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Board of Directors

Ann L Anderson Berry, MD, PhD Professor, Pediatrics, UNMC Medical Director, NICU and Newborn Nursery, Nebraska Medicine	Robert Bonebrake, MD FACOG Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Center, Methodist Women’s Hospital
James Bowen Owner and Chief Executive Officer Five Nines Technology Group	Debra Esser, MD Chief Medical Officer Healthy Blue Nebraska
Josette Gordon-Simet, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield Nebraska	Leann Heinrichs, MD Chief of Medical Staff Thayer County Health Services

Shannan Johnson, RN OB Coordinator Pender Community Hospital	Sean Kenny, MD FACOG Maternal-Fetal Medicine Bryan Health
Ben Klug, DO OB-GYN North Platte Obstetrics & Gynecology	Charity Menefee Director of Operations, Division of Public Health Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Abby M. Saunders, LMHP, LADC Omaha OB/GYN and Associates Consumer Advocate	Ashley Spivey Executive Director I Be Black Girl
Lisa Strasheim, MBA, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC Division Vice President, Women's Service Line Women’s Health CHI Health	Amy Reynoldson, MA Executive Vice President Nebraska Medical Association
Margaret Woeppel, MSN, RN, CPHQ Vice President Quality & Data Initiatives Nebraska Hospital Association	Elsie Verbik, MD Medical Services Director NE-DHHS Medicaid & Long-term Care
Emily Vuchetich, MD Pediatrician Midtown Health Center, Norfolk

An Anderson Berry, MD, PhD Medical Director alanders@unmc.edu	Sydnie Carraher, MSN, NNP-BC, APRN-NP Program Administrator scarraher@unmc.edu
Robert Bonebrake, MD Medical Director robert.bonebrake@nmhs.org	Chelsey Kennedy, DNP, WHNP-BC, IBCLC Project Coordinator ckennedy@unmc.edu