Two Ecumen community leaders have agreed to represent the senior health care profession with two state-wide groups.

Janet Green, executive director at Ecumen Detroit Lakes, has agreed to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council – Career Pathways Committee. The group develops policy and strategy recommendations to help grow, align and sustain career pathways in Minnesota. One issue the group will address is the mismatch of workers’ skills and job openings that are most prevalent in manufacturing and health care.

Green has served on various local and regional workforce boards and initiatives over the past 15 years, including the area’s Workforce Investment Board; the Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) which serves 19 counties in west central region; and the Minnesota Workforce Council Executive Committee. She has been with Ecumen since 1994.

Nathan Johnson, executive director at Ecumen North Branch, was appointed by Governor Dayton to the Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators (BENHA). The board is responsible for setting the qualifications required for licensure, reviews complaints against licensed administrators, and refers consumer-related issues to other state and private agencies.

Johnson, who has been with Ecumen since 2011, will serve the Board as one of two non-profit nursing home administrators. The other is Jennifer Pfeffer, executive director at Ecumen Pathstone Living in Mankato.