Board of Trustees

The Board of Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department is made up of one county commissioner and one public-spirited 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

Joe Johnston, Commissioner      Lola Jones, Administrator, Chase County Hospital-Board Chairperson

Dundy County

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

Frontier County

Kevin Owens, Commissioner      Barbara Scharf, Extention Educator

Furnas County

William Lewis, Commissioner- Board Secretary/Treasurer      R. R. Morgan, MD, Retired

Hayes County

George Miller, Commissioner      Marilyn Andrejaski, Retired

Hitchcock County

Scott McDonald, Commissioner       Kathleen Jankovitz, Retired

Perkins County

Michael Perlinger, Commissioner      Ann Regier, RN, Retired

Red Willow County

Earl McNutt, Commissioner      Karen Ackerman, RN, business owner

Physician

Lennie Deaver, M.D.

Dentist

Douglas Peckham, D.D.S.