Merv (Merv) Riepe (N-SS12)
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Senator
Nebraska State Senate
Room 2010 State Capitol 1445 K Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

District Office:
1445 K Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Elected: 2022    Next Election: 2026
Spouse: Jody Gillispie   DOB: 7/16/1942
Committee Assignments
ChairmanSenate Committee on Business and Labor
MemberSenate Committee on Health and Human Services
MemberSenate Special Committee on Executive Board of the Legislative Council
MemberSenate Committee on Agriculture
Counties Representing
Douglas

Bio

Elected to Nebraska Legislature- 2014; 2022 Born July 16, 1942, in Griswold, Iowa.

Education- Graduate of Griswold High School, 1960; UCLA (respiratory therapy program), 1964; University of Nebraska at Omaha (B.S. in finance), 1968; University of Iowa (M.A. in health care policy and hospital management), 1970.

Military service- Hospital corpsman, U.S. Navy, 1960-63.

Family- Married Jody Gillispie, Nov. 2, 1996; one child- S. Merle Riepe.

Occupation- Retired hospital executive Former member- Ralston Board of Education; board, Mid-America Council of Scouts; board, Omaha Symphony; board, Outlook Nebraska, Inc. (chair); president's advisory board, Nebraska Wesleyan University; board, Combined Health Agencies Drive.

Honors and awards- fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives; 2018 Regent Bob Whitehouse Policy Champion Award.







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