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NHA 2024 Board of Directors

The NHA is governed by a board of directors that works closely with its membership to provide them with state and federal legislative advocacy, health care trend and regulatory information, educational programming, communication, data reports and special services.

  • Chair
    Chair

    Lori Mazanec, MHA
    Chief Executive Officer
    Box Butte General Hospital
    Alliance

  • Immediate Past Chair
    Immediate Past Chair

    Brett Richmond, FACHE
    Executive Vice President
    Methodist Hospital & Methodist Women’s Hospital
    Omaha

  • Vice Chair
    Vice Chair

    Treg Vyzourek, MBA
    Chief Executive Officer
    Brodstone Healthcare
    Superior

  • Secretary
    Secretary

    Kelly Driscoll, RN, MHA, FACHE
    President & CEO
    Faith Regional Health Services
    Norfolk

  • Treasurer
    Treasurer

    Manny Banner, RN, MHA, FACHE
    President & CEO
    Memorial Community Hospital & Health System
    Blair

  • Director at Large
    Director at Large

    Josie Abboud, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE
    President & CEO
    Nebraska Methodist Hospital & Methodist Women's Hospital
    Omaha, NE

  • Director at Large
    Director at Large

    Kyle Kellum, MHA
    Chief Executive Officer
    Jennie M. Melham Medical Center
    Broken Bow, NE

  • Director at Large
    Director at Large

    Michael Dewerff, CPA, FHFMA, MBA
    Chief Financial Officer
    Bryan Health
    Lincoln, NE

  • Director at Large
    Director at Large

    Amanda Vick, RN, BSN, MBA
    Exec. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
    Regional West Medical Center
    Scottsbluff, NE

  • Physician Representative
    Physician Representative

    Harris Frankel, MD
    Chief Medical Officer
    Nebraska Medicine
    Omaha, NE

  • Trustee Representative
    Trustee Representative

    Marsha Rogers
    Board Chair
    Saunders Medical Center
    Wahoo, NE

  • District I Chair
    District I Chair

    Jason Bruce, MD
    Executive Vice President of Healthcare & Director
    Boys Town National Research Hospital
    Omaha, NE

  • District II Chair
    District II Chair

    Caleb Poore, MHA
    President & CEO
    Boone County Health Center
    Albion

  • District III Chair
    District III Chair

    Ivan Mitchell, FACHE
    Chief Executive Officer
    Great Plains Health
    North Platte, NE

  • District IV Chair
    District IV Chair

    Curt Coleman, FACHE
    President
    CHI Health Good Samaritan
    Kearney

  • District V Chair
    District V Chair

    Daniel DeFreece, MD
    President
    CHI Health St. Mary's
    Nebraska City, NE

  • Chair, AHA RPB6
    Chair, AHA RPB6

    Russ Gronewold
    President & CEO
    Bryan Health
    Lincoln, NE

  • State Delegate to AHA RPB6
    State Delegate to AHA RPB6

    Kelly Vaughn, RN, BSN, MSN
    Vice President of Operations
    Bellevue Medical Center
    Bellevue, NE

  • Delegate to AHA RPB6
    Delegate to AHA RPB6

    Jason Petik
    Chief Executive Officer
    Sidney Regional Medical Center
    Sidney, NE

  • Delegate to AHA RPB6
    Delegate to AHA RPB6

    Laura Gamble, BNS, RN
    Chief Executive Officer
    Pender Community Hospital
    Pender

  • NHA President
    NHA President

    Jeremy Nordquist
    President
    Nebraska Hospital Association
    Lincoln, NE

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