The Society is blessed to have a national Board that brings not only great external expertise — business, law, religion, senior campus administration and others — but also an amazing commitment to and love for the mission and ministry of the Society. These gifted individuals donate their time to the Society as they attend to the high-level, strategic, mission-focused oversight of the organization.
Kari Berit
Board member
Author, speaker, radio show host
Kari Berit Presents Inc./Age in Motion Inc.
Red Wing, Minn.
Elected in 2011
Al Brown
Board member
Retired Good Samaritan Society regional director and administrator
Dunnellon, Fla.
Elected in 2011
Lori Bussler
Board member
Administrator
Good Samaritan Society – Winthrop
Winthrop, Minn.
Elected in 2007, Re-elected in 2010
Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl
Board member
Bishop Emerita of South Dakota Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Park Ridge, Ill.
Elected in 2007, Re-elected in 2010
Neil Gulsvig
Board member, Member - Executive Committee
President and Chief Executive Officer
My InnerView
Wausau, Wis.
Elected in 2009
Patricia Haugen
Board First Vice Chairperson
Retired, Former Client Executive, IBM
Independent Patient Advocate
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Elected in 2007, Re-elected in 2010
Teresa Hildebrandt
Board member
Administrator
Good Samaritan Society – Waterville
Waterville, Minn.
Good Samaritan Society – St. Peter
St. Peter, Minn.
Elected in 2009
Rev. John Holt
Board member
Lead Pastor
First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea
Albert Lea, Minn.
Elected in 2010
David J. Horazdovsky
Board member
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Appointed in 2003
Christopher Johnson
Board member, Member - Executive Committee
Vice President of Ovations Group
Retiree Services for UnitedHealth Group
Stillwater, Minn.
Elected in 2008, Re-elected in 2011
Michele Juffer
Board member
Administrator
Good Samaritan Society – Wagner
Wagner, S.D.
Elected in 2011
Bruce Kallis
Board member
Administrator
Good Samaritan Society – Mott
Mott, N.D.
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2009
Susan Nickerson
Board Chairperson
Business Executive and Industry Liaison
Kansas Department of Commerce
Hays, Kan.
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2009
Scott Peters
Board member
Law Partner
Myers and Billion
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Elected in 2009
Joanna Randall
Board member
Executive Director
Good Samaritan Society – Communities of Olathe
Olathe, Kan.
Elected in 2007, Re-elected in 2010
Sharon St. Mary
Board member
Executive Director, Good Samaritan Society – University Specialty Center (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Good Samaritan Society – Stillwater (Stillwater, Minn.)
Elected in 2011
