Hospital Board of Directors | Cambridge NE

Tri Valley Health System

Leadership

Leadership for Tri Valley Health System is provided by a nine-member Board of Trustees whose goal is to bring quality healthcare to the people of southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

Board members have a variety of leadership experience, skills and business knowledge. They utilize a team approach to governing through clear goals, effective problem-solving skills and a system-wide environment of openness and trust.

The Board of Trustees is elected by a vote of the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Association members. Annual membership to the Association costs $10. For more information, contact Tri Valley Health System at info@trivalleyhealth.com.

Board of Trustees

Paul Shellabarger

President

Paul graduated from UNMC in 1976 as a Physician Assistant and has been Nationally Certified since 1977. He was employed in Cambridge as a PA for 40 years, retiring in 2016. During his PA career, he served as Chairman of CME, as well as President and Board-of-Director-at-large of the Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants. He also served on the State Advisory Committee to the State Board of Medical Examiners for 16 years. Paul is a life-time member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and served on their Rural Health Advisory Commission. Paul and his wife Shelly have two children and 6 grandchildren.

Jim Jones

Vice President

Jim was elected to the Board in 2018. He graduated from Hastings College with a BS in Education-1974 and an AA Degree from Cypress College of Mortuary Science-1978. Jim is a licensed Funeral Director with the State of Nebraska and he purchased both the Lockenour Mortuary (1991) and Herrmann Funeral Home in McCook (2012). He is currently the President of the Citizens Advisory Board. He has also served as a peer and Board member on the NSP Troop D Critical Incident Stress Management Team and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. He has been an active member of the community. Jim and his wife Joyce (Groneweg) Thompson have 6 children and 13 grandchildren.

Joan Koch

Secretary

Joan and her husband Eugene have two married children, three grandchildren, and currently reside just outside the city limits of McCook. Joan grew up in Cambridge and worked for 5 years as an MLT at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Joan has been a member of the Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity Board for several years; and after 21+ years of working on a church staff, she is pursuing other business interests and is self-employed.

Cathy Kubik

Member

Cathy and her husband Morris are lifelong members of the community and having raised their 7 children here. Cathy has served on the Board of Trustees at Tri Valley Health System since 2004. She is a member of the Research Club and St. John’s Catholic Church.

LaVern Banzhaf

Member

LaVern joined the Board of Trustees in 2017. LaVern received an Associate Degree in Farm Tractor Mechanics from Central Community College in Hastings. He currently works as a self-employed farmer/rancher, which he has done since the Spring of 1990. LaVern became a member of the Cambridge Coop Board in 2001. The Cambridge Coop merged with Ag Valley Coop and LaVern continues to serve on the Ag Valley Coop Board.

John Kutnink

MEMBER

John joined the board in 2018. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1989 and has been a licensed pharmacist in Nebraska from 1990 on. He and wife Lucille have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. He has worked in multiple health care settings and in multiple health care systems. He is a member of the board of the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department. He has been an EMT since 1993 and is currently EMT Chief.