Board Directory

The UNMC Board of Counselors is comprised of individuals from across the state who come together to serve as advisors, advocates and ambassadors for UNMC.

Members serve for four-year terms with no more than two consecutive terms.

Board Leadership

• Peg Gilbert
  Chair
  Area: Omaha
• Christie Wilcox
  Incoming Vice Chair
  Area: Lincoln
• Albert Varas
  Incoming Vice Chair-elect
  Area: Omaha

Board Members

• DeMoine Adams
  Area: Lincoln
• Kristi Andersen
  Area: Omaha
• Josh Bartee
  Area: Omaha
• Bob Bartle
  Area: Lincoln
• Brady Beecham, MD, MPH
  Area: Lexington
• Estelle A. Bierbower
  Area: Wakefield
• David Black
  Area: Papillion
• Jessica L. Bortner
  Area: McCook
• John F. Bourne
  Area: Omaha
• Anne Brandt
  Area: Lincoln
• Wayne D. Brown, JD
  Area: Omaha
• Melvin Campbell, MD
  Area: Ainsworth
• Anna Castner Wightman
  Area: Omaha
• Toba Cohen Dunning
  Area: Omaha
• Martie Cordaro
  Area: Omaha
• Robert "Brent" Crandall, DO
  Area: Overton
• John Danley
  Area: Lincoln
• Stuart J. Dornan
  Area: Omaha
• Robert Dyer, DPT
  Area: Cozad
• Tracy Edgerton, JD
  Area: Lincoln
• Jeremy J. Eschliman
  Area: Arcadia
• Saida Selene Espinoza
  Area: Omaha
• Brian Fahey
  Area: Omaha
• Christina Fazzone
  Area: Omaha
• Scott Fitzgerald
  Area: Lincoln
• Hannah Frankel
  Area: Omaha
• Debbie Furstenau
  Area: Tilden
• César Garcia
  Area: Omaha
• Marissa Gigantelli
  Area: Omaha
• Doug Gilbert
  Area: Omaha
• Cesar E. Godinez
  Area: Elkhorn
• Anthony L. Goins
  Area: Lincoln
• Bob Goldberg
  Area: Omaha
• Darrin Good
  Area: Lincoln
• Alec Gorynski
  Area: Elkhorn
• Victoria Grasso
  Area: Lincoln
• Capiz Greene
  Area: Omaha
• Barbara J. Gutshall, MD, FACP
  Area: O'Neill
• Dan Harbeke
  Area: Omaha
• Daniel Helberg
  Area: Taylor
• Richard L. Herink
  Area: Lincoln
• Thomas "Tom" Hicks
  Area: Omaha
• Jack Holmes
  Area: Omaha
• Lynette Ingram
  Area: Omaha
• Stephen L. Isom
  Area: Valentine
• Kristine Karnes
  Area: Omaha
• Rachelle "Shelly" Kaspar-Cope, MD
  Area: Cambridge
• Sara Kohen
  Area: Omaha
• Mark A. Kolterman
  Area: Seward
• Caitlyn Lastovica
  Area: Scottsbluff
• Jason V. Lavicky
  Area: David City
• Mary Lopez
  Area: Omaha
• Kristin Lowrey
  Area: Omaha
• Megan M. Massey
  Area: Scottsbluff
• Amanda McGill Johnson
  Area: Omaha
• Mel McNea
  Area: McCook
• Darcy D. Michalek
  Area: Omaha
• Adam Morfeld
  Area: Lincoln
• Anne Morrison
  Area: Omaha
• Jeff Neary
  Area: Omaha
• Kelly Nielsen
  Area: Omaha
• Rebecca Niemeyer Rens, DBA, MBA
  Area: Bennington
• John S. Olsson
  Area: Lincoln
• Jill Orton
  Area: Blair
• Arnie Ovalles, CFA
  Area: Omaha
• Daniel Padilla
  Area: Omaha
• Margene Phares
  Area: North Platte
• Sarah Pieper, CPA
  Area: Omaha
• Marysz Rames
  Area: Wayne
• Misty Robertson
  Area: North Platte
• Lisa Roskens
  Area: Omaha
• Shelley R. Sahling-Zart
  Area: Lincoln
• Melissa Schop
  Area: Omaha
• Timothy Sheehy
  Area: Omaha
• Dulce Sherman
  Area: Omaha
• Jaymes Sime
  Area: Omaha
• Jeff Slobotski
  Area: Bennington
• Darrel Smith
  Area: North Platte
• Nick Sowl
  Area: Omaha
• Taylor Stormberg
  Area: Omaha
• TeAnna Strickland
  Area: Omaha
• Heath Stukenholtz
  Area: Lincoln
• Kathleen "Kate" Sullivan
  Area: Cedar Rapids
• Carmen Tapio
  Area: Omaha
• Ava M. Thomas
  Area: Lincoln
• Sherie Thomas
  Area: Omaha
• Tom Tye
  Area: Kearney
• Albert Varas
  Area: Omaha
• Daniel J. Waters
  Area: Omaha
• Debora A. Weiss
  Area: Ainsworth
• Kim Whitehouse
  Area: Papillion
• Matt Williams
  Area: Gothenburg
• John Witzel
  Area: Papillion