Board Members
The coalition is governed by a 12-to-15 member Board of Directors that includes representation from each of the founding organizations plus at least one consumer member. Current board directors include:
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Jason Kruger, MD, President (Nebraska Medical Association)
CHI St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lincoln, NE -
Pamela Dickey, MPAS, PA-C, Vice President (Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants)
Assistant Professor
Physician Assistant Education
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kearney, NE -
Douglas V. Elting, Treasurer (Consumer)
TRANSCEND Health Consultants
Lincoln, NE -
Nicole Blaser, RN, MSN, Secretary (Nebraska Hospital Association)
Director of Quality and Compliance
Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus, NE -
Katherine J. Jones, PT, PhD, Immediate Past President (Consumer)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Services Research and Administration
College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE -
Jennifer Cornett, RN, MSN (Nebraska Organization for Nursing Leadership)
Faith Regional Surgery Center
Administrator
Norfolk, NE -
Mike German, PharmD, BCPS (Nebraska Pharmacists Association)
Pharmacy Clinical Services Coordinator
CHI Health St Francis
Grand Island, NE -
Shaun Horak, DMSc, PA-C (Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants)
Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE -
Kenneth Kester, PharmD, JD (Nebraska Pharmacists Association)
System Director of Telepharmacy
Pharmacy Operations and Clinical Services
CommonSpirit Health®
Omaha, NE -
Michael Rapp, MD, FACS (Nebraska Medical Association)
Retired: Vice President Medical Operations
CHI Health St. Elizabeth
Lincoln, NE -
Julie Rezac, RN, BSN, M.ED (Nebraska Hospital Association)
Chief Executive Officer
Saunders Medical Center
Wahoo, NE -
Melissa Florell, PhD, RN (Nebraska Nurses Association)
Assistant Professor
UNMC College of Nursing - Kearney Division -
John Trapp, MD (Nebraska Medical Association)
System Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medial Officer
Bryan Health
Lincoln, NE -
Staci Kolm, MSN, RN (Nebraska Organization for Nursing Leadership)
Director - Med Surg and Float Staff
Faith Regional Health Services
Norfolk, NE
Staff
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Emily Barr, OTD, MBA, OTR/L, BCG, Executive DirectorEmily Barr is a licensed and registered occupational therapist and holds a board certification in gerontology from the American Occupational Therapy Association. She is a graduate of Creighton University with a BS in Health Sciences and a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy. She has an MBA in Healthcare from Nebraska Methodist College and a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. Emily has 10 plus years of clinical and leadership experience including program development, operational and fiscal management, and quality improvement. Emily comes to NCPS from Nebraska Methodist College, where she was an associate professor and the founding program director for the Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate program. Emily has served in leadership roles with the Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association, she serves on various community guilds and boards, and she is an alum of Leadership Omaha Class 43.
Emily may be reached at embarr@unmc.edu.
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Carla Snyder, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB, Patient Safety Program DirectorCarla’s clinical background is in laboratory medicine and she has a Masters in Healthcare Administration degree. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings including Nebraska Medicine, OneWorld Community Health Centers, Memorial Community Hospital in Blair, NE, and Community Blood Bank in Lincoln, NE. She has held a variety of roles in these various settings: bench tech, department manager, Operations Director, and a Patient Safety Clinical Quality Manager. In all these settings she has been involved in patient care and quality improvement initiatives.
She is a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, a Six-Sigma Green Belt, a Zero Harm Trainer, and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.
Carla may be reached at carlasnyder@unmc.edu.
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Ashley Dawson, MS, Patient Safety Statistician 1Ashley is the Patient Safety Statistician for NCPS. 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, SOPS administration and analysis, and fielding data requests.
