Board of Trustees

Melissa Newton, BA , Board Chair
Chief Culture Officer; Olsson

Kelsi Anderson, PhD 
President, Bryan College of Health Sciences

Laurie Bellows, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (retired) University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Pete Ferguson, BA 
District Administrator
Lincoln Public Schools

Beth Lau, MD, FASA
Physician (retired)
Associated Anesthesiologists, PC

Aubree McKee
Student Government President

Juan Paulo Ramirez, PhD
Independent Consultant
GIS and Human Dimensions

Jeff Schwehm, PhD
Faculty Senate Chair
Bryan College of Health Sciences

Lisa Vail, RN, DNP, NEA-BC 
Chief Nursing Officer
Bryan Medical Center

Carrie Weber, BACC
Chief Audit Executive
Nelnet

Joel Weyand, MS
Financial Advisor; Edward Jones

Karen White, MS, CRNA
(retired), Associated Anesthesiologists, PC

John Woodrich, MBS
EVP/COO Bryan Health
CEO Bryan Medical Center