Groundbreakers July 2007 Allina leaders on hand for the groundbreaking, from left to right: Michael Sharpe, vice president of Real Estate Management; Lori Wightman, president of New Ulm Medical Center; William King, associate general counsel; Dave Albrecht, director of Finance at Owatonna Hospital; Dick Pettingill, president and CEO; Dorothy Erdmann, president of Owatonna Hospital; Bill Dunham, director of facility design and construction; Mary Foarde, vice president of Law and Public Policy; and Thor Nelson, director of Diagnostic and Interventional Services at Mercy, who was on the original planning team.