Board Directory

The UNMC Board of Counselors is comprised of individuals from across the state who come together to serve as advisors, advocates and ambassadors for UNMC.

Members serve for four-year terms with no more than two consecutive terms.

Board Leadership

• Barbara Bartle
  Outgoing Chair
  Area: Lincoln
• Brian Esch
  Outgoing Vice Chair & Incoming Chair
  Area: McCook
• Peg Gilbert
  Incoming Vice Chair
  Area: Omaha

Board Members

• Jon Abegglen
  Area: Kearney
• DeMoine Adams
  Area: Lincoln
• Connie Adams
  Area: Broken Bow
• Josh Bartee
  Area: Omaha
• Brady Beecham, MD, MPH
  Area: Lexington
• Estelle A. Bierbower
  Area: Wakefield
• Ann Bird
  Area: Omaha
• Susan E. Bockrath
  Area: Lincoln
• Jessica L. Bortner
  Area: McCook
• John F. Bourne
  Area: Omaha
• Anne Brandt
  Area: Lincoln
• Wayne D. Brown, JD
  Area: Omaha
• Melvin Campbell, MD
  Area: Ainsworth
• Anna Castner Wightman
  Area: Omaha
• Robert "Brent" Crandall, DO
  Area: Overton
• John Danley
  Area: Lincoln
• Larry Dlugosh
  Area: Roca
• Stuart J. Dornan
  Area: Omaha
• Jack Douglas
  Area: Lincoln
• Robert Dyer, DPT
  Area: Cozad
• Tracy Edgerton, JD
  Area: Lincoln
• Jeremy J. Eschliman
  Area: Arcadia
• Saida Selene Espinoza
  Area: Omaha
• Christina Fazzone
  Area: Omaha
• Scott Fitzgerald
  Area: Lincoln
• Hannah Frankel
  Area: Omaha
• César Garcia
  Area: Omaha
• Cesar E. Godinez
  Area: Elkhorn
• Anthony L. Goins
  Area: Lincoln
• Bob Goldberg
  Area: Omaha
• Darrin Good
  Area: Lincoln
• Alec Gorynski
  Area: Elkhorn
• Victoria Grasso
  Area: Lincoln
• Barbara J. Gutshall, MD, FACP
  Area: O'Neill
• Dan Harbeke
  Area: Omaha
• Chuck Harris
  Area: York
• Daniel Helberg
  Area: Taylor
• Richard L. Herink
  Area: Lincoln
• Thomas "Tom" Hicks
  Area: Omaha
• Jon Hinrichs
  Area: Lincoln
• Jack Holmes
  Area: Omaha
• James Hunter
  Area: Omaha
• Lynette Ingram
  Area: Omaha
• Stephen L. Isom
  Area: Valentine
• W. Todd Johnson
  Area: Omaha
• Rachelle "Shelly" Kaspar-Cope, MD
  Area: Cambridge
• Sara Kohen
  Area: Omaha
• Mark A. Kolterman
  Area: Seward
• Jason V. Lavicky
  Area: David City
• Mary Lopez
  Area: Omaha
• Kim Lowe
  Area: Kearney
• Megan M. Massey
  Area: Scottsbluff
• Amanda McGill Johnson
  Area: Omaha
• Jessica Meeske
  Area: Hastings
• Darcy D. Michalek
  Area: Omaha
• Adam Morfeld
  Area: Lincoln
• Anne Morrison
  Area: Omaha
• Jeff Neary
  Area: Omaha
• Kelly Nielsen
  Area: Omaha
• Rebecca Niemeyer Rens, DBA, MBA
  Area: Bennington
• John S. Olsson
  Area: Lincoln
• Jill Orton
  Area: Blair
• Arnie Ovalles, CFA
  Area: Omaha
• Daniel Padilla
  Area: Omaha
• Margene Phares
  Area: North Platte
• Sarah Pieper, CPA
  Area: Omaha
• McKell Purnell
  Area: Papillion
• Misty Robertson
  Area: North Platte
• Darren Robinson
  Area: Kearney
• Lisa Roskens
  Area: Omaha
• Shelley R. Sahling-Zart
  Area: Lincoln
• Melissa Schop
  Area: Omaha
• Jaymes Sime
  Area: Omaha
• Jeff Slobotski
  Area: Bennington
• Darrel Smith
  Area: North Platte
• Leonard Sommer
  Area: Omaha
• Nick Sowl
  Area: Omaha
• Taylor Stormberg
  Area: Omaha
• Heath Stukenholtz
  Area: Lincoln
• Kathleen "Kate" Sullivan
  Area: Cedar Rapids
• Carmen Tapio
  Area: Omaha
• Ava M. Thomas
  Area: Lincoln
• Sherie Thomas
  Area: Omaha
• Albert Varas
  Area: Omaha
• Daniel J. Waters
  Area: Omaha
• Richard J. Webb
  Area: Carter Lake
• Debora A. Weiss
  Area: Ainsworth
• Kim Whitehouse
  Area: Papillion
• Christine "Christie" Wilcox
  Area: Lincoln
• Matt Williams
  Area: Gothenburg
• John Witzel
  Area: Papillion
• Bob Wolfson
  Area: Omaha