John M. Stanoch

Judge John Stanoch joined the Medica Board in 2014 and serves as Vice Chair. In addition, he is Chair of the Medica Foundation Board of Directors.

Judge Stanoch previously served as President of Qwest Communications in Minnesota and North Dakota, as Minnesota's Chief Deputy Attorney General, and as a Hennepin County District Court Judge. After a career in business and the public sector, he also held executive leadership positions in the civic sector, including as President and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Upper Midwest, Interim President of the Science Museum of Minnesota, and Interim CEO of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Judge Stanoch has been active in a range of community and professional organizations and currently serves on the boards of AchieveMpls (the strategic nonprofit partner of the Minneapolis Public Schools), Creating Healthier Communities, the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science, and the Minnesota Council of Churches Foundation. He has also served as Chair of the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Board of Trustees, Chair of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the Minnesota District Judges Association, and on the board of the Minnesota Business Partnership.