Tiffany Zitzewitz

Job title

  • Adjunct Faculty
    MBA, Graduate School

Highlight

Tiffany H. Zitzewitz has over 20 years of senior executive-level experience with a variety of regional and national health care organizations. She has significant governance experience as a board member of several organizations. She has built several businesses and divisions from the ground up and has negotiated significant partnerships and joint ventures with all types of organizations. Tiffany is currently a principal with MedTrend, Inc., a firm that specializes in value-added, data driven strategies for health care organizations and non profits.

Started at Bethel

2019

Education

  • University of MN - MHA, 1995

Biography

Tiffany H. Zitzewitz is a principal with MedTrend, Inc., a firm that specializes in value-added, data driven strategies for health care organizations and non profits. She has over 20 years of senior executive-level experience with a variety of regional and national health care organizations.  Tiffany has significant governance experience as a board member and governance consultant.  She has built several businesses and divisions from the ground up and has negotiated significant partnerships and joint ventures with all types of organizations.
Before MedTrend, Tiffany was Vice President, Strategic Partnerships for Prime Therapeutics, a national pharmacy benefit management company serving over 20 million people. Prior to this, she was Vice President Strategy and Business Development for North Memorial Health, an $800+M company.
Tiffany has also held executive leadership positions in local health care organizations including Group Services for America's Blood Centers (GSABC), a company she was instrumental in creating; Memorial Blood Centers; St. Francis Regional Medical Center; Allina Health System; and Abbott Northwestern Hospital.  She is currently a board member  for Volunteers of America - MN/WI and Allina Health Hospice Foundation. She has also served on the boards of directors of Maple Grove Hospital and Institute for Athletic Medicine, as well as three ambulatory surgery centers and a health plan in the local market.
Tiffany graduated cum laude with an undergraduate degree in both Economics and English from St. Olaf College and with a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota.
She lives in MN and enjoys lake activities in both the summer and the winter.

Courses taught

HCAM605  Health Information and Application

Awards

The TRUST:  2015 Women in HealthCare Leadership Award

 

Professional organizations, committees, and boards

Board Memberships

Allina Health Hospice Foundation:  www.allinahealth.org  

             Board Member, Governance committee, Community Engagement Committee        2018 to present

Volunteers of America, MN/WI:  www.voamnwi.org 

             Chair, Vice Chair, Past Chair, Executive Committee                             2012 to 2017, 2019 to present

Institute of Athletic Medicine:  www.athletic-medicine.org  

              Board Member, Strategic Planning Committee                                                         2011 to 2016

Maple Grove Hospital: www.northmemorial.com/location/maple-grove-hospital/ 

               Board Member, Strategic Planning Committee                                                                 2011 to 2016

PreferredOne Community Health Plan: www.preferredone.com

               Board Member, Crisis Committee                                                                                 2013 to 2016

Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center:  www.minnetonkaasc.com

               Founding Board Member                                                                                                2014 to 2016

Maple Grove Ambulatory Surgery Center:  www.northmemorial-asc.com

               Board Member                                                                                                               2014 to 2016

Monticello Surgery Center: www.monticellosurgerycenter.com

               Founding Board Member

University of St. Thomas:  Future of Health Care Annual Conference - Planning Committee Member

Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals:  Panel Speaker for Midwest Chapter Event

University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration:  Mentor students / interview
prospective students

St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN:  Health Care Economics, Bi-annual Guest Lecturer (past)

College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN:  PhD Nursing Program, Bi-annual Guest Lecturer (past)

Hobbies and interests

Boating

Downhill and Cross Country Skiing

Travel

Reading

Learning

Mentoring

Quote

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart

Website

https://www.medtrendinc.com