPA (Secretary-Treasurer)

Spectra Health, Grand Forks
Term Expires 12/31/2022

Joshua J. Askvig

AARP North Dakota, Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2023

Julie Blehm, MD

Fargo
Term Expires 12/31/2021

Aaron M. Garman, MD

Coal Country Community Health Centers, Beulah
Term Expires 12/31/2023

Shiraz Hyder, MD

CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2021

Jenell Loftesnes

Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2021

Shelly Peterson

North Dakota Long Term Care Association, Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2023

Deborah Swanson

Grand Forks Public Health Department, Grand Forks
Term Expires 12/31/2022

QHA’s Board of Directors consists of ten members.* Board member terms are three years in length, and members may not serve more than two continuous terms. To ensure continuity of leadership, two members may serve a maximum of three continuous terms. Board members are elected at QHA’s annual meeting in November, and approximately one-third of Board members are elected each year. QHA’s Board of Directors is compensated at $100 per hour for Board responsibilities.