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Mary P. Foarde, JD, is the general counsel and corporate secretary of Allina Hospitals & Clinics. Prior to her appointment as general counsel in February 2003, Foarde served Allina as vice president and deputy general counsel for seven years. She has been with Allina or one of its predecessors since 1989. Prior to her employment with Allina, she was a partner in the Minneapolis law firm of Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand. Foarde has more than 20 years of broad and diverse health care law and business experience, focusing her practice in the areas of physician and health care financial transactions, credentialing, and medical staff issues. She is an active member of both the Health Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association, and has been a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars on various health law topics. Foarde earned a juris doctor (JD) cum laude from the University of Minnesota School of Law and a bachelor of arts from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. | 