Leadership
UnityPoint Health - Dubuque
Executive Team

Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE
Market President, UnityPoint Health - Dubuque
Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE is the Market President for UnityPoint Health – Dubuque and the Dubuque Visiting Nurses Association.
Havens, who has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, started her career as a bedside nurse in an academic medical center caring for children with cancer. For
the last 15 years, she has been a part of UnityPoint Health most recently serving as President for Grinnell Regional Medical Center for the last five years. Prior to her leadership role in Grinnell, she was the Vice President of Operations at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown and President at Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
Havens, who has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, started her career as a bedside nurse in an academic medical center caring for children with cancer. For
the last 15 years, she has been a part of UnityPoint Health most recently serving as President for Grinnell Regional Medical Center for the last five years. Prior to her leadership role in Grinnell, she was the Vice President of Operations at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown and President at Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
Board of Directors
- Susan Farber, Chair
- Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE, Secretary; Market President, UnityPoint Health – Dubuque
- Carol Cross, Treasurer
- Bill Arnold
- Kathy Buhr
- Sue Freeman
- Michael (Mike) Jansen
- Nicole Jedlicka, DPM
- Jason Knockel
- Kathleen Nacos-Burds
- Michelle Niermann, Chief Operating Officer – East Division, UnityPoint Health
- Charlie Skemp
- Laura Witthoeft, MD