LEADERS & PARTNERS
For their ongoing commitment and strategic vision empowering the UNMC community to transform into a mature digital campus. The success of the multiyear initiative was not possible without the contributions and leadership of:
Jeffrey P. Gold, MD
Chancellor, University of Nebraska
Medical Center
H. Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM
Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
Kathleen (Katie) Brandert, MPH, CHES
Workforce Development and Leadership Program Manager, College of Public Health
Mike Dierks, MS
Former Workstation Specialist, Information Technology
Faye Haggar, EdS
Director of Education Development & Academic Technology, College of Medicine, Anesthesiology
Brandon Grimm, PhD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean, College of Public Health
Brian Lancaster, BA
Former Vice President, Information Technology
Marty Magee, MSA, MSL
Former Instructional Design Librarian, McGoogan Library
Kendra K. Schmid, PhD, MA
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies
Michael Kozak, MEd
Instructional Designer, Information Technology, Academic Technology
Nicole Becker
Director of Development Operations, Information Technology
Gary Lovely
Director of Information Technology Infrastructure / Manager of Technical Systems, Information Technology
Jeff Bergholz
Executive Director of Operations, Information Technology
WORKGROUPS
Digital Campus Workgroup(s) have been charged to:
- Identify the major issues that should be addressed within the workgroup area
- Selection of top three issues
- Bring potential ideas without money or resources considerations as a barrier
- Compose recommendations to resolve these issue(s)
- Identify metrics of success for identified issue(s)
- Identify the communication and dissemination strategies be for your recommendations that occur to all the different constituents (students, faculty, staff)
STUDENT EXPERIENCE – the learning environment and all student touchpoints
LEAD
Yun Saksena, BDSc, MMSc, DMD
Associate Dean for Education, College of Dentistry
FACILITATOR
Melissa Diers, MEd
Director, Information Technology, Academic Technology
MEMBERS
Christine Arcari, PhD, MPH
Former Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Public Health
Betsy Becker, PT, DPT, PhD, CLT-LANA
Chair, Department of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Allied Health Professions
Anthony Donovan, PharmD
Former Student Senate Representative
Faye Haggar, EdS
Director, Education Development & Academic Technology, College of Medicine, Anesthesiology
Sarah Hotovy, MD
Former Student Senate Representative
John-Martin Lowe, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Health Security Training and Education
Peggy Moore, MSEd
Director, Office of Interactive E-Learning, Academic Affairs
Devin Nickol, MD
Associate Dean, Interprofessional Education, Academic Affairs
Frank Pietrantoni, MS
Director, Office of Health Professions Education, Nebraska Medicine
Jan Tompkins, MPH, MT(ASCP)
Former Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, College of Allied Health Professions
Tammy L. Webster, PhD, MPA, RT(R)(M), FAEIRS
Assistant Dean, College of Allied Health Professions
DIGITAL SKILLS – faculty, staff & students succeed if technology seamlessly ingrates into their work
LEAD
Gerald Moore, MD
Former Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Medicine
FACILITATOR
Melissa Diers, MEd
Director, Information Technology, Academic Technology
MEMBERS
Ann Alexander, MEd
Education Technology Director, College of Dentistry
Megan Blusys
Senior Communications & Media Manager, Academic Affairs
Liane Connelly, PhD, RN,NEA-BC
Assistant Dean, College of Nursing – Northern Division
Mike Dierks, MS
Former Workstation Specialist, Information Technology
Emily Glenn, MSLS
Dean, Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
Suhasini Kotcherlakota, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Linda Love, EdD
Director of Faculty Development, Academic Affairs
Analisa McMillan, PhD, MSEd
Director, Educational Design and Development, College of Public Health Associate Director, Interprofessional Academy of Educators (IAE), Director, Distance Education
Lisa J. Moravec, RDH, MS
Dental Hygiene Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry
Kari A. Simonsen, MD
Chair of Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, DLitt, RN, FAAN
Former Associate Dean, Academic Programs, College of Nursing
Tammy Winterboer, PharmD
Vice President, Quality, Effectiveness & Experience, Nebraska Medicine
Aileen Warren, MSW
Former Associate Vice Chancellor, UNMC Human Resources
Rowen Zetterman, MD
Former Associate Vice Chancellor, Strategic Planning
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE – all connections and programs that will make this work
LEAD
Teresa Cochran PT, DPT, MA, GCS, FNAP
Assistant Dean, College of Allied Health Professions
Greg Karst, PhD
Former Executive Associate Dean, College of Allied Health Professions
FACILITATOR
Melissa Diers, MEd
Director, Information Technology, Academic Technology
MEMBERS
Michael Ash, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Nebraska Medicine, & Vice Chancellor, Information Technology
Nancy E. Krusen, PhD, OTR/L
Program Director & Associate Professor, College of Allied Health Professions
Emily J. McElroy, MLIS
Former Dean, Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
Benjamin Stobbe, RN, MBA
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Clinical Simulation, iEXCEL
Analysis & Decision Support – the potential gaps in systems & operation to ensure data can contribute to planning and decision-making
CO-LEADS
Daniel Moser, PhD
Former Director, Information Technology, Academic Technology
T. Hank Robinson, PhD
Former Director, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, University of Nebraska at Omaha
FACILITATOR
Melissa Diers, MEd
Director, Information Technology, Academic Technology
MEMBERS
Phil Covington, EdD
Associate Vice Chancellor for the Division of Student Success
Jeanne Ferbrache
Former Director of Institutional Research, Academic Affairs
Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA
Director, Office of Community Engagement & Continuing Nursing Education, College of Nursing
Jennifer Larsen, MD, FACP
Former Vice-Chancellor for Research
Kendra K. Schmid, PhD, MA
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs & Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies
Thomas J. Walker, MAcc
Former Business Analyst, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, University of Nebraska at Omaha