The newly formed UNMC College of Public Health has formed an external advisory committee made up of 34 people with public health expertise.
“The committee will bring together a diverse group of people who will be able to provide critical input in helping us move the College of Public Health forward,” said Jay Noren, M.D., dean of the College of Public Health.
Committee members and their hometowns include:
- Auburn — Marty Fattig, CEO, Nehama County Hospital; Kay Oestmann, director, Southeast District Health Department, Three Rivers Public Health Department
- Fremont — Jeff Kuhr, director, Three Rivers Public Health Department
- Lincoln — Bruce Dart, health director, Ph.D., Lancaster County Health Department; Polly Feis, Deputy Commissioner of Education; Joel Johnson, State Senator, District 37; Dave Palm, executive director, Nebraska Health & Human Services System, Office of Public Health; Rita Parris, executive director, Public Health Association of Nebraska; Laura Redouty, president, Nebraska Hospital Association; JoAnn Schaefer, M.D., chief medical officer, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- Macy — Wehnona St. Cyr, CEO, Carl T. Curtiss Health Center
- Norfolk — Gretchen Forsell, executive director, Northern Nebraska-Area Health Education Center
- Omaha — David Brown, president, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; Richard Brown, CEO, Charles Drew Health Center; Jim Canedy, M.D., Associate Professor, UNMC; Judith DeSarno, director of domestic programs, Susan T. Buffett Foundation; Freddie Gray, chair, Douglas County Board of Health, Douglas County Health Department; Judith DeSarno, deputy director, Susan T. Buffett Foundation; Carolyn Green, associate executive director, Girls, Inc.; Richard Hachten, president, Alegent Health; Amy Haddad, Ph.D.,director, Center for Health Policy & Ethics, Creighton University; David Hunnicutt, president, Wellness Councils of America; Anne Hindery Kamp, operations director, Community Benefit Trust, Alegent Health Systems; Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, associate vice president, Center for Health Policy & Ethics, Creighton University; Steve Martin, CEO, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska; Marilyn McGary, president and CEO, Urban League of Nebraska; Ann O’Keefe, senior epidemiologist, Douglas County Health Department; Judy Peschio, CEO, American Red Cross Heartland Chapter; Adi Pour, Ph.D, director, Douglas County Health Dept.; Barb Schaefer, senior vice president, Union Pacific Corporation; Gail Walling Yanney, M.D., community volunteer; Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, executive director, Peter Kiewit Foundation
- Papillion — Linda Ford, M.D., medical director, Sarpy/Cass County Department of Health/Wellness
- Washington, D.C. — Dick Raymond, M.D., Under Secretary for Food & Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture — Office of Food Safety