Educational Gatherings

Mary Johnson (Chair) 

Kathy Enderlein

Marcy Lundquist

Beth Meighan (Chair)

Cindy Dols Finn

Beth Palanivel (Chair)

Joehey Cici

Kate Maher

Janet Dahlem (Chair)

Kathy Standish

Roberta Cassidy

Roberta Cassidy (Chair)

Kelsey Lauer 

Diana Neal

Stacy Miorana    

Janet Dahlem: jldahlem@stkate.edu,  612-250-4123(C)

Janet is an Associate Professor in the Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies at St. Catherine University where she was the program director from 1990-2008. She led the team that developed the Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies program in 2004. She coordinates the Healing Touch workshops at St. Catherine University and is involved in many community health, environmental, and social justice projects. Janet leads the political action committee of the MinnHNA.  She has been a vegetarian for more than 35 years and has used holistic healing approaches to healing for as long.  As a lesbian, she is grateful for the recent passage of the civil rights law granting the right for same sex couples to marry.

Kathy Enderlein: enderlein@att.net, 651-454-7454 

Kathy is an RN  presently working at TRIA Orthopeadic clinic in Bloomington.  She is  working in the Integrative aspect, triage and  clinic. 

Kathy  is certified in Pain Management for Nurses, Healing Touch since 2001,  Beyond Ordinary Nursing (Integrative Guided Imagery for Nurses), Health  and Wellness Counseling and Holistic Studies through St. Catherine  University, and is an  Aromatherapy practitioner and Reiki Master.  She completed a Nursing  Intervention Study with pain patients at United Hospital and is  currently working with research at TRIA Orthopeadics on Integrative Care  with orthopedic patients.  Kathy loves time with family,  being outdoors, and nature. She began a passion in energy work formally  in 1997 and continues in the study of the mysteries of life as an  ongoing life quest.

Cindy Lee Dols Finn: cldols@stkate.edu, 952-201-5172

Cindy  is an Associate Professor at St. Catherine University (SCU) and has  been on the nursing faculty since fall 1999. She assisted in the  development of a unitary caring science BSN curriculum, which has  included integrative and cultural healthcare components into the  curriculum. She is active in promoting healthy learning environments  built upon safe interpersonal behaviors. She is working on completing  her certification in Healing Touch and her Holistic Nurse certification.  She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at St. Catherine  University May 2017. She is active in the community and serves as the  Chair of the Ethics Committee for Guardian Angels Senior Services and  serves as a board member for Guardian Angels Elim Home Care and Hospice.  This will be her first year serving on the MinnHNA Leadership Council.   She is very excited to be part of this wonderful organization. Cindy  strives to enhance nursing practice by facilitating nursing students to  embrace and engage in holistic nursing care.

Mary Johnson: mjohnson@stolaf.edu, 612-747-0190

Mary  is a Professor Emerita from St. Olaf College where she taught in the  nursing program for twenty-six years.  She has taught imagery,  reflexology, Healing Touch and relaxation techniques as well as the  principles of Holistic Nursing in workshops for health care providers  for many years.  She has completed certification in Healing Touch and  Advanced Practice in Holistic Nursing.  She is a Healing Touch provider  and on the Board at Pathways and teaches a course on energy healing in  the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota.   She is a lover of the out-of-doors, especially on horseback or in the  garden, enjoys singing in the Minnetonka Choral Society, and dabbles in  research at Pathways.

Diana Odland Neal: neal@stolaf.edu, 952-847-0624

Diana is an Associate Professor of Nursing at St. Olaf College and a pediatric nurse at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. She has a BS ​in Nursing​ from St. Olaf College, a MS in Maternal-Child Health Nursing and Education from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Nursing within the Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs and a minor in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices ​from the University of Minnesota. Her areas of research focus are on educational strategies related to teaching undergraduate nursing students and on music as a nursing intervention for preterm infants and people with Parkinson’s disease. She is most passionate about holistic nursing care for children, providing health care in rural villages within Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa, and educating nursing students as well as hiking, boating, yoga, and traveling. 

Kate Maher: kemaher2005@comcast.net, 651-334-4263

Kate  is presently working for HealthEast heart care in noninvasive  cardiology, stress testing, & special procedures delivering holistic  nursing directly to patients. She has 37 years of experience as an RN  focusing on acute critical care, staff education, and holistic nursing.   She relocated to the Twin Cities to assist with opening Woodwinds  Health Campus in 2000, became a Holistic Nurse Clinician & led a  vibrant volunteer program.  She has pursued her passion for holistic  nursing by certifying in healing touch, aromatherapy and holistic  nursing.  She has completed a Masters in Holistic Health with a focus on  herbology from St Catherine University.  Kate worked with the State  Health Improvement Program to battle childhood obesity creating  innovative approaches in school gardens, yoga & active classrooms.   An avid outdoor enthusiast you will find Kate bicycling, x-country  skiing, gardening, swimming, walking & in yoga class during her  leisure time.  She also maintains an active energy practice.

Beth Meighan-Palanivel: bmmeighan@stkate.edu, 651-503-4142

Beth  is an Assistant Professor at St. Catherine University and a cardiac  nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital. She relocated from Iowa in 2008 to begin  her nursing career. She received her Master of Arts in Holistic Health  Studies from St. Catherine University where her thesis work was  entitled, "Creating a Nutrition Education Model for Youth Athletics  using Participatory Action Research". Her practicum work included  providing Healing Touch at St. Joseph's Hospital.  She has completed  varying levels of training in Healing Touch, Reiki and Therapeutic  Touch, in addition to training in Healing Touch for animals. As a nurse  and energy worker, she hopes to be a catalyst in the evolving paradigm  shift toward holistic health and healing.