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The newly formed College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has formed an External Advisory Committee made up of 34 people from around the state 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