Speakers

Mark Kinde has served the North Dakota and Minnesota Departments of Health in injury and violence epidemiology, surveillance, program development, implementation and evaluation since 1984. In both states, Mark helped to develop statewide traumatic brain and spinal cord injury registries and surveillance systems for both violence and unintentional injury. With the MDH, Mr. Kinde supports state and national efforts to improve data quality; to share evaluation results with states and communities; to build capacity and passion for injury, violence and disability prevention and control on the state and local levels; and to translate data into programs and policies that reduce risk of injury, violence and disability in communities across our state and nation.

Alan Gregerson has worked at the IRS for over thirty-three years.  Over the years, he has held positions of a Revenue Agent, Taxpayer Education Specialist, Taxpayer Service Specialist, and currently a Stakeholder Liaison in the Communications and Liaison Division within the IRS.  Other the last twenty-two years he has made many presentations and communicated with many agencies, businesses, and practitioner groups of important messages and tax information for the various organizations.  He received his Distinguished Toastmaster Designation in Public Speaking,  being a Toastmaster for many years.  He is also a University of Minnesota graduate.