Advisory Board

Pam Baker
Executive Director
Woods Charitable Fund

Barbara Bartle
Executive Director
Lincoln Public Schools Foundation, Inc.

Rod Bates
General Manager
NET Television

Penny Berger
Volunteer Staff Attorney ,
Nebraska Appleseed

Chris Beutler
Mayor
City of Lincoln

John Brasch
President
UNL Technology Development Corporation

Tom Davies
Attorney
Mattson Ricketts

Daniel Fix
Attorney
Daniel Fix Law

Elvira Garcia
Professor, Foreign Languages
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Joan Garvey
Attorney
Casem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas

Doug German
Executive Director
Legal Aid of Nebraska

Jack Gould
Issues Chair
Common Cause Nebraska

Chuck Hassebrook
Executive Director
Center for Rural Affairs

Patrick Jones
Assistant Professor of History & Ethnic Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mary Ann Lamanna
Professor Emerita of Sociology
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Bob Lange
General Counsel
Ameritas

Rich Lombardi
Lobbyist
American Communications Group

Amy Longo
Attorney
Ellick, Jones, Buelt, Blazek & Longo

Gilbert Lundstrom
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Tier One Bank

Rita Melgares
Attorney
Rita Melgares Law

J. Patrick Murray
Professor & Chair, Department of Philosophy
Creighton University

Magda Peck
Professor, Associate Chair for Community Health and Chief, Section on Health Policy, Department of Pediatrics
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Mary Pipher
Therapist, Writer, Speaker

Steve Sands
Chief Executive Officer
Premium Protein

Mike Seacrest
Community Benefactor

Lori Seibel
Executive Director
Community Health Endowment

Dan Semrad
Investment Broker
AG Edwards

Sonya G. Smith
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/ Chief Student Affairs Officer
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Jamie Snyder
Executive Director
Center for Survivors

Georgia Stevens
Professor Emeritus
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Janet Stewart
General Counsel
Continental General Insurance Company

Jim Thompson
Executive Vice President
Pinnacle Bank - Papillion

Alan Tomkins
Director
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center

Vicki Weisz
Research Professor
UNL Center for Children, Families & the Law

Don Wesely
Lobbyist
Former Mayor of Lincoln
Former State Senator

Catherine Wilson
Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law

Elaine Wolf
Community Leader
Albion, NE

Patricia Zieg
Attorney
Stinson, Morrison, Hecker LLP