Dana DeMaster named Director Innovation and Strategy with Ramsey County

Dana DeMaster has been named director of the Innovation and Strategy division of the Health and Wellness Service Team after serving as the interim director since June 2023.

A West End resident, DeMaster was responsible for the overall direction, decision-making and strategy for the new division as it updated and modernized department technology systems and created new, more efficient business processes and workflows. She began work at the county in 2015, starting as a program evaluator in Health & Wellness before becoming a research supervisor and then a research manager.

Before coming to Ramsey County, DeMaster was a program evaluator and data analyst at the Minnesota Department of Human Services and at Hennepin. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree from Saint Catherine University.

Innovation and Strategy was created following the reorganization of the Health and Wellness Administrative division. It handles the strategic functions of Health and Wellness, including program evaluation and research, human services technology support, electronic health record supports and the Early Childhood Care and Coordination initiative. Innovation and Strategy provides strategic planning and is also a center for innovation for all departments in the Health and Wellness service team.