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