Midwest Affiliate Board of Directors

Leadership

Chair
Pamela Berneking
Chief Commercial Officer
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Lenexa, KS

Immediate Past President
Donald Lloyd-Jones 
MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL 

Immediate Past Treasurer/Chair
Jennie Carlson
EVP & Director of Human Resources
US Bancorp
Minneapolis, MN

President
Jorge Saucedo, MD, MBA 
Head, Division of Cardiology, Co-Director, Cardiovascular Institute
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, IL

Treasurer
Pat Gearhart
Market President, Kansas
Bank SNB
Wichita, KS

Board Members

Chair, Corporate Operations Committee
Patrick Gearhart
Wichita, KS

Chair, Health Strategies and Research Committee
Jorge Saucedo, MD, MBA
Evanston, IL

Chair, Nominating Committee
Michael Schnieders
Kearney, NE 
 
Michael Artman, MD, Kansas City, MO 

Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC, Milwaukee, WI

Lynne T. Braun, PhD, CNP, FAHA, FAAN, Chicago, IL

Janice Cosby Bridges, Warren, MI

Dan Krajnovich, Indianapolis, IN

Jin-Moo Lee, PhD, St. Louis, MO

Jamie Lohr, MD, Minneapolis, MN

Sharon O'Keefe, Chicago, IL

Drew Purdy, MD, Rapid City, SD

Robert P. Ritz, Des Moines, IA

Michael H. Schnieders, MBA, Kearney, NE

Cameron Scott, Omaha, NE

Sandra Van Trease, St. Louis, MO

Thomas P. Windsor, Brookfield, WI

Matthew Zimmerman, PhD, CNP, FAHA, FAAN, Omaha, NE

Midwest Affiliate Diversity Leadership
Karen J. Collins, MBA, Chicago, IL

Executive Vice President
Kevin D. Harker, Overland Park, KS