Education
M.B.A, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1990
B.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Urban and Regional Planning, 1984
Areas of Interest
Much of Ms. Shank's research focuses on technology adoption, interoperability for information sharing between organizations, information and referral, economic and community development, organizational systems and behavior, and human services systems.
Projects
Publications
Community Involvement
- Child Advocacy Center Board of Directors (2009-present)
- YWCA Board of Directors (1998-2004), President (2003-2004)
- Nebraska Repertory Theater Board of Advisors (1995-1999)
- Star City Holiday Parade Board of Directors (1996-1999)
Professional Activities
- Editorial Review Board Member for the Journal of Technology and Human Services (2009- present)
- eHealth Council, Nebraska Information Technology Commission (2007-Present)
- National Human Services Data Consortium Board of Directors (2006- Present)
- Nebraska Health Information Security and Privacy Advisory Committee (2006 - 2007)
- Nebraska Health Information Initiative (neHII) Governance Committee (2006-2008), Board Member and facilitator (2007-2008), Advisory Committee (2005- Present), Nominating Committee (2006-2007)
- National Review Panelist for Community Networking Grants. U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, Washington, D.C. (2004)
- Alliance of Information and Referral Systems' XML Data Standards National Workgroup (2003-2008)
- Human Services XML Workgroup (2006- Present)
- Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (2003-present)
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (1999-2008)
- Nebraska Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment Committee (2002-2005), Strategic Planning Committee (2006-2007)
- United Way of America Community Information Sharing Systems Project Advisory Committee (2005-06)
- Long-Term Independence and Disability Seminar Planning Committee and roundtable facilitator (2003)
- National Review Panelist for Community Networking Grants. U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, Washington, D.C. (1998)
- Nebraska State Government Chapter National Management Association EXPOsition Team Award for Nebraska Network for Children and Families (1996)
- National advisory panel for a national benefit/cost analysis of three digit-accessed telephone information and referral services convened by the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
