Board of Counselors names officers, welcomes new members

UNMC’s Board of Counselors at its recent annual meeting named new officers and welcomed 10 new members.

The board — a group of 62 community and business leaders from across the state whom advise UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., on health care issues of importance — named Grand Island’s Ralph Bradley, J.D., as chairman. Freddie Gray of Omaha will serve as vice-chairwoman.

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Ralph Bradley, J.D.

Below are the hometowns, names and affiliations of the new board members.

Lincoln

  • Leirion Gaylor Baird, Lincoln and Lancaster County Planning Commission

Omaha

  • Allyson Mendoza, J.D., Douglas County Public Defender’s Office
  • Brad Von Gillern, Lueder Construction Company
  • Thomas Warren Sr., Urban League of Nebraska
  • Roger Weitz, Opera Omaha
  • Othello Meadows III, Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corp. of Omaha

Norfolk

  • Courtney Klein-Faust, J.D., City of Norfolk Economic Development

Papillion

  • Mario Rodriquez, State Farm Insurance Company

Red Cloud

  • Amy Springer, M.D., Webster County Clinic and Hospital in Red Cloud

York

  • Margaret Brink, Network for Public Health Law