Deb Koski
Chief Philanthropy Officer, CFRE
giving for good fargo
Every dollar donated across the Fargo region is making a difference for local patients, families and employees. Through philanthropy, lifesaving care is offered close to home at facilities like the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center, the Sanford Medical Center and the Sanford Children’s Hospital. We introduced the regions first facility dog, Fox who provides comfort and enhances care for patients at Sanford Children’s Hospital. We’re working to provide a home-like retreat for cancer patients and families through the region’s first-ever center for patient lodging. When it opens in 2026, the Peltier Lodge will provide a home away from home for cancer patients and their families.
Last year, we put $3.5 million in philanthropic gifts to work across the Fargo region. Read more in the 2024 annual report.
Local Priorities
Philanthropy is an integral part of the care provided at Sanford Health. The Sanford Health Foundation in the Fargo region plays a crucial role in supporting specific programming for patients and staff, upgrading essential equipment, and funding special projects tailored to meet the needs of our communities.
Children
The Sanford Children’s Hospital proudly serves as North Dakota’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Funds raised stay local to support services and programs like Child Life, school tutoring, and music therapy, provide education and help purchase lifesaving equipment to save and transform lives, close to home.
Leadership Connection
A region update from Amy Hinkemeyer, Vice President of Fargo & Bemidji’s Foundation
March 19, 2025
As a nonprofit health care system, philanthropy fuels innovation, accelerates breakthroughs and helps shape the future of medicine. More importantly, philanthropy helps us deliver compassionate, whole-person care that makes a difference when it matters most. In our 2024 Annual Report, we’re proud to share how your generosity brings hope and healing to local patients and families during life’s most difficult moments. Thank you, as always, for Giving for Good — your support means everything to us.
See the impact of philanthropy across the Fargo region in our 2024 Annual Report.
Amy Hinkemeyer
Fargo’s Signature Events
Below are a few of the signature events we host in the Fargo region. To see more events in Fargo, visit our calendar.
Get Involved through Fundraising
At Sanford Health, our doctors, researchers and caregivers are working to bring health, hope and healing to more than 1.2 million people across the Upper Midwest. With you on our team, we can accelerate our race to uncover new breakthroughs, develop new treatments and create meaningful programs that support patients and their families.
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Fargo Team
Amy Hinkemeyer
Vice President – Fargo & Bemidji
Julia Beaton
Lead Philanthropy Officer – Fargo
Travis Christopher
Senior Development Officer – Fargo, CFRE
Hillery Mork
Lead Development Officer – Fargo
Tim Hiller
Philanthropy Officer – Fargo, Ph.D., CFRE
Sarah Jones
Development Specialist – Fargo
Fargo Board Members
Chair
Dave Ekman
Bridge Hospitality – President
Vice Chair
Sandra Roers
Retired
Secretary / Treasurer
Erika Briggs
Erika Rae Briggs, LLC.
Brenda Giere
Schmidt’s Gems and Fine Jewelry – Owner
Melissa Horner, MD
Sanford Health – Pediatrics
Scott Kjos
Kjos Investments – Real Estate Broker
Theresa Larson
Sanford Health – Vice President Nursing and Clinical Services
Tiffany Lawrence
Sanford Health – President & CEO
Keith Peltier
Proseed, Inc. – President and General Manager
Jan Promersberger
Rocking Horse Farm – Vice President
Rishi Seth, MD
Sanford Health – Hospitalist
Khaled Zreik, MD
Sanford Health – Trauma Surgeon
Jodi Satkunam
The WiTT Group – Head of FinTech
Jim Boulger
Boulger Funeral Home – Licensed Funeral Director
Charles Breen, MD
Sanford Health – Family Medicine