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Treasurer – 3 Year Term

Dave Carver, PhD,  is the Director of the UNMC Ombuds Program. Previously he was Executive Director of Counseling and Student Development at the UNC, a position held for many years. Dr. Carver has provided psychological assessment, treatment, and ombuds consultations to thousands of UNMC students and medical residents. Dave became a licensed psychologist in 1984 and an NPA member in 1987. He has served on the NPA Board for the past 14 years, including a term as President. He is the current NPA Treasurer and the former Nebraska voting delegate to the APA Council of Representatives.
 
In addition to his various NPA leadership roles, Dave served on the Nebraska psychology licensing board for ten years, and in 2017 he received the State Leadership Award from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). He also chaired the APA Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance. In his organizational ombuds role, Dave served on the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Association from 2016-22.

Member at Large: Greater Nebraska  – 2 Year Term

Devynn Campbell, PhD, is a licensed counseling psychologist at Options in Psychology, LLC, in Scottsbluff, NE. She recently completed her pre-doctoral internship through the High Plains Psychology Internship Consortium as well as her post-doctoral training at Options in Psychology. Originally from rural Missouri, Devynn has decided to make rural Nebraska her home and is dedicated to continuing efforts to ensure and improve access to mental healthcare for underserved Nebraskans in the Panhandle region and beyond. Devynn has been involved in legislative advocacy efforts in this regard through both NPA and Options in Psychology, as well as local social justice advocacy efforts.  

Ethics Committee Member – 3 Year Term

Nicole Schmidt, Ph.D., earned her doctorate from Wichita State University’s Clinical-Community Psychology program. Her graduate research on the role of experiential avoidance in post-deployment adjustment and marital satisfaction led to her interest and specialty in the assessment and treatment of trauma, as well as her experience at both the Eastern Kansas VA Healthcare System in Topeka, KS for pre-doctoral internship and subsequent employment at the Robert J. Dole VA in Wichita, KS. Outside of the VA, Dr. Schmidt has experience in a variety of settings, including community mental health and college counseling. Dr. Schmidt is currently in private practice, where she enjoys individual and couples therapy in addition to psychological testing.

Dr. Schmidt also has experience in academia and taught both undergraduate and graduate-level courses at Wichita State University before moving back to Omaha. She has provided didactic presentations for Creighton University Fellows, in addition to various presentations in the community. In her spare time, Dr. Schmidt and her husband enjoy trying new restaurants, traveling, and chasing after two very active little boys.

Mary Fran Flood PhD., MSW, is a retired psychologist with degrees in Clinical Psychology and Social Work from the University of Nebraska. Mary Fran’s career included clinical, educational, and administrative practice focused on child and family development, particularly preventing and treating child maltreatment in community and family settings. She was part of a multidisciplinary team at Munroe Meyer Institute and directed an Adolescent Parenting Program at Flanagan High School in Omaha and Youth Services System in Lincoln. As a pediatric psychologist, she participated in resident education at LMEP. 

At the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, she directed the Psychological Consultation Center (PCC) and co-directed the Family Interaction Skills Clinic, a research, training, and services program that provided consultation and services for children, adolescents, and their families through collaborative partnerships with community agencies, primarily Community Action Partnership’s Head Start and BraveBe Child Advocacy Center (Project SAFE). Mary Fran volunteered on several community and professional boards, including the Nebraska Child Abuse Prevention Fund Board, the Nebraska Board of Psychology, and a national Head Start Infant Mental Health Task Force. She enjoys spending time with her friends, walking, reading, and following Husker Women’s Basketball and Volleyball.

Ethics Committee Member – 1 Year Interim Term

Glenda Cottam, Ph.D., J.D. — completed her BS in psychology from Penn State and her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Mississippi. After serving in the Air Force as a clinical psychologist, she worked as a psychologist in private practice and also entered Creighton law school (acquiring her JD in 1994). As a dually degreed professional, she has accepted appointments as a guardian ad litem (GAL) and as Court’s expert (706) in family and juvenile court. She has served the Mental Health Board for 20 years and has also worked for many years - part time - assisting the State’s Disability Determination Services. As she was introduced to mediation in law school - and believes that it is a process that assists children and empowers victims of domestic violence, she has served the State in teaching Specialized Alternative Dispute Resolution (SADR) for the past ten years. More recently, she has also been active in Collaborative Divorce - a process which assists families by providing another alternative to traditional adversarial divorce proceedings. She is married - and has one daughter - who has graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

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