Our Board of Directors

As community leaders, these individuals are deeply invested in our work. They steward the vision of UWM and provide strategic guidance to move our organization forward.

Chanda Chacón
Board Chair

President & CEO

Children’s Nebraska

SHAWNA FORSBERG​

Shawna Forsberg

President and Chief Executive Officer

United Way of the Midlands

Pamela Beall-Hill
Women United Liaison

Director of Development

Council Bluffs Schools Foundation

anna cramer

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer,

People Officer

Nebraska Medicine

Matthew Deboer

Matthew DeBoer

Vice President, Director of Community Architecture

HDR

Gladys Harrison

Gladys Harrison

President & Owner

Big Mama’s Kitchen & Catering

Carol Henrichs

Carol Henrichs

Division Vice President, Patient Care Services

CHI Health

SAL ISsAKA

Director of Resident Initiatives & Public Housing Engagement

Omaha Housing Authority

TY KREITMAN
EMERGING LEADERS BOARD LIAISON

Assistant Economist

Federal Reserve Bank

Derek Leathers

Derek Leathers

Chairman and CEO

Werner Enterprises

Chris Leitner

Chris Leitner

Chief Executive Officer

Tenaska

Paul Maas

Paul Maass

Chief Executive Officer

Scoular

Maqui parkerson

Vice President Labor Relations

Union Pacific Railroad

Jim Richardson

Jim Richardson
Board treasurer

Chair, Finance Committee

DR. ANDREW RIKLI

Superintendent

Papillion/La Vista Community Schools

TRACY SCHAEFER

SVP, Chief Information Officer

Conagra

CHRIS SCHAFFER

Chief Executive Officer

Ag Processing, Inc.

Joseph Sullivan

Joseph Sullivan III

SVP, Business Banking Market Leader – Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa

U.S. Bank

Dina Tilgner

DINA TILGNER

President & COO

NP Dodge Company

Eric Tiritilli

Eric Tiritilli

Partner

Lamson Dugan & Murray LLP

GRETCHEN TWOHIG

EVP, Provider Partnerships and Health Outcomes

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

Troy Via

Chief Operating Officer

Omaha Public Power District

Dave Warren

Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking

FNBO

Randy Wood

Randy Wood

President and Chief Executive Officer

Lindsay Corporation

Brian Woolfolk

Brian Woolfolk

EVP, Head of Institutional Division

Pacific Life