Mary Turner, RN, President of MNA
Mary Turner was elected Minnesota Nurses Association President in 2015. She is an ICU nurse at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale and worked for 10 years previously at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. In November 2020, Mary was asked to speak to President-elect Biden along with 3 other healthcare workers to advise him of the plight of Nurses dealing with COVID on the Front lines. She has served in a variety of leadership roles at MNA, starting as a steward & serving on North Memorial’s contract bargaining team, MNA’s Board of Directors and as chairperson of MNA’s Governmental Affairs Commission. Turner has been on National Nurses United’s Joint Nursing Commission since 2011. She is the active Chair of the Isuroon Board, which provides empowerment, culturally sensitive health education, and advocacy for Somali women. She has received two of MNA’s highest awards: The President’s Award & the Political Activist Award.
