about us
Mission Healthcare is a provider of long-term care and assisted living facilities in Minnesota and South Dakota. We serve approximately 575 residents and offer specialized programs such as transitional care, memory care, and ventilator units.
Our residents’ interests are at the heart of Mission Healthcare’s service, which is why we are guided by a philosophy called Culture Change that takes a resident-centered approach to providing exceptional care. Our associates are dedicated, experienced professionals who work together to provide this quality service. We strive to create warm, inviting homes where residents feel comfortable and part of their communities.
Mission Healthcare is a member of the American Health Care Association, Care Providers of Minnesota, South Dakota Health Care Association, and the National Center for Assisted Living.
Mission HealthCare, LLC leases and operates the Evergreen Terrace Care Center and Pleasant Seasons Assisted Living in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Bethel Care Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, Red Wing Health Center in Red Wing, Minnesota, St. Lucas Care Center and Deaconess Towers Assisted Living in Faribault, Minnesota. Mission Healthcare also owns and operates Wheatcrest Hills Healthcare Center in Britton, South Dakota.
Following are Mission Healthcare’s communities:
Bethel Care Center - St. Paul, MN
Deaconess Tower - Faribault, MN
Evergreen Terrace - Grand Rapids, MN
Pleasant Seasons - Grand Rapids, MN
Red Wing Health Center - Red Wing, MN
Mission Management Team
Thomas E. Boerboom - Chief Operating Officer
Donna R. Schmidt - Director of Financial Services
Paul J. Contris
President & Founder
Mission Healthcare LLC
Paul Contris founded Mission Healthcare LLC in May of 1997, bringing with him more than a decade of experience in the long-term care industry.
In 1982, Paul earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., graduating summa cum laude. He worked for Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) as a certified public accountant in the company’s audit division before joining Hillhaven Corporation in 1983. He served as Hillhaven’s acquisitions analyst and was instrumental in expanding the company, which at the time was the second-largest long-term care system in the country.
Paul was then recruited by Samaritan Health Systems (SHS), a hospital chain based in Arizona, to serve as its chief financial officer in charge of creating a long-term care subsidiary called Samaritan Senior Services. Under Paul’s leadership, Samaritan Senior Services grew to include 22 long-term care facilities.
After eight years with SHS, Paul helped found a new long-term care company called SunQuest HealthCare Corporation, which grew into a multi-million-dollar company that went public in 1995 under the new name Unison HealthCare Corporation. In 1996, the company’s ownership changed hands, and Paul worked as the executive vice president of acquisitions and new business development until 1997.
Wanting to continue working in the long-term care industry, Paul began Mission Healthcare with Evergreen Terrace Healthcare Center, based in Grand Rapids, Minn., as the company’s first community. Today, the company has more than 600 associates working in seven communities that provide quality services and offer a number of specialty care programs such as memory care and ventilator units (including the largest Minnesota ventilator unit based in a long-term care facility). Mission Healthcare also boasts several Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs-certified facilities.
Thomas E. Boerboom
Chief Operating Officer
Mission Healthcare LLC
BA - Marketing - Southwest Minnesota State University
Advanced graduate studies in LTC Administration at the
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis 1978-1979
Minnesota Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Chief Operating Officer for Mission Healthcare, LLC
Thirty years of experience in management of eldercare services
Regional Vice President – North Central Region Beverly Healthcare
Vie President Operations for Dakota region
Vice President Operations for Wisconsin
Regional Director of Operations – CM Corporation
Nursing Home Administrator in Minnesota and Missouri
Administrator/ Regional Director experience for Managed Nursing facilities
Care Providers of Minnesota Board Member
Donna R. Schmidt
Director of Financial Services
Mission Healthcare LLC
Masters Degree - Accounting
with specialization in Healthcare Fiscal Management
University of Wisconsin – Madison
BA – Economics, Management
University of Minnesota-Morris
Work Experience:
Director of Financial Services – Mission Healthcare
Controller HMU Management Corporation
Financial Services Consultant – HCR/Manorcare
Accounts Receivable Specialist, Director of Customer Accounts
and statistician at UW Hospitals
Brad Molgard
Director of Operations
Business Administration-Northern State University
Health Care Administration-Presentation College
Certified Nursing Home Administrator by the American College of Health Care Administrators
Minnesota and South Dakota Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Work Experience:
Director of Operations for Mission Healthcare LLC
Thirty years of experience in operations and management of eldercare services
Administrator-St. Lucas Care Center/Deaconess Tower Assisted Living
Director of Operations for Beverly Healthcare-Kansas
Director of Operations for Beverly Healthcare-South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana
Nursing Home Administrator in South Dakota, North Dakota and Wisconsin
Previous Executive Board Membership-SDHCA, NDHCA, KHCA
Care Providers of Minnesota membership
Nancy Tuders
Director of Clinical Services
Mission Healthcare LLC
Vice chair of Care Providers Regulatory Forum
Appointed to Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators in 2007
Registered Nurse
Graduate of Indiana University
Board Certified as a Gerontological Nurse
Certified BLS CPR Instructor
Work Experience:
Director of Clinical Services for Mission Healthcare, LLC
Director of Clinical Services for Ecumen, (formerly the Board of Social Ministry) July 2004 to January 2006
Assistant Director of Clinical Services for the Board of Social Ministry May 1999 to July 2004
Director of Nursing, LTC
Quality Assurance Coordinator, Case Mix Coordinator, Inservice Director and Charge nurse.
Critical Care, Intensive Care, Emergency Room, and Open Heart Recovery Experience
ACLS Certified
MNDONA Member
Nancy has consulted throughout MN, and surrounding states, to assist facilities in achieving regulatory compliance after their department of health surveys. She has become known as a “turnaround specialist”. She has established relationships with providers and the MDH and has an excellent ability to problem solve related to her thorough understanding of issues in long term care.