Board of Directors

PRESIDENT Noah Knisely (Term 1  Expires 2020) Div. Dir. Network Development - CHI Health 12809 West Dodge Rd Omaha, NE 68154	Kendra Brown  (Filling Out Term that Expires 2019) Director of Nursing Kearney County Hospital 727 East First Street Minden, NE 68959
PRESIDENT-ELECT Grant Brueggemann (Term 1  Expires 2021) Director, Southeast District Health Department 1315 S 3rd Street Nebraska City, NE 68410	Leslie Marsh (Term 2  Expires 2019) Chief Executive Officer Lexington Regional Medical Center 1201 N. Erie Lexington, Nebraska 68850
SECRETARY Laura McDougall (Term 1 Expires 2019) Executive Director Four Corners Health Department 2101 N. Lincoln Ave. York, NE 68467	Manuela Wolf (Term 1  Expires 2020) Memorial Community Hospital, CEO 810 N. 22nd Street Blair, NE 68008
TREASURER Terri Lannan (Term 2 Expires 2020) Clinic Administrator Seward Family Medical Center 250 North Columbia Avenue Seward, NE 68434	Heather Harris-Ockinga (Filling Out Term that Expires 2020) 317 N Webster St Red Cloud, NE 6897
PAST- PRESIDENT Margaret Woeppel (Term 2  Expires 2019) Vice President, Quality Initiatives Nebraska Hospital Association 3255 Salt Creek Circle, Suite 100 Lincoln, NE 68504	Nicole Carritt (Term 1  Expires 2021) UNMC - AHEC Program 983075 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198
Theresa Hansen, APRN (Term 1  Expires 2021) Avera Medical Group - Creighton 55475 888 Road Crofton NE 68730	Mirya Hallock  (Term 1  Expires 2021) Hospital Administrator Webster County Community Hospital 621 N Franklin Street Red Cloud, NE 68970

Are you interested in serving on the NERHA Board of Directors?

Individual members can nominate someone or themselves at anytime prior to August 1st of each year. At that time, the NERHA will openly solicit nominations for the Board of Directors from the general membership. Each nominee must fill out the form below which includes a list of questions to be answered by all nominees that shall serve the purpose of demonstrating both their qualifications and interest in the offices or positions. Failure to respond to any or all of these questions is cause for an individual’s name to be removed from nomination.

All nominations are forwarded to the NERHA President–Elect who will present in writing to the NERHA Executive Committee a slate of nominations on or before September 15th of each year. In approving the slate to be presented to the membership, the executive committee shall keep in mind the importance of leadership that is broadly representative of the professional, institutional, geographic, ethnic and racial makeup of rural health.

The executive director will present in writing to the membership a slate of candidates approved by the Executive Committee on or before October 15th each year. Each member, in good standing, shall have the opportunity to vote in the election through an electronic method made available by the Association.

Results are announced by December 1st of each year,