NCURA Region IV Committees
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee promotes nominations and equitable selection of recipients for each award category. To accomplish this, they are focused on streamlining the process as much as possible and communicating the benefits of nominating others. Please feel free to contact any one of the committee members for assistance with a nomination or provide feedback and suggestions. The Awards Committee encourages all members who volunteer to learn about the Recognizing Awesome Volunteerism & Engagement (RAVE IV) program, which recognizes the volunteer contributions of Region IV members. Co-Chair, Cristy Schulz University of Wisconsin - Madison crschulz@wisc.edu Co-Chair, Bill Courtney Washington University School of Medicine bill.courtney@wustl.edu Jennifer Morehead Farmer Health & Hospital Corporation JMoreheadFarmer@hhcorp.org Teri Gulledge Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville tgulled@siue.edu Julie Olivero (RIV BOD) University of Michigan jolivero@umich.edu Thomas Paluchniak University of Michigan terrin@umich.edu Mary Roth University of Wisconsin - Madison maroth4@wisc.edu |
Communications Committee
The NCURA Region IV Communications Committee is responsible for fostering communication among Region IV members. In addition to maintaining the Region IV website, the Communications Committee also publishes email announcements, maintains the Region’s twitter and Facebook pages, and provides general support for the region’s communication initiatives. Co-Chair and Webmaster, Liz Grinstead University of Chicago LizGrinstead@uchicago.edu Co-Chair and Eblast Editor, Kate Chie University of Michigan katechie@umich.edu Web Editors Barbara Bittner Creighton University BarbaraBittner@creighton.edu Catherine Shults University of Wisconsin - Madison catherine.shults@wisc.edu Eblast Editor Kim Lightle The Ohio State University lightle.16@osu.edu Social Media Editor Katie Schortgen The Ohio State University Katharyn.Schortgen@osumc.edu Photo Editors Gretchen Carnoske Washington University in St. Louis gcarnoske@email.wustl.edu Jennifer Foley Medical College of Wisconsin jefoley@mcw.edu |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Steering Committee Co-Chair, Jenny Yuan University of Wisconsin - Madison jenny.yuan@wisc.edu Co-Chair, Lauren Gee University of Wisconsin - Madison llgee@wisc.edu Jennifer Foley Medical College of Wisconsin jefoley@mcw.edu Kate Chie University of Michigan katechie@umich.edu Emma DenBleyker University of Cincinnati denbleeh@ucmail.uc.edu Will Edwards Northwestern University william.edwards1@northwestern.edu Alisa Madden Cincinnati Children's Hospital alisa.madden@cchmc.org Activation Committee Anne Kissack University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee kissacka@uwm.edu Dena McDonell Kansas City University dmcdonell@kansascity.edu |
Tammy Jobes Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare tammyljobes@gillettechildrens.com Holly Womack Iannuzzelli University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hmejia@uillinois.edu Audra Huddy University of Ohio huddya@ohio.edu Stephanie Wilbrand University of Wisconsin - Madison wilbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu Meghan Calandro-Howell University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mcala2@illinois.edu Darren Howard Moraine Valley Community College HowardD46@morainevalley.edu Amanda Gibbs The Ohio State University amanda.gibbs@osumc.edu Adam Chase University of Wisconsin - Madison chase4@wisc.edu Mike Springer Purdue University mrspring@purdue.edu John Schwartz University of Cincinnati john.schwartz@uc.edu |
Membership Committee
Co-Chair, Keith Kutz Iowa State University kkutz@iastate.edu Interim Co-Chair, Suzanne Reinke Purdue University esreinke@purdue.edu Michele Davis Davenport University mdavis130@davenport.edu Iris Dickhoff-Peper Washington University in St. Louis ipeper@wustl.edu Diane Domanovics Independent Consultant ddomanovics@gmail.com Sandra Fowler University of Wisconsin-Madison sandy.fowler@wisc.edu Susan Fredson-Cole The Ohio State University fredson-cole.1@osu.edu Aidana Lira Medical College of Wisconsin alira@mcw.edu Diane Shoemaker Case Western Reserve University dms29@case.edu Tricia Turner Indiana University turner62@ui.edu |
Nominations Committee
Chair, Kristin Harmon University of Wisconsin - Madison kristin.harmon@wisc.edu Kelly Andringa University of Iowa kelly-andringa@uiowa.edu Dena McDonell Kansas City University dmcdonell@kansascity.edu Mario Medina University of Kansas Medical Center Mmedina3@kumc.edu Nick Savage Washington University in St. Louis nsavage@wustl.edu |
Professional Development Committee
The Professional Development Committee provides CEU certificates to participants after the regional meeting. Additionally, the committee oversees the Mentoring Our Own (MOO) and RAVE IV programs. CEU certificates may be requested after the regional meeting and must include the date, time of session (begin and end), and the title of the session. Information regarding the participant must include their name and organization. Co-Chair, Crystal James Medical College of Wisconsin crjames@mcw.edu Co-Chair, Jennifer Schmaltz Michigan State University uro@msu.edu Iris Dickhoff-Peper Washington University ipeper@wustl.edu Bruxanne El-Kammash The University of Chicago bruxanne@uchicago.edu Carol Herbert The University of Chicago clherbert@uchicago.edu Mario Medina University of Kansas Medical Center mmedina3@kumc.edu |
Site Selection Committee
Chair, Roger Wareham University of Wisconsin - Green Bay warehamr@uwgb.edu Treasurer, Suzanne Reinke Purdue University esreinke@purdue.edu Member-at-Large, Beth Woods University of Illinois at Chicago elswoods@uic.edu See our previous meeting sites |
National Committees
NCURA Board of Directors Diane Hillebrand (Secretary) University of North Dakota diane.hillebrand@und.edu Nicole Nichols (Regionally elected Member to the National Board) Washington University in St. Louis n.nichols@wustl.edu Melanie Hebl University of Wisconsin - Madison melanie.hebl@wisc.edu Professional Development Committee (PDC): Liz Grinstead University of Chicago lizgrinstead@uchicago.edu Sam Mombou University of Nebraska - Lincoln kmombou2@unl.edu Calleen Roper University of Wisconsin – Madison croper2@wisc.edu |
Financial Management Committee (FMC):
Darren Howard Moraine Valley Community College HowardD46@morainevalley.edu Select Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (SCDEI): Ebony Jones University of Chicago ebony2@uchicago.edu Select Committee on Peer Programs/Peer Review Mario Medina (Chair) University of Kansas Medical Center Mmedina3@kumc.edu Lois Brako University of Michigan lbrako@umich.edu |
Committee Position Descriptions
Are you interested in joining a committee? Here are descriptions of the roles: Committee Chairs: |