Tiffany Zitzewitz
Email: tmz73393@bethel.edu
Job title
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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