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
