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Brenda McCormick

Executive Vice President and CFO

Children’s Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Ms. McCormick has three decades of experience in the financial industry across for-profit and nonprofit organizations. In her role at Children’s Minnesota, she ensures the growth and profitability of the organization and leads the finance teams, including planning and analysis, controllership, treasury, strategic payer contracting, revenue cycle operations, health information management, grant accounting, employee retirement benefits and foundation finances. Her responsibilities at Children’s Minnesota span not only finance, but also organizational strategy, growth and innovation, the digital front door, access initiatives and the supply chain teams. She also sponsored a two-year project to improve the experience for both patients and referring providers wanting to access Children’s Minnesota’s services. In addition to being CFO, Ms. McCormick assumed leadership responsibility for Children’s Minnesota’s strategy, growth and innovation team in 2023. In this role, she oversaw a new, more cohesive approach that considers all specialty services, market dynamics, capabilities, and potential future impact. Her work led to the development of a 10-year future state strategy, which is now the foundation of the organization’s three-year strategic plan.

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