Marisa Schaffer, MSN, RNC-MNN, C-EFM

Section Co-Chair, Education Coordinator, Contact

Marisa Schaffer is a Nurse Educator at Bryan Women’s and Children’s.  She focuses on staff development and quality improvement.  Marisa received her BSN from UNMC-Lincoln in 2008.  She has worked in adult progressive care, mother/baby and labor and delivery.  Marisa completed her MSN in nursing education from Nebraska Wesleyan in 2014 and a certificate in Simulation Education from Bryan College of Health Sciences in 2016.  One of her passions is using simulation to improve understanding and teamwork in urban and rural hospital settings.


Samantha Kenning, MSN, RN, C-EFM, C-ONQS

Section Co-Chair, Social Media Coordinator, Contact

Samantha Kenning is a Perinatal Quality Improvement Coordinator at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. She spends much of her time doing project development, quality improvement, and data analysis with an interdisciplinary team. She worked in a PICU for a brief time with a majority of her nursing career being in Labor and Delivery. Samantha received her BSN from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas and her MSN in Leadership from Bryan College of Health Sciences. Her favorite part of her career is watching her patients and colleagues flourish as a result of the projects she’s helped implement. One of Samantha’s favorite pastimes is planting flowers and following her kids around the state to watch their sporting events.


Tiffany E. Nordmeyer, RN-C OB, BSN, MHA, C-EFM

Section Legislative Coordinator, Contact

Tiffany have been an active member of the Nebraska Section of AWHONN since 2008. She has served as the Nebraska AWHONN Section Treasurer for two terms. She is an AWHONN Intermediate and Advanced Instructor. Tiffany currently lives in Gretna, NE with her husband & two boys. She currently works at CHI Health Saint Elizabeth as the Director of Women’s and Children’s.


Stephanie Bricker, MSN, RNC-MNN

Section Membership Coordinator, Contact

Stephanie Bricker is a Nursing Service Leader for the Gynecology/Obstetrics, Women’s Float Pool, and Childbirth Education departments at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha.  Stephanie is very passionate about perinatal bereavement and leads the staff in coordinating perinatal bereavement services at Methodist.  Stephanie received her ADN at Mid-Plains Community College in 2007, BSN at Bryan College of Health Sciences in 2011, and MSN Nurse Executive at Methodist College in 2015.  Stephanie is a Maternal Newborn Certified Nurse and holds a certificate in Perinatal Bereavement through AWHONN.