“The mission of People’s Center Health Services is to assure high quality and respectful health and medical care to all with a special focus on the needs of the economically disadvantaged and the socially disenfranchised.”

For more information about People's Center and to receive regular updates:

Sign up for our Email Newsletter

Find us on:

Peggy Metzer, Chief Executive Officer - Since her arrival at the People's Center Health Services in 2000, Peggy Metzer has implemented a financial turnaround. Under her leadership and guidance, Peggy ended non-revenue generating programs and refocused the organization on its mission. Over the past seven years, Peggy  has developed successful funding relationships with major foundations; led the effort to complete a $960,000 renovation and expansion project of the health clinic; stressed the emphasis on higher provider productivity; increased patient/client volume by 47-percent; and restructured the center's management team to better serve the mission.

Shelly Stern, Chief Finance Officer - Shelly Stern received her Masters in Business Administration in Health Care Management from
the University of St. Thomas in 2009 and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She is a visionary business leader with over 20 years of experience providing leadership, directions, and collaborative support for the effective operation of outpatient hospital services. Shelly’s financial analysis and interpretation of trends within the medical field are key skills for People’s Center continued growth during health care reform.

Her past professional experience includes work as a Business Manager at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota where she developed a detailed costing tool that identitfies the Operating Margins of the top 15 Day Surgery procedures and top 5 Diagnostic Imaging procedures, which has now become standardized for the entire system and is being reviewed in strategic planning meetings for the development of surgical service marketing plans.

At the same location, she also served as the Interim Director from 2007-2008. Her chief responsibilities included monitoring and management of the revenue stream, operating expense management, and operations reporting in an effort to optimize revenues and operations.

Other past experience include the position of Buisiness Office Coordinator at Minnesota Otolaryngology, P.A. where she audited and assessed office operations and worked to mazimize efficiency in the office. She also has many years of experience working as a business office manager/accountant at South Lake Pediatrics/The Doctors Office, P.A.

Craig Currie, Board Chair