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
- Amy Miller, Chairperson
Lincoln, NE
- John McClain, Vice-Chairperson
Blair, NE
- Cindy Scott, Secretary
Juniata, NE
- Tom Ukinski, Treasurer
Valparaiso, NE
- Lisa Braasch
Fremont, NE
- Jill Flagel
Lincoln, NE
- Joe Hershfeldt
Rushville, NE
- Kathy Hoell
Bellevue, NE
- Anita Klanderud
Papillion, NE
- Tom Miller
Omaha, NE
- Karma Newman
Lincoln, NE
- Victoria Rasmussen
Lincoln, NE
- Julie Stahla
Grand Island, NE
- Prosper Waukon
Winnebago, 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
- Aletheir Evans*
Hastings, NE
- Mike Gnirk*, Secretary
Hoskins, NE
- J. Rock Johnson*
Lincoln, NE
- Amy Miller
Lincoln, NE
- Gary Price*
Sidney, NE
- A. Jocelyn Ritchie*
Lincoln, NE
- Terry Wegner*
Grand Island, NE
- C.J. Zimmer*, Vice-Chair
Lincoln, NE
Protection and Advocacy for individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) Advisory Council
- Tom Miller, Chairperson and NAS Representative to the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
Omaha, NE
- Karma Newman
Lincoln, NE
- Cindy Scott
Juniata, 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
- Cindy Kadavy*
Lincoln, NE
- Anita Klanderud
Papillion, NE
- Vicki Rasmussen*
Lincoln, NE
- Mark Schultz*
Lincoln, NE
- Tom Ukinski
Valparaiso, 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
- Lisa Braasch, Committee Chairperson
Fremont, NE
- Antonia Bonsera
Omaha, NE
- Marlene Brondel
Lincoln, NE
- Tom Dorsch*
Beatrice, 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
- Carrie Doll, Law Clerk
- Michael Elsken, Staff Attorney
- Eric Evans, Chief Operating Officer
- Marla Fischer-Lempke, Public Information Attorney
- Judy Ganoung, Fiscal and Human Resources Director
- Shirley Mora James, Senior Staff Attorney
- Hannah Kahler, Secretary
- Tricia Kingsley, Case Advocate
- Molly Klocksin, Case Advocate
- Toni Leija-Wilson, Law Clerk
- Joan Lofgren, Legal Assistant
- Bruce Mason, Litigation Director
- Brad Meurrens, Public Policy Specialist
- Susan Miller Schoen, Case Advocate
- Jennifer Monjaras, Public Policy & Consultative Services Secretary
- John Murphy, Program Consultant
- Patricia Nichelson, Legal Secretary
- Sharon Ohmberger, Administrative Assistant
- Dorinda Roland, Information & Data Specialist
- Jillian Ward, Fiscal & Operations Assistant
