CIPER Leadership
Pictured above: CIPER Omaha campus team. Not pictured from the Omaha campus team: Kimberly Beran-Shepler, Amy McGaha, Lindsay Iverson, Lou Jensen, and Scott Shipman.
Executive Director
Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR
Assistant Professor
Executive Director of CIPER
College of Nursing, Omaha Campus
jlj87885@creighton.edu
Meet our program faculty and staff below.
Leadership
![Kimberly Beran-Shepler](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/BeranSheplar_Kim.jpg)
Kimberly A. Beran-Shepler, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4590
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![Lindsay Iverson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-12/L%20Iverson.jpg?itok=Gz39Vsp_)
Lindsay M. Iverson, DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP-BC
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2032
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![Jennifer Jessen](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/JenniferJessen.jpg)
Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5667
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![Amy Lounsberry](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-10/directory-default.jpg?itok=qRpVPxvJ)
Amy Lounsberry
- Program Manager
- 402.280.4141
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![Kate Martens Stricklett](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-10/directory-default.jpg?itok=qRpVPxvJ)
Kate Martens Stricklett, MS, NHA, COS, SHCM
- CIPER Program Manager
- 402.280.5258
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![Kimberly Somers](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Somers_Kimberly-201110-web-crop.jpg)
Kimberly Somers, PT, DPT, CSCS
- Assistant Professor
- 602.812.3136
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![Sharene Sterling](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-10/directory-default.jpg?itok=qRpVPxvJ)
Sharene Sterling
- Administrative Assistant
- 402.280.5270
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![Andrea Thinnes](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-12/A%20Thinnes.jpg?itok=Qnx9Cx5k)
Andrea M. Thinnes, OTD, OTR/L
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5929
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Administrative Council
![Geralyn Crain](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Geralyn-Crain.jpg)
Geralyn D. Crain, DDS, PhD, FNAP
- Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
- 402.280.4340
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![Lou Jensen](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/SPAHP_Jensen_Lou.jpg)
Lou E. Jensen, OTD, OTR/L, LVST, BIG
- Associate Vice Provost, Center for Faculty Excellence
- 402.280.5678
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![Joan Lappe](/sites/default/files/styles/card_contact/public/2021-12/J%20Lappe.jpg?itok=BpF3QLqx)
Joan Marie Lappe, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Associate Dean, College of Nursing Research
- 402.280.4646
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![Thomas Lenz](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Tom-Lenz.jpg)
Thomas Leo Lenz, PharmD
- Chair, Bachelor of Arts in Healthy Lifestyle Management
- 402.280.3144
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Contact Information
Center for Interprofessional Practice,
Education and Research (CIPER)
402.280.4141