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Lisa Bally, director of finance and operation for the Center for Continuing Education in the UNMC College of Medicine, is retiring Feb. 27 after 35 years at UNMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s worn several hats at the med center over the years. Bally started out in pathology and microbiology, where she spent more than a decade. She began filing slides and left when she was the lead. She joined the Center for Continuing Education as a registrar and is retiring at her current position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sums up her career trajectory as saying, \u201cWhat do you need help with?\u201d with the eventual answer being, \u201cOh, we\u2019re going to start letting you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She even served a stint as co-interim director of the Center for Continuing Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe believed in our mission, advocated for our growth and provided steady guidance through every season of change. Because of her leadership, our department didn\u2019t just grow \u2014 it thrived,\u201d said Debbie Von Seggern, the Center for Continuing Education’s EMS and trauma program coordinator, who worked with Bally for 23 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerri Gilson, executive director of the Center for Continuing Education, said: \u201cLisa\u2019s longtime service and leadership have been invaluable to our department. We appreciate all she has done and wish her a happy and well\u2011deserved retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Bally had numerous professional accomplishments \u2013 she was awarded three Silver U\u2019s \u2013 she cites her favorite UNMC memory as \u201cthe people you meet along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those people feel the same way. Micki Taylor, Center for Continuing Education administrator and PAF coordinator, calls herself Bally\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9. She credits Bally, who hired her more than 20 years ago, with teaching her how to connect with people as a manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like a piece of the department is leaving,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cI\u2019m really excited for her. However, it tugs at your heart strings a little bit. A piece of the family is going bye-bye. It\u2019s a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe raised our children alongside one another,\u201d Von Seggern said. \u201cSharing at work, their trials, milestones and accomplishments. We grew not only as professionals, but as mothers walking parallel journeys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Taylor\u2019s favorite memories was when her oldest son had gotten into some minor kid trouble, and his punishment was to come clean her office. When he showed up, he found mom had been sent home sick. Rather than leave, he simply settled in and worked the rest of the afternoon with Ms. Lisa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were comfortable with Lisa,\u201d Taylor said of her children. \u201cShe always made you feel comfortable, that you were part of her team. You were part of her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss all those little things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So will Bally. But she\u2019s excited to retire. \u201cIt\u2019s now time for somebody else to take some reigns,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, she\u2019s retiring on behalf of someone else, too. \u201cMy mother (Sandra Bally) was working in accounting in general supply,\u201d she said. \u201cAt 45, she had a massive stroke and hasn\u2019t been able to work since. She had all kinds of designs on how she was going to retire from UNMC, and she never got to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How was she when she heard her daughter would? \u201cShe was very excited,\u201d Bally said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s in store? \u201cAt least for the first couple of months, \u2018do nothing\u2019 is my plan,\u201d Bally said. \u201cI have a few little projects. I love to paint; I\u2019ll do some painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd there are some good friends on this campus I\u2019ll be staying in touch with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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