The University of Nebraska Medical Center Board of Counselors held its annual meeting recently naming new officers and welcoming 13 new members.
The board – a group of more than 76 community and business leaders from across the state – advises UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., on health care issues of importance.
Dave Wimmer, retired chairman and CEO of Wimmer’s Meat Products of West Point, was named chairperson, succeeding Freddie Gray of Omaha who will remain on the executive committee. Carolina Quezada, of the Latino Center of the Midlands, Omaha, was named vice chairperson.
New board members:
Below are the hometowns, names and affiliations of the 13 new board members.
Gothenburg – Susan Williams, retired registered nurse
Kearney – Thomas Henning, president and CEO, Cash-Wa Distributing Co.
Lincoln – Judi Gaiashkibos, executive director, Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
Cindy Morris, vice president and chief financial officer, Duncan Aviation
Omaha — Ruben Cano, principal, Omaha South High Magnet School; Rev. Portia Cavitt, pastor, Clair Memorial United Methodist Church; Joyce Cooper, manager, corporate diversity & advocacy, Omaha Public Power District; Joseph Hodges Jr. president, Lion’s Gate Security Solutions, Inc.; Emiliano Lerda, J.D., LLM, executive director, Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska; Nuzhat Mahmood, director, program management and planning, CSG International;
Susan Roffman Norton, J.D., civic leader; and Doug Schroder, art teacher and gallery director, Duchesne Academy
York – Amy Holthaus, civic leader
Other board members who continue to serve:
Below are the names, hometowns and affiliations (where provided) of board members who continue to serve.
Alliance — David Briggs, CEO, Westco
Beatrice — Dennis Byars, former state senator, Nebraska Legislature
Bellevue — Rita Sanders, Bellevue mayor and director, Richmont Village
Blair — Mick Jensen, CEO, Great Plains Communications, Inc.
Chadron —Patrick "Marty" Connealy, attorney-senior partner, Crites, Shaffer, Connealy, Watson, Patras & Cullers, Watson, P.C., L.L.O.
Columbus — K.C. Belitz, president, Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce
David City — Michael Jones, president, Jones Insurance Agency
Doniphan — Ann Martin, president, IdeaBank Marketing
Fort Calhoun — Curt Hofer, residential/commercial builder and developer, Jasper Stone Partners
Grand Island — Will Armstrong, investment planner, Edward Jones and Lisa Willman, agent, State Farm Agency
Hastings — Chris Johnson, attorney, Conway Pauley Johnson, P.C.
Kearney – Marilyn Hadley, professor emeritus, University of Nebraska at Kearney, president, Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities
Lincoln — Leirion Gaylor-Baird, city councilwoman, Lincoln City Council; Barbara Bartle, president, Lincoln Community Foundation; Matthew Bergmeyer, 2nd vice president, commercial lending, First National Bank of Omaha; Charlie Bills, financial advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; Jean Jeffrey, CPA, retired; William "Bill" Lester, executive vice president/treasurer, Ameritas; Angela Muhleisen, CEO & president, Union Bank and Trust Co.; Bryan Shank, vice president, commercial banking, Union Bank and Trust Company; John Spatz, executive director, Nebraska Association of School Boards; Jana Tanner, home health liaison, Physician's Choice Home Health Care; Ronald Wachter, vice president, retired, BryanLGH Medical Center; Judy Wilcox, community volunteer; and Dwight Wininger, executive vice president, Pinpoint Broadband, Inc.
Mullen — Margaret Cavanaugh-Boyer, M.D., partner, Sandhills Family Medicine
Norfolk — Bradley Krivohlavek, D.D.S., dentist
North Platte — Judy Pederson, owner, Pro Printing and Graphics
Omaha — Willie Barney, president, Empowerment Network; Bob Belgrade, partner, Belgrade Company; Anne Branigan, senior vice president-innovative services, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; Howard W. Buffett, president and co-owner, Buffett Farms Nebraska LLC; John Cavanaugh, vice president, Holland Children's Movement; Sean M. Conway, Esq., attorney, Doran, Lustgarten & Troia, PC; Weysan Dun, Dun Global Solutions Group LLC; Viv Ewing, Ph.D., executive director, Alzheimer's Association; Tom Fischer, vice president, general counsel & secretary, Duncan Aviation, Inc.; Nelson Gordman, retired; Gail Graeve, executive director, Mutual of Omaha Foundation; Kellie Harry, legislative consultant, federal government affairs, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company; Mary Ann Holland, community volunteer; Chris Kircher, VP corporate affairs & foundation president, ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Diny Landen, president/owner, Vantage Communications, Inc.; Kenny McMorris, President and CEO, Charles Drew Health Center; Othello Meadows III, executive director, Seventy-five North Revitalization Corp.; Allyson Mendoza, J.D., attorney, Douglas County Public Defender's Office; Michael Pallesen, partner, Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.; Chris Rodgers, commissioner, Douglas County Board of Commissioners; Suzanne Singer, career volunteer
Brad von Gillern, president, Lueder Construction Company; Thomas Warren, president & CEO, Urban League of Nebraska; and Roger Weitz, general director, Opera Omaha
Red Cloud — Amy Springer, M.D., physician, Webster County Hospital
Scottsbluff — Sandy Massey, senior VP-director of human resources, Platte Valley Companies
Valentine — Marian Davenport, nurse, Valentine Community Schools
Wayne — Jill Broderson, architect, Homestead Homes of America, Inc.
Whitman – Tanya Storer, commissioner, Cherry County
York — Margaret Brink, president, National Association of Local Boards of Health; and Karen Harris, community volunteer
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