Ken Bacon
President and CEO, AdventHealth Multi-State Division
Apopka, FL
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1989, Business Administration
Married to DeAnna Koobs Bacon
Steve Bascom
Physician, Guthrie Family Medicine Center
Guthrie Center, Iowa
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1974, Biology
Married to Glenda Powell Bascom
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1975, Nursing
Yami Bazan
President, ½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ
Lincoln, Neb.
Married to Daniel Bazan
Roger Bernard, Jr.
President, Central States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Kansas City, Mo.
Married to Ivona Bernard
Ron Carlson
President, Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Topeka, Kan.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1977, Theology
Married to Sue Funkhouser Carlson
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1977, Music Education
Steve Chavez
Vice President for Finance, Kettering Health Network
Dayton, Ohio
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1989, Business Administration
Married to Leslee Krueger Chavez
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1990, Nursing
Morre Dean
Founder/Owner, Colorado Healthcare Connections
Denver, CO
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1991, Business Administration
Married to Katrina Bush Dean
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1993, Nursing
Todd Essex
Chief Business Development Officer, Tyton Holdings
Plano, Texas
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1998, Business Administration
Married to Michelle Miller Essex
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumna 1998, Business Administration
Garth Fletcher
Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center
Bennington, Neb.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1982, Chemistry
Married to Carol McCormick Fletcher
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1983, Nursing
Doug Goetz
Co-Founder, Quartz Creek Capital Partners LLC
Denver, CO
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1983, Business Administration
Married to Carrie Mace Goetz
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1985, Nursing
Mildred Greer
Retired, Lincoln University Department of Nursing
Sullivan, MO
Married to Steve Greer
Vernon Herholdt
President, Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Bismarck, ND
Married to Melanie Herholdt
LouAnn Howard
Director of Education, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Lincoln, NE
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1978, Elementary Education
Sam Huenergardt
CEO, AdventHealth Mid-America Region
Merriam, Kan.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1999, Business Administration
Married to Melissa Hartman Huenergardt
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumna 1998
Marlena Jahn
Vice President, H&B Communications
Simi Valley, Calif.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ graduate 2002, Business Administration: Accounting
Married to Andy Jahn
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ graduate 2002, Business Administration
Rebecca Krueger
Owner, Doctor of Dental Surgery, Krueger Family Dentistry
Lincoln, NE
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumna 2000
Married to Kelly Krueger
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumnus 2001
Rick Krueger
President, Krueger Development
Lincoln, NE
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumus 1977
Married to Valeree Petterson Krueger
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1977, Nursing
Kevin Lang
Retired, Executive Vice President, Loma Linda University Health
Loma Linda, CA
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1978, Chemistry
Married to Darice Lang
Simon Liversidge
Lead Pastor, College View Church
Lincoln, Neb.
Married to Cecilia Liversidge
Hubert Morel, Jr.
Vice President for Administration, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Lincoln, NE
Married to Raquel Morel
Jason Moses
Owner, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Summit Peak Physical Therapy
Arlington, TX
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 2003, Psychology
Married to Michelle Singh-Moses
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 2003, Biology
Jeffrey L. Peterson, JD, CPA
CEO/Owner, Novamet Specialty Products Corp
Old Hickory, TN
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1986, Pre-Law/Business major
Married to Shelly Johnson Peterson, CPA
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1988, Business Administration
Barbara Prowant
Owner, CPA, JD, Prowant Law Group, PLLC
Seattle, WA
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1987, Business Administration
Rich Reiner
Retired Executive Vice President, Adventist Health System
Apopka, FL
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1969, Business Administration
Married to Lynnet DeRemer Reiner
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1970, English
Lee Rochholz
President, Iowa-Missouri Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Maxwell, Iowa
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 2008, Theology
Married to Jessica Blood Rochholz
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 2008, Business Administration
Jeff Scoggins
President, Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Maple Grove, Minn.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1992, Communication
Married to Rebecca Scoggins
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1995, Communication
Paula Shaw
Apopka, Fla.
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1986, Medical Technology
Married to Terry Shaw
Sam Shum
President and Founder, KIN Pharma Consulting LLC
Brookfield, CN
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1981, Chemistry and Mathematics
Married to Swee Chin Wong Shum
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1982, Office Management
Mark Smith
President/CEO AdventHealth Avista
Lone Tree, Colorado
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1990, Business Administration
Married to Jacque Branson Smith
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Former Employee
Gelerie Stenbakken
Doctor of Medicine
Greeley, CO
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1992, Medical Technology
Married to Erik Stenbakken
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Graduate 1991, Language Arts Education
Kent Thompson
Owner, Thompson Realty Group
Lincoln, NE
Married to Sara Ellis Thompson
½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Alumna 1980
Gary Thurber
President, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Lincoln, NE
Married to Diane Wynn Thurber
Mic Thurber
President, Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Aurora, CO
Married to Jana Thurber
David VandeVere
Vice President for Finance, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Lincoln, NE
Married to Cindy VandeVere
Trustees Emeriti
We are grateful to our former trustees for their dedicated service and commitment to the mission of ½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ.
Trustee Emeritus
Jack Krogstad
Retired Associate Dean/Professor of Accounting, Creighton University
Pacific Junction, IA