About Us
2009 Administration & Organization Charts
Organization Charts
Officers
- Karl J. Ulrich, M.D., MMM, President
- Douglas J. Reding, M.D, FACP, M.P.H., Vice President
- Brian H. Ewert, M.D., Corporate Secretary
- David J. Simenstad, M.D., Treasurer
Executive Committee Members
Medical Directors
- Paul L. Liss, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
- Michael T. Wood, M.D., Assistant Medical Director
- Russel Kuzel, M.D., Medical Director, Security Health Plan
- Robert K. Gribble, M.D., Medical Director, Health Information Management
- Lisa S. Benson, M.D., Medical Director, Accreditation and Standards
- Robert E. Phillips, M.D., Medical Director, Government Relations
- John Melski, M.D., Medical Director, Informatics
- Michele Bachhuber, M.D., Medical Director, Women's Health Services
- Erik Stratman, M.D., Director, Division of Education
- Humberto J. Vidaillet, M.D., Director, Medical Research
- Theodore A. Praxel, M.D., MMM, FACP, Director, Quality Improvement & Care Management
Administrative Staff
- Reed E. Hall, Executive Director
- James S. Coleman, Chief Operations Officer
- Barbara A. Kuhl, General Counsel/Compliance Officer
- Gary Jankowski, Chief Financial Officer
- Al Chaney, Director of Marketing
- Carl A. Christensen, Chief Information Officer
- Robert G. Dums, Director of Systems and Processes
- Nathan D. Elias, Director of Government Relations
- David Keefe, Human Resources Director
- Joseph Kilsdonk, Administrative Director, Division of Education
- Brent V. Miller, Director of Federal Government Relations
- Greg Nycz, Director of Health Policy
- James D. Colburn, Director of Facilities and Property
- Stephanie Smith, Director of Corporate Communications
- Victoria L. Strobel, Director of Business Development - Insurance Operations
- Stephen Wesbrook, Deputy Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Steve Yorde, Chief Development Officer
- Steve Youso, Chief Administrative Officer, Security Health Plan
Systems Operations Group
- Paul L. Liss, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
- James S. Coleman, Chief Operations Officer
- Marvin Kuehner, M.D., FACS, Medical Director, Central Division
- William Yanke, M.D., Medical Director, Central Division
- Edna O. DeVries, M.D., Medical Director, Central Division
- Laura M. Nelson, M.D., Medical Director, North Division
- Gary Zimbric, M.D., Medical Director, East Division
- Greg Burnett, M.D., Medical Director, West Division
- Brad Bekkum, M.D., Medical Director, Northwest Division
- Dan DeGroot, Administrator, West and Northwest Divisions
- James Mikula, Administrator, Central Division
- John Kelly, Administrator, East Division
- Linda Pelton, Administrator, Central Division
- Julie Thompson, Administrator, North Division
- Steve Hubler-Marti, Administrator, Central Division
Division of Laboratory Medicine
National Advisory Council
- Mark D. Bugher, Director, University Research Park, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- Mark Bradley, Attorney, Ruder Ware LLSC, Wausau, Wisconsin
- Henry M. Buffalo Jr., Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler and Magnuson Ltd., St. Paul, Minnesota
- Connie Delaney, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jacquelyn Fredrick, President and CEO, Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Carl Gulbrandsen, Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin
- George Isham, M.D., Medical Director and Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Molly Jahn, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dean - College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin
- Thomas Jacob (Jake) Leinenkugel, President, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
- Janet C. Lindemann, M.D., Professor of Family Medicine, Dean, Medical Student Education, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Dennis G. Maki, M.D., University of Wisconsin Medical School, Ovid O. Meyer Professor of Medicine, Head - Section of Infectious Diseases, Attending Physician - Center for Trauma and Life Support, Madison, Wisconsin
- Charles W. Nason, Chairman, President and CEO, Worzalla Publishing Company, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- James R. Riordan, President and Chief Executive Officer, WPS, Madison, Wisconsin
- Dale R. Schuh, FSA, MAAA, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Sentry Insurance, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- Joan Seramur, Vice-President, First Weber Group Realtors, Minocqua, Wisconsin
- Jay L. Smith, Chairman, Teel Plastics, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin
- Charles H. Thompson, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Tommy Thompson, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP, Washington D.C.
- Sister Jomary Trstensky, St. Francis Convent, Springfield, Illinois
- Gerald Whitburn, Chief Executive Officer, Church Mutual Insurance Company, Merrill, Wisconsin
Emeritus
- Edward J. Creske, Retired - Chairman of the Board, Wausau Tile Company, Mosinee, Wisconsin
- J. Thomas Finucan, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
- Robert F. Froehlke, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, IDS Mutual Fund Group, Waupaca, Wisconsin
- Chester L. Krause, Retired Chairman of the Board, Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin
- Melvin R. Laird, Senior Counselor, National and International Affairs, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Stuart Pedersen, Retired Vice President, Northland Cranberries, Inc., Warrens, Wisconsin
- D. David Sebold, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Tombstone Pizza Corporation, Medford, Wisconsin
- Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., President, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Peter D. Ziegler, Chairman, National YMCA Retirement Fund, Slinger, Wisconsin
