BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors
The Labor/Management Health Care Coalition of the Upper Midwest is governed by both Labor and Management representatives of the Coalition’s membership. In addition, the LMHCC’s Executive Committee includes its Executive Director and Legal Counsel.
Labor Trustees
James Hansen, Co-Chair
IUOE Local #49
Mike Cook
Bricklayers Local #1
James Monroe
MN Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
Don Seaquist
UFCW Local #789
Management Trustees
Gary Thaden, Co-Chair
MN Mechanicals Contractors Association
Trace Benson
Old Dutch Foods
Jon Ewing
HiMEC Mechanical
Nathan Moracco, Director
Employee Insurance Division
MN. Management & Budget
Affiliate Trustee
Joan Braun
Director of Operations
LMHCC of Wisconsin
Independent Trustee
Mary Jost, CEBS
Emeritus Labor Trustee
Bob Deroy
Consulting Legal Counsel
William (Bill) Ecklund
Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt
LMHCC are members of the:
National Business Coalition on Health (www.nbch.org)
National Labor Alliance of Health Care Coalitions (www.nlahcc.org)
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (www.ifebp.org)
Through education, cooperation and outreach, the Labor/Management Health Care Coalition of the Upper Midwest (LMHCC) is a non-profit 503c(6) organization with over 50 funds, mostly Taft Hartley Health & Welfare Funds. These funds are usually self-insured and managed by a joint Labor/Management Trusteeship that has a fiduciary responsibility and incentives to make the best value decisions in purchasing health care services for their members.
The LMHCC began in 2001 with a small steering group that consisted of representatives from the IUOE Local 49, UFCW 789, a TPA (Wilson McShane), an attorney (Bill Ecklund), and the then President/CEO of Greater Detroit Area Health Council (Sean Kenney). The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) was a great resource and provided support for a one-day conference in Minneapolis to launch the Coalition.
Mission Statement
Through education, cooperation and outreach, to assist Taft-Harley and public health and welfare funds in the upper midwest to provide quality healthcare for participants and beneficiaries of Coalition members at an effective cost.
Objectives
- Economics – The Healthcare Coalition will help Coalition members reduce healthcare related costs and expenses.
- Benefits – The Healthcare Coalition will assist Coalition members in purchasing efficient healthcare services, improving the quality of existing benefit packages, and where appropriate, assisting Coalition members in designing new benefit packages for participants and beneficiaries of Coalition members.
- Legal/Legislative – The Healthcare Coalition will monitor state and federal legislation and judicial proceedings that impact Coalition members.
- Best Practices – The Healthcare Coalition will facilitate the sharing of information among Coalition members for the purpose of improving the purchasing, administration, evaluation and delivery of services and products provided by Coalition members to their participants and beneficiaries.
Staff
Doug Rubbelke
Executive Director of the Labor/Management Health Care Coalition of the Upper Midwest
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Tonia (Toni) Sontoya
Administrator of the Labor/Management Health Care Coalition of the Upper Midwest
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