The University of Nebraska Medical Center Board of Counselors recently held its annual meeting, naming new officers and welcoming 12 new members.
The board – a group of 85 community and business leaders from Nebraska and beyond – advises UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, on health care issues of importance.
Weysan Dun, owner, Dun Global Solutions Group, Omaha, will serve as chairperson and Emiliano Lerda, JD, vice president, Paul G Smith Associates, Omaha, will serve as vice-chairperson.
New board members are:
Ainsworth – Debora Weiss, medical technologist, Brown County Hospital
Bennington – Shawn Oswald, president and general manager, KETV Channel 7
Hastings – David Rippe, owner, Queen City Development Company
Lincoln – Tom Beckius, owner, Nebraska Brokerage; Victoria Grasso, president, Cooper Foundation; Ava Thomas, president and publisher, Lincoln Journal Star
Omaha – Stuart Dornan, JD, partner, Dornan, Troia, Howard, Breitkreutz & Conway; Amanda McGill Johnson, executive director, Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures; Darcy Michalek, owner and managing member, Garbo’s Salon & Spa, Taco Johns and Subway; Donald Neal Jr., senior tax manager, KPMG; Sherie Thomas, captain, Omaha Police Department; Albert Varas, CEO, Latino Center of the Midlands
Board members who continue to serve:
Alliance – David Briggs, CEO, Westco
Bellevue – Rita Sanders, state senator, former Bellevue mayor and director, Richmont Village
Broken Bow – Connie Adams, retired teacher and community volunteer
Cedar Rapids – Kathleen “Kate” Sullivan, former state senator
Columbus – Phil Raimondo, chairman and CEO, Behlen Manufacturing Company
Doniphan – Ann Martin, retired from IdeaBank Marketing
Elkhorn – Gail Graeve, executive director, Mutual of Omaha Foundation
Gothenburg – Susan Williams, retired registered nurse
Grand Island – Alice Quick, registered nurse
Gretna – Margertha McLean-Artis, owner, Smart Start Learning Center and Childcare
Hastings – Chris Hochstetler, executive director, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer; Jessica Meeske, DDS, pediatric dentist, Pediatric Dental Specialists
Kearney – Jon Abegglen, retired senior loan officer, First National Bank; Marilyn Hadley, professor emeritus, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and president, Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities; Thomas “Tom” Henning, chairman and CEO, Cash-Wa Distributing Company; Darren Robinson, president, Economic Development Council of Buffalo County
LaVista – Joseph Hodges Jr., CEO, Lion’s Gate Security Solutions
Lincoln – Mary Abel, retired vice president, commercial loans, Union Bank and Trust; Preeta Bansal, JD, attorney, Social Emergence Corporation; Barbara Bartle, president, Lincoln Community Foundation; Matthew “Matt” Bergmeyer, COO, SmallData Tech; Charlie Bills, financial advisor, D.A. Davidson; Susan Bockrath, executive director, Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors; Anne Brandt, executive director, Lincoln Littles; Bill Cintani, owner and CEO, Mapes Industries; Anthony Goins, director, Nebraska Department of Economic Development; Ben Harris, attorney; Jon Hinrichs, MD, retired family medicine physician; Cindy Morris, Duncan Aviation; Holly Ostergard, vice president, Crete Carrier Corp. Joseph Petty, III, MD, anesthesiologist; Shelley Sahling-Zart, general counsel and vice president, communications and corporate records, Lincoln Electric System; Bryan Shank, vice president, commercial banking, Union Bank and Trust Company; John Spatz, executive director, Nebraska Association of School Boards; Bryan Tuma, assistant director, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency; Judy Wilcox, community volunteer
McCook – Brian Esch, president and CEO, McCook National Bank
Mullen – Margaret Cavanaugh-Boyer, partner, Sandhills Family Medicine
Norfolk – Michael Flood, JD, state senator, former speaker of the legislature, and founder and CEO of Flood Communications
North Platte – Dan O’Neill, president and CEO, Kwik Stop Convenience Stores; Judy Pederson, owner, Pro Printing and Graphics
Omaha – Kathryn Hawkins Anderson, community volunteer; Ann Bird, community volunteer, retired speech-language pathologist; Sara Boyd, CEO, VidaNyx; Portia Cavitt, pastor, Clair Memorial United Methodist Church; Sean Conway, JD, partner, Dornan, Troia, Howard, Breitkreutz & Conway; Theola Cooper, crime prevention specialist, Omaha Police Department; Joyce Cooper, director of diversity and inclusion, Omaha Public Power District; N.P. “Sandy” Dodge, president emeritus and chairman of the board, N.P. Dodge Company; Howard Epstein, executive director, Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation; Viv Ewing, vice president of development, Children’s Square; Peg Gilbert, retired infection prevention Consultant; Nadine Hagedorn, senior vice president, BankFirst; Mary Ann “Andy” Holland, community volunteer; Nuzhat Mahmood, civic leader; Kenny McMorris, president and CEO, Charles Drew Health Center; Daniel Padilla, executive director, Lending Link; Doug Schroder, art teacher, Duchesne Academy; Charles Sederstrom Jr., JD, partner, Erickson & Sederstrom; Sergio Sosa, executive director, Heartland Workers Center; Bob Wolfson, owner, Bob Wolfson Consulting
Papillion – Bob Whitehouse, past Nebraska Board of Regent
Scottsbluff – Megan Massey, adjunct faculty-basic nursing aide and medication aide, Western Nebraska Community College
Seward – Mike Hecker, Jones National Bank & Trust Co.
Sidney – Evie Blackburn, Sidney Regional Medical Center
Valentine – Stephen Isom, owner, Isom Insurance Agency
Waterloo – Susan Norton, community volunteer
Wayne – Jill Brodersen, architect
Whitman – Tanya Storer, commissioner, Cherry County
York – Chuck Harris, vice president, York Community Foundation; Amy Holthus, community volunteer
Carter Lake, Iowa – Richard Webb, president and CEO, Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands
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UNMC Board of Counselors names new officers, members during annual meeting
