Board of Trustee Members
Jack E. Barker, J.D. '61
Elected 1996
(Retired) President, Mountain States Employers Council
Littleton, CO
Richard A. Bartlett '88
Elected 2007
Principal & Co Chairman, Lone Peak Capital
Overland Park, KS
John Bauer '81
Elected 2006
Vice President, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Tampa, FL
Patrick E. Beans '79
Elected 2007
Former Vice President & CFO, National Research Corporation
Lincoln, NE
C. Donald Brodie
Elected 2000
Member, Doane Family Association of America, Inc.
Markham, ON CANADA
Ann Songster Cahill '72
Elected 2011
Educator & Community Philanthropist
St. Louis, MO
Donald M. Campbell '61
Elected 2011
Principal, Partners for Growth Managers
San Francisco, CA
Barbara R. Cole M.D. '63 (Alumni Representative)
Elected 2008
(Retired) Director of Pediatric Nephrology
Mount Pleasant, SC
Donn H. Crilly M.D. '50
Elected 1980
(Retired) Physician, Vascular Surgeon
Superior, NE
Vernon Daniels J.D. '78
Elected 2006
Juvenile Court Judge, Douglas County
Omaha, NE
George A. Drake, Ph.D.
Elected 1995
Emeritus President/Professor, Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA
Kenneth E. Fridrich '59
Elected 1969
(Retired) Managing Director, Marketing-Pension Services,
The Principal Financial Group
Tucson, AZ
Toni Ganzel, M.D.
Elected 2005
Senior Associate Dean for Students and Academic Affairs,
Professor of Surgery and Otolaryngology,
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Richard C. "Rick" Gibson '57
Elected 1998
CEO, Agro International Inc.
Council Bluffs, IA
George F. Haddix, Ph.D '61
Elected 1999
Member/Manager, Riverton Management Resources, LLC
Ralston, NE
Edward G. Heilman J.D. '67
Elected 1989
Attorney at Law
Palm Desert, CA
Dick Held '70 (Alumni Representative)
Elected 2007
Real Estate Investor
Los Angeles, CA
Jane Renner Hood '66, Ph.D.
Elected 2011
(Retired) Executive Director of the Nebraska Humanities Council
Lincoln, NE
Daniel L. Jackman '89
Elected 2006
Director, BDA International Ltd.
Singapore
Ken E. James '69 (Chair)
Elected 1989
(Retired) Consultant, Hewitt Associates
Lake Forest, IL
Troy Kanter '90
Elected 2005-2008, 2009-
President & COO, Kenexa, Inc.
Lincoln, NE
Reverend Jim Keck, Ph.D.
Elected 2011
Sr. Minister, 1st Plymouth Congregational Church (UCC)
Lincoln, NE
Eugene A. Klingler, Jr. M.D. '57
Elected 1976
Surgeon; Medical Director, Manhattan Ambulatory
Surgical Hospital
Manhattan, KS
Bill Lowe '86
Elected 2010
President, Sammons Retirement Solutions
Grimes, IA
Kenneth McCumber '68
Elected 1999
(Retired) Senior Vice President-Sales, Airborne Express
Bend, OR
John P. Nelson
Elected 1992
Chairman, SilverStone Group, Inc.
Omaha, NE
Allison Petersen '78 (Secretary)
Elected 1982-1994, 2004-
Walton, NE
Dean L. Petersen '47-V12
Elected 1996
President/Owner, NE Bulk Transport, Inc.
& Fitch Trucking, Inc.
Bennet, NE
Kim M. Robak, J.D.
Elected 1996
Partner, Ruth, Mueller & Robak, LLC.
Lincoln, NE
Jack Salter, '65
Elected 2012
Retired Manufacturing Manager, Salter Labs
Keene, CA
Enrique E. Sanchez '74
Elected 2005
Executive Manager, Purchasing, Warehouses, and Inventories
Division of the Panama Canal Authority
Rep. de Panama
Paul Schelstraete, J.D. '70
Elected 2007
President, City Bank and Trust Co.
Crete, NE
Jill Smith, J.D '74 (Vice Chair)
Elected 1997
Senior Counsel, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Thomas Sorensen, Jr.
Elected 2011
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Crete, NE
John M. Vasak Ph.D. '67
Elected 1997
(Retired) Deputy Director Information Security, The MITRE Corp.
Vienna, VA
Michael A. Weston, '93
Elected 2010
Advisor, State Farm Insurance
Lincoln, NE
Lois Weyers '67
Elected 2004
(Retired) Educator, Green Bay Public Schools
DePere, WI
Tim Wilson '90
Elected 2010
Partner, BKD, LLP
Omaha, NE
The Board of Trustees meet three times a year with meetings occurring in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.