Board of Trustees

The Board of Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department is made up of one county commissioner and one public-spirit minded person from each of the eight counties of the health district. The Board also includes one physician and one dentist constituting eighteen trustees on the board.

Chase County

Chuck Vette, Commissioner - Board Vice Chairperson       Jordan Hammerlun, RN

Dundy County

Scott Olson, Commissioner      Rita Jones, Administrator, Dundy County Hospital - Board Chairperson

Frontier County

Kevin Owens, Commissioner      Barbara Scharf, Extension Educator

Furnas County

William Lewis, Commissioner - Board Secretary/Treasurer         John Kutnink, Pharmacist

Hayes County

Lloyd Lapp, Commissioner

Hitchcock County

Scott McDonald, Commissioner

Perkins County

Sid Colson, Commissioner       Ann Regier, RN, Retired

Red Willow County

Earl McNutt, Commissioner       Sharleen Riemenschneider, Financial Advisor

Physician

Doug Nicholson, MD

Dentist