The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Board of Counselors elected officers for 2008 at its recent annual board meeting.
Rick Kolkman, president, First National Bank of North Platte, will serve as chairman, while Don Goldstein, with Penske Truck Leasing in Omaha, will serve as vice chairman.
The group welcomed 10 new board members at the meeting held at the Durham Research Center in the Scott Amphitheater. New board members by hometown are:
Cambridge – Dick Shoemaker, Pinpoint Communications;
Gordon – Joel Hutchins, M.D., rural family practice physician;
Holdrege – Theresa “Terry” Krohn, director, Two Rivers Health Department;
Lincoln – Marshall Borchert, communication engineer; Liz S. Fieselman, president and chief executive officer, Education Quest Foundation;
Norfolk – Brandon Theophilus, businessman; Kent Warneke, editor, Norfolk Daily News;
Omaha – Fred Licon, Jr., director of government relations, Las Vegas Sands Corp.;
Scottsbluff – David J. Bartlett, president, First National Bank of Scottsbluff/Gering;
West Point – Dave Wimmer, chairman, Wimmer’s Meat Products.
Other members of the UNMC Board of Counselors and their hometowns are:
Alliance – Frank Tolstedt.
Aurora – Jason Schneider.
Blair – Donna Mahlendorf.
Chadron – Richard Myers.
Columbus – Tony Raimondo.
Fremont – Don Heimes and Ray Somberg.
Grand Island – Tammy Allen and Ralph A. Bradley.
Hastings – Bob Allen and Jan Scherr.
Holdrege – Roy Pearson.
Lincoln – Mary Bills Strand, Charlie Calhoun, Kathy Campbell, Kathryn Duncan, Monte Froehlich, Susan Gourley, Marilyn Harris, Ph.D., JoAnn Martin, Tonn Ostergard, Patty Pansing Brooks, Rhonda Seacrest and Donna Woods.
Loomis – Russ Edeal.
Macy – Wehnona St. Cyr.
Nebraska City – JoDee Adelung.
Norfolk – Jay Knobbe.
North Platte – Frederick E. Mattox, Cindy Way.
Ogallala – Katherine Chu.
Omaha – Tawanna Black, Maurice Cox, Jr., Henry Davis, Thomas D. Gensler, M.D., Ivan Gilreath, Sandy Goodman, Jamie Gutierrez, Ted Hazer, Pamela Hilton Snow, Wesley Hutcherson, Larry Kavich, Steve McWhorter, Barbara Musselman, Cyndy Peacock, Rick Russell, Maria Valentin, Maria Vazquez, Carole Woods Harris and Tracy Zaiss.
Phillips – Tammy Allen.
Seward – Roger Reamer.
Sidney – Linda Shoemaker.
Valentine – Joannie Shephard.
Wayne – Rod Tompkins.
The UNMC Board of Counselors is a group of 66 community and business leaders from across the state who advises UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., on health care issues of importance.
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $80 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,400 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu
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