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10 Mayo Clinic finance leaders
These ten current and former Mayo Clinic finance leaders, including Mayo Clinic's CFO, have held CFO and finance chair roles across the health system, laboratories, research and regional campuses. A reader can learn how Mayo Clinic approaches financial planning, accounting and performance management across its campuses and businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Charlotte J. Nordrum
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Mayo Clinic Health System, MN Regions · Mayo Clinic
Former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Mayo Clinic Health System, MN Regions (2017–2019) and former Vice Chair, Financial and Accounting Services (2019–2021) at Mayo Clinic, where the profile says the role led finance for Mayo's COVID financial recovery activities, including CARES, FEMA and other federal and state grant funding. Former Sr. Product Owner for ERP at Mayo Clinic (2021–2024).
Dennis Dahlen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Mayo Clinic
Chief Financial Officer of Mayo Clinic since October 2017, a role the profile places in the Finance & Accounting department at C-Level and based in Rochester, Minnesota. The profile also lists SVP Finance CFO at Banner Health, with the role's dates shown as August 1983 to May 2017.
Erik Swenson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Chief Financial Officer at Mayo Clinic Laboratories since May 2026, listed at C-Level; the profile describes Mayo Clinic Laboratories as providing testing and diagnostic services. Former Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Integrated DNA Technologies (2018–2026) and former Sr. Global Finance Director - Financial Planning and Analysis at SCIEX (2015–2018).
James Tarasovitch
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President CFO · Mayo Clinic
Former Senior Vice President CFO at Mayo Clinic (2013–2017), where the profile says the role supported 11 hospitals with over 6,000 employees, including 600 employed and 100 independent providers. Former Senior Vice President CFO at Mayo Clinic Health System SWMN (2009–2013) and former Vice President of Finance, CFO - South Region, Wisconsin Market at Ascension (2017–2023).
James Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Mayo Clinic Health System
Chief Financial Officer at Mayo Clinic Health System since August 2022, listed at C-Level. The profile also lists System Vice President of Financial Operations at Rush University Medical Center (2019–2022), Chief Financial Officer, Philadelphia Market at Prime Healthcare (2018–2019) and System VP of Finance at Sinai Chicago (2015–2018).
Jeff Jackson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Mayo Clinic Arizona
Chief Financial Officer at Mayo Clinic Arizona since October 2025, listed at C-Level. The profile also lists Chief Financial Officer (2015–2025) and Vice President of Finance (2013–2015) at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, and Director of Finance and Controller at Dignity Health (2007–2013).
Joan Weber
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Mayo Clinic
Former Chief Financial Officer of Mayo Clinic (2015–2020), based in Rochester, Minnesota, and listed at C-Level in Finance & Accounting. Former Chair, Financial Planning and Analysis at Mayo Clinic (2010–2015). The profile headline reads Retired CFO Mayo Clinic.
Kelly Mahon
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, Research at Mayo Clinic · Mayo Clinic
Chief Financial Officer, Research at Mayo Clinic since February 2025, listed at C-Level. Former Division Chair, International Finance at Mayo Clinic (2023–2025). The profile also lists interim roles at Mayo Clinic as Division Chair, Accounting (2024–2025) and Chief Financial Officer - Florida (2023–2024).
Mark Matthias
LinkedInExperience: CFO, Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization · Mayo Clinic
CFO, Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization since 2019 and Director of Revenue Strategy Initiatives at Mayo Clinic since 2019. Former Vice-Chair, Diversified Finance (2010–2019), CFO, Health Tradition Health Plan (1999–2018) and CFO, Mayo Clinic Health Solutions (2006–2011) at Mayo Clinic. The profile describes finance leadership at the intersection of health plan and provider.
Todd Sherrill
LinkedInExperience: Chair - Financial and Accounting Services · Mayo Clinic
Chair - Financial and Accounting Services at Mayo Clinic since 2019 and former CFO - Mayo Clinic Health System (2017–2019). The profile cites more than 30 years of experience and describes a CPA and MBA who has led complex initiatives as a CFO. It also lists VP Finance at Fairview Health Services (2011–2017).
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Match the person's scope to your question, since the enterprise CFO and finance chairs see system-wide trade-offs while regional, research and laboratory CFOs see how plans play out in a specific business. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Mayo Clinic experience reflects the current finance organization or an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Mayo Clinic allocate capital and operating budgets across its campuses and health system sites?
- 02How does finance support research funding and grants alongside clinical operations?
- 03Which financial metrics matter most when Mayo Clinic reviews the performance of a region or business unit?
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