Executive Director, Deborah Paone

Deborah has served as Executive Director since 2004, providing administrative oversight of the Center. Working with the Board of Directors, she facilitates strategic planning, financial management, and program development on behalf of the Center. Her responsibilities also include: fundraising, grant writing and grant management, program reporting and accountability, and maintaining and building key organizational relationships with current and potential partners.
Deborah maintains her own healthcare evaluation consulting firm, Paone & Associates, which she founded in 2002. Previously she served as Senior Research Associate and Vice President of Member Services for the National Chronic Care Consortium. She also was Director of the Section for Aging and Long-Term Care Services for the American Hospital Association in Chicago.

Deborah has a Master of Health Services Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Gerontological Issues in Community Medicine and sees older people as vital to our communities

Parish Nurse, Meredith Holm, RN

Meredith provides parish nurse services to older members of Normandale Lutheran’s congregation and to seniors living in the community. Her services include health and wellness counseling, education, blood pressure screening, and reassurance during transitions in care. She is the Center’s liaison to pastoral care and the visitation pastors. She also coordinates the efforts of nurses from the congregation who volunteer to provide blood pressure checks on Sundays.
Meredith lives in Eden Prairie with husband David. She has three children; Heather (husband Chad), Jennie (husband Pete), and Peter. Her special blessings are grandchildren Madison, Mason, Sydney, and Isabella.

Care Team Coordinator, Shirley Pope

Shirley recruits, trains, and monitors the efforts of over 100 volunteers who participate in the Center’s Care Team Ministry. Teams of one to four volunteers are formed to serve the needs of individual seniors in the community. She coordinates volunteers at The Colony at Eden Prairie and provides assistance to The Colony with its new resident orientation and resident communication (e.g., newsletters). She is the Volunteer Driver Coordinator, as well, getting rides for seniors with transportation needs.

Shirley lives in Edina—not far from the Center—with an orange cat named T.K. She has two daughters, two sons-in-law, and four grandchildren.

Resource Coordinator, Candace Barrick

Candace provides one-to-one assistance to elders and their family caregivers to help them understand and access supportive services, such as housing, transportation, respite, and chore and home health services, that are available through community agencies and state and county programs. She keeps up-to-date on the costs, program requirements, location, and scope of services of local providers in order to facilitate referrals.
Candace lives in the Longfellow neighborhood of south Minneapolis with her husband, Craig Wilkins. Their son, Ethan, attends the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Candace serves on the board of directors of the Longfellow/Seward Healthy Senior Program.

Administrative Support/Project Coordinator, Patti Hankes

Patti provides administrative support and communication assistance for the Center, writing the bi-weekly page of the church newsletter as well as the Center newsletter.  As the Project Coordinator, Patti manages/tracks data and information for use in project related analysis and reporting.  She also handles registration and assists with on-site activities for workshops, classes and events. 

Patti has a Business Degree from the College of St. Catherine and lives in Edina with her husband and two children

We are pleased to have an active board comprising representatives from our partners and the community, as well as experts in the field of aging, who donate their time and expertise to the mission and vision of the Center. Board members include:

Fred Arndt
Edina resident, Normandale Lutheran Church member
David Dahlgren, MD
Edina resident, Volunteer care team visitor, Normandale Lutheran Church member
Milton Harrison
Executive Leadership at Senior Care Communities (associated with The Colony at Eden Prairie)
David Holm
Senior Pastor, Normandale Lutheran Church (partner)
Dorothy Lundquist
Edina resident, Normandale Lutheran Church member
Jeanette Metz, RN
Former Chairman of the Board, Minnesota Board on Aging (State of MN)
Molly O’Brien, RN (Chair-Elect)
Manager, Trauma and Community Outreach, Fairview Southdale Hospital (partner)
Deborah Paone (ex-officio)
Executive Director, Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness
Bruce Pederson
Church Relations, Fairview Health Services (partner)
Lynn Carlson Schell (Chair)
Executive Leadership at Shelter Corporation and The Colony at Eden Prairie (partner)
Gary Surdel (Treasurer)
Partner at Wipfli (local firm), Edina resident, and Normandale Lutheran Church member
Marge Thurin
Program Coordinator with ElderCare Rights Alliance (local organization) and Edina resident