Gretchen Dahlen is a health care executive and consumer advocate from Decorah, Iowa. She serves on the Member and Social Impact Committee and the National Policy Council Nominating Committee. Professionally, she is chief administrative officer for Winneshiek Medical Center. Her career includes positions as executive director of North Woods Community Health Center, president and senior consultant of the Dahlen Company LLC, president and CEO of Meriter Health Enterprises, administrator and chief executive officer of Sanford Hospital and Nursing Home, and assistant administrator of Metropolitan Hospital and Health Centers. She developed and founded ConsumerHealthRatings.com, a free public service guide to online ratings of health care cost and quality for consumers.
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Gretchen M. Dahlen
Member, AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2018
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