Deb Letcher B.A. , M.A. Ph.D is committed to the learning and development of nursing and clinical teams . Her many roles from bedside nursing to formal leadership have spanned in academia, practice and community over the course of her career of more than 35 years. She has provided leadership in several novel academic-service partnerships such as Partners in Nursing (PIN), Culture of Caring (CoC) and Clinical Academic Partnership (CAP). With current responsibilities for learning strategies at Sanford Health, she provides oversight for the areas of clinical?and soon to be non-clinical education, onboarding, continuing development, simulation, library services, instructional design including videography and graphic design, and patient and community education. Deb serves as program coordinator for nursing talent strategies (recruitment, retention, job descriptions, mentoring/career resources, and leadership development) ambulatory staffing strategies (recruitment, employee experience, innovative programming and logistics). She is an active consultant for the HRSA grant funded ANEW initiatives in partnership with academia to advance skill set for rural nurse practitioners in areas of limited care need expertise. Deb is skilled in building partnerships through relationship building and collaborative efforts. and holds the respect of her team members and colleagues for personal credibility, integrity, and effective leadership.

Shelly has worked at Sanford Health for over 22 years and is a RN with certificates in the specialties of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics. She is a Master Trainer for the CDSME programs and manages the ACL CDSME Grant for North Dakota.  Her work extends across the footprint of Sanford and finds her passion in leading the Better Choices Better Health workshops and trainings. 

Rich joined Sanford in 2005 and moved into the Director of Learning and Development role within LEAD in 2014.  His team supports patient education strategies, evidence-based health promotion/community programming, and library services. Rich leads a system wide “Patient Education Sanford Standard” initiative which aims to support patient teaching best practices including health literacy standards, consistency of content across health care settings, and integration of teaching resources within the EMR when possible.  He leads a team with expertise in the areas of patient education best practices, self-efficacy theory, and health literacy. Rich achieved the highest level of training certification for the Self-Management Resource Center’s research-based Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and his team has expanded this resource within the Sanford footprint. This program uses a lay led approach to enhance self-efficacy in the context of self-management skill building for participants with chronic health conditions.  His team helped lead the creation, implementation, and expansion of the BeHEARD course which uses a train-the-trainer model to educate employees about common behavioral health conditions and how to support individuals who are struggling.  Rich graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College and earned a master’s degree in Psychology from Illinois State University.  He has a background in Behavioral Health and is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in North Dakota.

Kathleen Cameron, BSPharm, MPH, has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field as a pharmacist, researcher, and program director focusing on falls prevention, geriatric pharmacotherapy, mental health, long-term services and supports, and caregiving. Cameron is Senior Director of the NCOA Center for Healthy Aging, where she provides subject matter expertise on health care programmatic and policy related issues and oversees the Modernizing Senior Center Resource Center.