Minnesota Veteran Suicide Prevention Summit
- Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm
- Location:
Speakers
- Governor’s Proclamation for Minnesota Veteran Suicide Prevention & Awareness Day
- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) Commissioner Brad Lindsay
- Invisible Wounds Project Overview and Good News Story
- Russ Hanes, Founder and Executive Director
- Pathways of Care
- Dan Hanson, Marine Corps Veteran
- Hennepin County Veteran Suicide Prevention Coalition
- Neil Doyle, Director of Veterans Services, Hennepin County Human Services
- Suicide Mortality for American Indian / Alaska Natives
- Will Funmaker, Executive Director, Great Lakes Area Tribal Health Board and Director, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center
- Itasca County Veteran Mobile Crisis Unit and Veteran Youth Program
- Cre Larson, Executive Director, First Call for Help
- Minneapolis VA Veteran Suicide Prevention Efforts
- Director Pat Kelly
- Veteran Identification with Non-VA Healthcare Systems
- Representatives from Sanford Health, Regions Hospital, M Health Fairview and Cook Hospital
- MDVA Grants Program Overview
- Heather Darby, MDVA SOT Grants Coordinator
- Every Third Saturday: Fire Teams
- Tom McKenna, Co-Founder and Veterans Advocate
- Magnus Foundation
- Christy Hager, LPN, Clinical Director, and Ted Freese, Development Staff
