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Officers and Contacts

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President 

Maxcey Smith MHA, BSN, RN, CPHQ

Director of Quality

Nemaha County Hospital

402- 274-6147

msmith@nchnet.org

President Elect

Rita Bixby

Risk & Performance Improvement Manager

Fillmore County Health Center

402-759-6273

rbixby@myfch.org

Recording Secretary

Kara Jacobsen BSN, RN, LSSGB

Senior Quality Improvement Specialist

Mary Lanning Healthcare

402-460-5596

kara.jacobsen@marylanning.org

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Membership Secretary

Nicole Blaser MSN, RN

Director of Quality & Compliance

Columbus Community Hospital 

402-562-3374

nbblaser@columbushosp.org

 

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Education Chair

Laura Lea Fossenbarger

Peru Admissions 

402-274-7944

lfossenbarger@peru.edu

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Treasurer

Kristin Bailey, RN
Chief Nursing Officer

Gothenburg Health

308-537-3661

kbailey@gothenburghealth.org

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Historian / Legislature

Rhonda Theiler, RN BSN

Independent

Grant, NE 69140

Phone: 308-289-6453

rtheiler5@gmail.com

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Communications Chair

Barbara Petersen DNP, MSN, APRN, CPHQ

Chief Quality Officer 

Great Plains Health

North Platte, NE

308-568-8300

petersenba@gphealth.org

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Nominating Chair

Carla Snyder, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CPHQ

Interim Executive Director

National Coalition for Pt Safety

986055 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE 68198

402-350-3041

carlasnyder@unmc.edu

 

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Events/Vendor Show

Robin Carlson, Gail Brondum, Barb Helberg, and Amber Kavan

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