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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Pamela Dickey, MPAS, PA-C, President (Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants)
Assistant Professor
Physician Assistant Education
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kearney, NE -
Jason Kruger, MD, MHCM Immediate President (Nebraska Medical Association)
VP, Chief Medical Officer
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Hospital and CHI Health Nebraska Heart
Lincoln, 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 -
James Bird, PharmD, BCCCP (Nebraska Pharmacist Association)
Clinical Pharmacist/Residency Program Director
CHI Health Immanuel
Omaha, NE -
Melissa Florell, PhD, RN (Nebraska Nurses Association)
Assistant Professor
UNMC College of Nursing - Kearney Division -
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 -
Staci Kolm, MSN, RN (Nebraska Organization for Nursing Leadership)
Director - Med Surg and Float Staff
Faith Regional Health Services
Norfolk, NE -
Kermit Moore, RN, BSN (Consumer)
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John Trapp, MD (Nebraska Medical Association)
System Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medial Officer
Bryan Health
Lincoln, NE
Staff
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Carla Snyder, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CPHQ, Executive 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 Just Culture Champion, 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.
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Gail Brondum, LPN, BSN, Patient Safety Project CoordinatorGail has a deep knowledge of and experience in patient safety due to her more than 20 years of patient safety and risk management work. She is a previous NCPS Executive Director and prior to that was the Director of Clinical Quality with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska. She also served as the Operations Manager of Quality at Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska and the Director of Quality and Risk Management at Pender Community Healthcare. Gail is a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer and a Just Culture Champion.
