Vice President of Marketing & Philanthropy

The Vice President of Marketing & Philanthropy provides strategic leadership for branding, marketing, media relations, communications, and community outreach at Olmsted Medical Center. This role also serves as the administrative liaison to OMC’s Caring Partners volunteer program, chairs the Community Investment Advisory Committee, which awards grants to area nonprofit organizations aligned with OMC’s mission and funding priorities, and leads the OMC Regional Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing and supporting Olmsted Medical Center through philanthropy and community engagement.

Stacey Vanden Heuvel is responsible for OMC's branding, marketing, media relations, communications, and community outreach efforts. Stacey serves as the administrative liaison to OMC Caring Partners volunteer program, and she chairs OMC's Community Investment Advisory Committee, which makes financial grants to area not-for-profit organizations that meet OMC’s funding criteria.

Stacey also provides leadership for OMC Regional Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that exists to advocate for and support Olmsted Medical Center and assist it in funding quality healthcare services and education in OMC communities. She enjoys working with benefactors to advance the mission of OMC through gifts of time, talent, and treasure. “I have the privilege to work with people who are grateful to OMC for exceptional care and share their philanthropic gifts to see that care continue long into the future," she says.

She earned her BA from Augustana College in South Dakota and a MA in Philanthropy and Development from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She also completed graduate courses in international economics at the National University of Malaysia. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Rochester, the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, the Minnesota Planned Giving Council, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and she was awarded the Outstanding Fundraising Professional Award by the AFP Southern Minnesota in 2013.