Leadership
Hennepin Healthcare System governance
Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS) is a comprehensive health system serving communities across Hennepin County. It includes:
- A nationally recognized Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center
- An acute care hospital
- A system of primary care clinics in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County
Hennepin Healthcare System Board of Directors
Hennepin Healthcare plays a vital role in providing access to exceptional care, serving complex patient populations, educating health professionals, and advancing the health of communities across Hennepin County and beyond.
The Hennepin County Board is seeking a complementary group of leaders for appointment to the next Hennepin Healthcare Board, whose collective expertise, judgment, lived experience, and community connections reflect the complexity of Hennepin Healthcare and the people it serves. No one candidate is expected to bring every qualification. Professional expertise and essential community perspectives are vitally important to building the complete Board.
To learn more, visit Hennepin Healthcare System Board of Directors.
Hennepin Healthcare System board meetings
Hennepin Healthcare System is a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners currently serves as the governance board for Hennepin Healthcare System.
The Finance and Operations committee reports to the governance board.
Meetings of the board and its committees are held at the discretion of those bodies. An agenda for each meeting is published as soon as possible prior to a meeting.
For details for specific meetings, visit Board meetings.
Open forum
Open forum is a time for the public to address the HHS Governing Board. You may make a comment in person or with a recorded message.
Process
- 15-minute limit for the comment period unless the chair extends it.
- Ends after all remarks are heard or at 15-minutes.
- In-person comments heard first, followed by recorded remarks.
- Each speaker or recorded comment is given 3-minutes.
- Recordings not heard due to time constraints are sent to commissioners for review.
Speaker standards
Both in-person and recorded messages must meet the following standards:
- State your first and last name for the record.
- Keep comments to 3-minutes or less.
- Limit remarks to the relevant topic.
- Follow rules above and any posted guidelines for addressing the board.
Record a comment for open forum
Call 612-587-2621 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Mondays before the meetings.
Record a 3-minute or less comment.
Remaining 2026 dates to record comments for HHS Governing Board:
- Monday, December 14
Enforcement of the rules
If someone violates our rules of participation, the chair of the HHS board or presiding officer at the meeting may:
- Ask them to stop.
- Give them a warning if they don’t stop, that they’ll have to leave the meeting room.
- Decide to call security to have them removed from the meeting room.
- Recess the meeting to allow security to remove them and restore order.
Hennepin Healthcare stabilization
In a move to safeguard the future of Hennepin Healthcare, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners dissolved the Hennepin Healthcare System Board in August 2025. This action came in response to a mounting financial crisis threatening the long-term viability of the county’s flagship public hospital and safety-net health system.
The resolution enabled the County Board to assume direct oversight of Hennepin Healthcare System governance during this critical period. The goal is to stabilize operations, preserve essential services, and ensure continued access to care for the county’s most vulnerable residents.
County Board Action relating to the reconstitution of the Hennepin Healthcare Board
Hennepin Healthcare Governance Review report - June 30, 2026 (PDF, 2MB)