Staff Directory

	Michael Dixon, PhD President & CEO (402) 290-4840 mdixon@unmc.edu Bio
Licensing & Marketing
	Matthew Boehm, PhD VP \| Director of Licensing (402) 536-9881 mboehm@unmc.edu Bio	Nathan Hatch, PhD Licensing Associate (402) 604-0914 nathan.hatch@unmc.edu Bio
	Amanda Hawley, PhD Sr. Licensing Specialist (402) 310-5602 ahawley@unmc.edu Bio	Tyler Scherr, PhD Licensing Specialist & Business Development Manager (308) 293-1463 tyler.scherr@unmc.edu Bio
	H. Joe Runge, JD Associate Director, UNeTech (402) 238-8141 hrunge@unmc.edu Bio

Intellectual Property & Contracts
	Jeff Andersen, JD Contracts Manager (402) 290-8816 jeff.andersen@unmc.edu Bio	Jason T. Nickla, JD, LLM VP \| Director of Intellectual Property (402) 594-5050 jnickla@unmc.edu Bio
	Mindy Ware, ACP Paralegal (402) 968-2676 mindy.ware@unmc.edu Bio
Support Staff
	Valerie Gunderson Office Manager (402) 238-8816 vgunders@unmc.edu Bio	Cori Harsh Accountant (402) 250-8032 charsh@unmc.edu Bio
	Charlie Litton Marketing & Communications Manager (402) 617-6429 charles.litton@unmc.edu Bio

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Board of Directors

Name: Idea Pub: Morning Edition
Start: 2026-12-31T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-12-31T10:00:00-06:00
Location: Catalyst Omaha, Forge Event Hall

Anne Barnes • Chair, UNeMed Board of Directors • Vice Chancellor for Business, Finance and Business Development, UNMC LinkedIn	Michael Bishop, PhD • Member, UNeMed Board of Directors • Medicinal Chemistry Consultant, Bishop Drug Discovery Consulting, LLC LinkedIn	Michael Dixon, PhD • President & CEO, UNeMed Board of Directors LinkedIn
Kimberly Lamb, PhD • Member, UNeMed Board of Directors • Senior Alliance Management and Corporate Operations Leader LinkedIn	Alexi Wellman • Member, UNeMed Board of Directors • CEO, Altaba, Inc. LinkedIn

Treasurer	Secretary
Luke Barnard • Treasurer, UNeMed Board of Directors • Assistant Controller, University of Nebraska LinkedIn	Laura Gonnerman, JD • Secretary, UNeMed Board of Directors • Associate General Counsel, University of Nebraska LinkedIn