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, Immediate President (Nebraska Medical Association)
CHI St. Elizabeth Hospital
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 -
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 -
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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Carla Snyder, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB, Interim 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 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.
