W. Brooks Donald, MD MPH – Vice President

W. Brooks Donald, MD MPH, earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and his medical degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and earned his masters in public health in maternal and child health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Dr. Donald has practiced general pediatrics and developmental behavioral pediatrics for HealthPartners over the last 35 years, primarily at the Riverside Clinic in Minneapolis, while continuing advocacy for under-served populations through various state committees and nonprofit boards. Having recently retired from clinical care, he now continues with residency teaching responsibilities at the University of Minnesota, and volunteers for several nonprofit organizations within Twin Cities.

Dr. Donald has maintained a longstanding interest in caring for children with developmental and emotional disorders as well as children with special health care needs and their families.

Brooks and his wife Karen Mackenzie have 2 grown children and 4 energetic grandchildren living both in the Twin Cities and Portland, Oregon.