Board of Trustee Members
Marian Andersen
Omaha, NE
Jack E. Barker '61
(Retired) President, Mountain States Employers Council
Littleton, CO
Richard A. Bartlett '88
Principal, Lakeside Capital, LLC
Overland Park, KS
John Bauer '81 (Alumni Representative)
Vice President, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Burbank, CA
Patrick E. Beans '79
Vice President & CFO, National Research Corporation
Lincoln, NE
Jill Smith Beed J.D '74
Senior Counsel, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
C. Donald Brodie
Member, Doane Family Association of America, Inc.
Markham, ON CANADA
Donn H. Crilly M.D. '50
(Retired) Physician, Vascular Surgeon
Superior, NE
Vernon Daniels J.D. '78
Juvenile Court Judge, Douglas County
Omaha, NE
Jacob H. Dering (Chair)
Pharmacist
Crete, NE
George A. Drake, Ph.D.
Emeritus President/Professor, Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA
Kenneth E. Fridrich '59
(Retired) Managing Director, Marketing-Pension Services,
The Principal Financial Group
Tucson, AZ
Toni Ganzel, M.D.
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
CEO, Agro International Inc.
Council Bluffs, IA
William T. Griffin, M.D.
(Retired) General Surgeon
Omaha, NE
George F. Haddix, Ph.D '61
CEO, PKWARE, Inc.
Ralston, NE
Edward G. Heilman J.D. '67
Attorney at Law
Minneapolis, MN
Dick Held '70 (Alumni Representative)
Real Estate Investor
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel L. Jackman '89
CFO, Waste Management Siam Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand
Ken E. James '69 (Vice Chair)
Consultant, Hewitt Associates
Lake Forest, IL
Troy Kanter '90 (Alumni Representative)
President of HCM, Kenexa, Inc.
Lincoln, NE
James H. Keene III
President, Humboldt Specialty Mfg. Co.
Omaha, NE
Eugene A. Klingler, Jr. M.D. '57
Surgeon; Medical Director, Manhattan Ambulatory
Surgical Hospital
Manhattan, KS
Patricia Mazanec Mahar '67
(Retired) Pension Consultant
Howey-in-the-Hills, FL
Kenneth McCumber '68
(Retired) Senior Vice President-Sales, Airborne Express
Bend, OR
Dennis E. Nelson '67
DENCO Group
Marblehead, MA
John P. Nelson
Chairman, SilverStone Group, Inc.
Omaha, NE
Walter J. Olsen '52
(Retired) Minister, United Church of Christ
Mequon, WI
Allison Petersen '78 (Secretary)
Walton, NE
Dean L. Petersen '47-V12
President/Owner, NE Buld Transport, Inc.
& Fitch Trucking, Inc.
Bennet, NE
Kim M. Robak, J.D.
Partner, Ruth, Mueller & Robak, LLC.
Lincoln, NE
Enrique E. Sanchez '74
Manager, Contracting Division of the Panama Canal Authority
Rep. de Panama
Paul Schelstraete '70
President, City Bank and Trust Co.
Crete, NE
John M. Vasak Ph.D. '67
Director, Division Operations, The MITRE Corp.
McLean, VA
Lois Weyers '67
(Retired) Educator, Green Bay Public Schools
DePere, WI
Earl L. Wright
President & CEO, AMG National Trust Bank
Englewood, CO
Otis E. Young (Assistant Secretary)
Senior Minister, First Plymouth Congregational UCC
Lincoln, NE
The Board of Trustees meet three times a year in October, February and May (and on special call) in the Perry Campus Center Board Room.