Board Secretary
CEO, Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition
For over 20 years, Donna Polk, Ph.D. has been the executive director of the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition. She was the director of counseling at the Lincoln Indian Center and has management experience with the Nebraska Department of Labor. She serves on the board of the National Council of Urban Indian Health and is the treasurer of the Aberdeen Area Alcohol Program Directors Association. She has received numerous awards for her community service, advocacy and contributions to improving the health care system. Today NUIHC, the only urban Indian organization in Omaha, is governed by a six member Native American board of directors. NUIHC pioneered community health care as the first community health center in Lincoln and currently has a diverse patient base of almost 12,000. (www.nuihc.com/)
