Jeffrey Steinle

Jeff Steinle is the former chair of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation board and is an attorney at Fredrikson & Byron, where he advises health care clients.

Jeff’s passion for the health care industry began in 2004 when his father suffered a heart attack on the family farm and was flown from their local hospital in St. James to Abbott Northwestern Hospital for a quadruple bypass. At the time, Jeff was practicing law at a large firm in Chicago, but while his dad recovered, he interviewed with Medtronic in Minnesota, accepted an offer and developed a deep interest in helping health care companies develop and commercialize medical technologies, attract investment and complete mergers and acquisitions.

He views MHIF as the intersection of his professional passion and personal gratitude, noting that the foundation’s work in cardiovascular innovation aligns closely with the care that helped save his father, who continues to do well today.