Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. (NAS), The Center for Disability Rights, Law and Advocacy, is governed by a seventeen member Board of Directors. NAS also works with advisory groups to get information to help guide its programs. All of the members of the Board and the advisory groups are volunteers. Most of them are people with disabilities or people with a family member who has a disability.
The people who work at NAS are well qualified. They are dedicated to the ideals of the disability rights movement. Our staff works hard to support and defend the rights of people with disabilities.
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. (NAS) Board of Directors
- Tom Ukinski, Chairperson
Valparaiso, NE - Cindy Scott, Vice-Chairperson
Juniata, NE - Jill Flagel, Secretary
Lincoln, NE - Prosper Waukon, Treasurer
Winnebago, NE - Mary Angus
Omaha, NE - Kathy Hoell
Bellevue, NE - John McClain
Blair, NE - Karma Newman
Lincoln, NE - Victoria Rasmussen
Lincoln, NE - Carlos Servan
Lincoln, NE - Graciela Sharif
Omaha, NE - Julie Stahla
Grand Island, NE
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council
* indicates not a member of the NAS Board of Directors
- Cindy Scott, Chairperson
Juniata, NE - Mary Angus*
Omaha, NE - Mike Gnirk*, Secretary
Hoskins, NE - Susan Hancock*
Lincoln, NE - J. Rock Johnson*
Lincoln, NE - A. Jocelyn Ritchie*
Lincoln, NE - Shelldon Skelcher*
Scottsbluff, NE - Terry Wegner*
Grand Island, NE - C.J. Zimmer*, Vice-Chair
Lincoln, NE
Protection and Advocacy for individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) Advisory Council
* indicates not a member of the NAS Board of Directors
- Graciela Sharif - Council Chair
Omaha, NE - Glenda Davis*
Omaha, NE - Marla Fisher-Lempke*
Lincoln, NE - Mary Gordon*
Lincoln, NE - Joe Govier*
Broken Bow, NE - Mike Leibowitz, Ph.D.*
Omaha, NE - Dave Merrill*
Lincoln, NE - Karma Newman
Lincoln, NE - Carrie O'Brien*
Lincoln, NE - Linda Redfern*
Scottsbluff, NE - Carla Sorensen*
Lincoln, NE - Janet Tibbs*
Kearney, NE
Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights / Assistive Technology / Beneficiaries of Social Security / Traumatic Brain Injury / Voting Access (PAIR / PAAT / PABSS / PATBI / PAVA) Advisory Council
* indicates not a member of the NAS Board of Directors
- Kathy Hoell, Chairperson
Bellevue, NE - Bob Deaton*
Lincoln, NE - Cindy Fisher*
Moorefield, NE - Leslie Novacek*
Lincoln, NE - Patty Pierson*
Lincoln, NE - Vicki Rasmussen*
Lincoln, NE - Norm Weverka*
Lincoln, NE
Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) Advisory Panel
* indicates not a member of the NAS Board of Directors
- Kathy Hoell
Bellevue, NE - Norm Weverka*
Lincoln, NE - Linda Schultz*
Auburn, NE - Carlos Servan*
Lincoln, NE
Citizen Advocacy Committee
* indicates not a member of the NAS Board of Directors
- Julie Stahla, Committee Chairperson
Grand Island, NE - Mickey Creager*
Lincoln, NE - Shirley Dean*
Omaha, NE - Sharon Jentzen*
Beatrice, NE - Dianne Kelley*
Grand Island, NE - John Lakey*
Kearney, NE - Claudia Lindley*
Lincoln, NE - Karma Newman
Lincoln, NE - Ella Ochoa*
North Platte, NE - Josie Romero*
Grand Island, NE
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. (NAS) Staff
- Timothy F. Shaw, Chief Executive Officer
- Dianne DeLair, Staff Attorney
- Ron DeMers, Case Advocate
- Tania Diaz, Legal Services Director
- Michael Elsken, Staff Attorney
- Eric Evans, Chief Operating Officer
- Judy Ganoung, Fiscal and Human Resources Director
- Hannah Kahler, Secretary
- Tricia Kingsley, Case Advocate
- Molly Klocksin, Case Advocate
- Joan Lofgren, Legal Assistant
- Bruce Mason, Litigation Director
- Brad Meurrens, Public Policy Specialist
- Susan Miller Schoen, Case Advocate
- Casey Moen, Law Clerk
- Jennifer Monjaras, Public Policy & Consultative Services Secretary
- John Murphy, Program Consultant
- Patricia Nichelson, Legal Secretary
- Sharon Ohmberger, Administrative Assistant
- Audrey Rowley, Law Clerk
- Dorinda Roland, Information & Data Specialist
- Jillian Ward, Fiscal & Operations Assistant
