Board of Governors
The Willa Cather Foundation's Board of Governors is a passionate group of individuals dedicated to promoting the life, times, and work of Willa Cather. These business professionals and scholars reside from coast to coast and donate their time and talents to provide strategic governance of our mission-driven activities. Regular communication and committee meetings are ongoing, and the Board meets three times a year—one time each in Omaha, Lincoln, and Red Cloud, Nebraska.
Officers
Robert Thacker, President
St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York
Mark W. Bostock, Vice-President
Centennial Lending (Retired)
Malcolm, Nebraska
Amy L. Springer, Secretary
Webster County Community Hospital
Red Cloud, Nebraska
C. Kay Stahly, Treasurer
Dana F. Cole and Company, LLC
Kearney, Nebraska
Glenda J. Pierce, Past President
University of Nebraska College of Law (retired)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Board of Governors
Marion Arneson
Midwest Land Company
Wayne, Nebraska
Sarah Baker Hansen
Writer and Marketing Consultant
Omaha, Nebraska
Peter Cipkowski
Marketing Consultant
Los Angeles, California
Dan Deffenbaugh
Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Central Community College
Hastings, Nebraska
Marian Fey
Millard Public Schools
Omaha, Nebraska
Max Frazier
United States Air Force (Retired)
Riverside, Washington
Thomas Reese (Tom) Gallagher
Communications Consultant
New York, New York
Charmion Gustke Hearn
Associate Professor, Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee
Melissa Homestead
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
James A. Jaap
Penn State University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ruth H. Keene
Community Service Leader
Omaha, Nebraska
Ana McCracken
Founder, Ames Writers Collective
Ames, Iowa
Dr. Fritz Mountford
Hastings College
Hastings, Nebraska
Diane Prenatt
Marian University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ann Romines
The George Washington University, Emeritus
Alexandria, Virginia
Steve Skupa
Skupa Insurance
Campbell, Nebraska
Luis F. Sotelo
Doane College
Lincoln, Nebraska
Mary June Talen
Nonprofit Consultant
Omaha, Nebraska
John A (Jay) Yost
Citi Private Bank
New York, New York
Advisory Council
Bruce P. Baker II
University of Nebraska Omaha, Emeritus
Omaha, Nebraska
Jim Fitzgibbon
McCook High School, The Nature Conservancy
Red Cloud, Nebraska
David B. Garwood
Garwood & McCracken Law Offices
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Joel Geyer
Geyer Group Productions
Lincoln, Nebraska
Betty Kort
Hastings Public Schools Foundation
Hastings, Nebraska
Mellanee Kvasnicka
Papillion LaVista High School (Retired)
Omaha, Nebraska
Susan Maher
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
Gary L. Meyer
Heritage Bank
Red Cloud, Nebraska
John J. Murphy
Brigham Young University, Emeritus
Newton, Massachusetts
Rev. Charles A. (Chuck) Peek
University of Nebraska Kearney, Emeritus
Kearney, Nebraska
Nancy Picchi
Friend of the Willa Cather Foundation
New York, New York
Jane Renner Hood
Nebraska Humanities Council (Retired)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Rhonda Seacrest
Community Service Leader
Lincoln, Nebraska
James P. Southwick
Cather Family Descendant
Heber City, Utah
John N. Swift
Occidental College
Whittier, California
Gary W. Thompson
Gary Thompson Agency
Lincoln, Nebraska
Joseph R. Urgo
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina