Board of Directors and Leadership
Touchstone Mental Health’s Board of Director’s and Leadership Team are committed to a holistic approach to serving our clients and helping them recover from mental illness.
Board Members
Leigh-Erin Irons, Board Chair
Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Joined the board October 2010
Joyce Bengtson, Treasurer
Director of Treasury, Medica
Joined the board August 2014
Erica Taylor, Vice Chair
Marketing, Spectranetics
Rejoined the board April 2015
Gena Braaten
Attorney, Haugen & Braaten, P.A.
Joined the board November 2015
Harvey D. Linder, Ph.D., LP
Independent Consultant
Joined the board September 2016
Michelle Haik
Quality Systems
Joined the board September 2016
Ann Marie Johnson, MA, PHR
Human Resources Strategist, Fairview Health Services
Joined the board September 2016
Tamra Kramer
Owner, vomFASS Twin Cities
Joined the board August 2012
Michael LaMarche
Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank
Joined the board February 2015
Kevin Rohe
Senior Auditor, Fairview Health Services
Joined the board July 2015
David McGraw Schuchman, MSW, LICSW
Teacher, University of St. Thomas
Joined the board September 2016
Joe Stackhouse
Supply Chain Lead, Land O Lakes Inc.
Joined the board April 2013
Cathy Wassberg
Vice President, General Counsel, Hamline University
Joined the board May 2015
Our two newest board members who joined in April of 2017:
Ian Law, Strategic Service Associate at MAP for nonprofits
Kate Eifrig, Mental Health and Disability Advocate
Leadership Team
CEO / Executive Director
Ellie Skelton, MA
CFO / Vice President of Finance and Administration
Darvia Herold, MMA
Vice President of Community Mental Health
Khu Thao, PsyD, LICSW, LP
Vice President of Housing, Clinic, and Fitness
Michelle Wincell O’Leary, MA, LICSW
Director of Housing Innovation Programs
Deb Hesli, LICSW
Director of Community Mental Health
Beth Scheetz, LICSW
Director of Human Resources
Kari Scanlon, PHR
Director of Clinic and Fitness Center
Becca Schema, PsyD, LPCC
Director of Rising Cedar
Katie Shaughnessy
Director of Residential Treatment Bloomington
Mary Beth Dekich, MA, LADC, LPCC
Director of Residential Treatment Fridley
Dana Grethen, MA, LMFT
Director of Residential Treatment Minneapolis
Linda Stenstadvold, MSW, LICSW
Director of Technology Services
David Stirtz