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
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
Vice President, Director of Community Architecture
HDR
Gladys Harrison
President & Owner
Big Mama’s Kitchen & Catering
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
Chairman and CEO
Werner Enterprises
Chris Leitner
Chief Executive Officer
Tenaska
Paul Maass
Chief Executive Officer
Scoular
Maqui parkerson
Vice President Labor Relations
Union Pacific Railroad
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 III
SVP, Business Banking Market Leader – Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
U.S. Bank
DINA TILGNER
President & COO
NP Dodge Company
Eric Tiritilli
Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment
Union Pacific
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
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lindsay Corporation
Brian Woolfolk
EVP, Head of Institutional Division
Pacific Life