Meet The Team
Meet Our Infection Preventionists
Chris Cashatt
BSN, RN, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Preventionist
Jody Scebold
RN, MSN, EdD, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Preventionist
Josette McConville
BSN, RN, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Preventionist
Kate Tyner
BSN, RN, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Prevention Supervisor
Lacey Pavlovsky
RN, MSN, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Preventionist
Rebecca Martinez
BSN, BA, RN, CIC Registered Nurse; Infection Preventionist
Sarah Stream
MPH, CDIPC, CDA, FADAA Infection Prevention Educator; Infection Preventionist; Dental Specialist
Meet Our Medical Directors
Daniel Brailita
MD, FIDSA Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases; Associate Medical Director, Nebraska ICAP; Medical Consultant on Tuberculosis, Nebraska DHHS
Juan Teran Plasencia
MD Nebraska ICAP Medical Director; Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Mackenzie Keintz
MD Clinical Instructor of Infectious Diseases, Project Firstline Associate Medical Director, Nebraska ASAP Associate Medical Director
Mark Rupp
MD Professor & Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases; Medical Director for the Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology; Associate Medical Director for ICAP
Muhammad S. Ashraf
MBBS Nebraska DHHS HAI/AR Program Director; Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Nicolas Cortes-Penfield
MD, FACP Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program; Medical Director, Project Firstline
Richard Starlin
MD, MPH, FIDSA Infectious Disease Physician; Associate Medical Director of ICAP Program; Associate Medical Director for Employee Health
Richard Hankins
MD Infectious Disease Physician; Associate Medical Director of ICAP Program; Associate Medical Director of Infection Control and Epidemiology
Trevor Van Schooneveld
MD, FSHEA, FACP Infectious Disease Physician; Medical Director of ASAP Program; Associate Medical Director of ICAP Program
Meet Our Support Staff
Dan German
MBA, BSBA Project Manager
Candice Kennedy
MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM Professional Development Specialist
Margaret Deacy
Administrative Assistant
Marissa Chaney
Administrative Assistant
Mounica Soma
BDS, MHA, MSPM Database Analyst
Shelly Schwedhelm
MSN, RN, NEA-BC Executive Director of Emergency Management and Biopreparedness; Executive Director of Global Center for Health Security
Meet our Nebraska DHHS Partners
Charles Craft
DDS Dental Director, Nebraska Office of Oral Health
Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed
PhD HAI-AR Epidemiologist: Division of Public health, DHHS Health Surveillance Data Analyst
Kyle Strand
Emerging Infections Surveillance Specialist
Muhammad S. Ashraf
MBBS Nebraska DHHS HAI/AR Program Director; Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Storm Keffer
MPH Healthcare Associated Infections and Drug Resistant Organism Epidemiology Surveillance Coordinator with the Division of Public Health
