Dennis Berens, director of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health, who helped kick off AHCJ’s first Rural Health Journalism Workshop a few months ago, has been elected next president of the National Rural Health Association.
He has been a ready source for AHCJ members working on rural health stories. Berens is also a member of the National Rural Health HIT Coalition and has served on the National EMS/Trauma Advisory Board for Health Resources and Services Administration.
Prior to his work in state government, Berens was co-publisher of the Seward County Independent newspaper in Nebraska.
