Gail joined NCPS as the Executive Director in 2017. In this role, she works to support healthcare providers across the region in their patient safety and quality improvement efforts.
Previously, Brondum was the Director of Clinical Quality Improvement at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska. In this role, she developed and implemented clinical quality improvement strategies for the health plan with a goal of improving member health outcomes. Brondum also has served as Operations Director, Quality Management Services at Alegent Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where she had oversight of quality improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, accreditation, environment of care, care management, and social work. Prior to that, as Quality/Risk Management Director at Pender Community Hospital in Pender, Nebraska, she had responsibility for quality, risk management, patient safety, regulatory compliance, medical staff functions, employee health, and facility safety. Her initial healthcare experience was as an acute care nurse working in all areas of this rural hospital.
Brondum is a Licensed Practical Nurse and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Management. She is a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer and Certified Jus1q`t Culture Champion. Overall, she has more than 30 years of experience in leading, developing, and implementing healthcare improvement initiatives.

Ashley joined the NCPS team in 2017. She graduated in 2015 with an MS in Statistics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a graduate assistant at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, working primarily with the Nebraska Cancer Registry. She has previous experience as a data specialist with EHR systems and assessing client outcomes. Her duties at NCPS include helping maintain the NCPS database, Surveys on Patient Safety Culture administration and analysis, and fielding data requests.