NPCSET Board of Directors

Troy Brandt
attended
Bayard High School and graduated from Chadron State College with a major in Accounting with a minor in Finance. He is a Commercial Lender at TierOne Bank and has been with the company for 2 years. Troy and his wife Renae are the parents of daughter Kirstin 2 yrs old and son Cade 6 months old. They are are members of Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Troy's community involvement includes 4 years in United Way as Treasurer, 2 years in Habitat for Humanity, Family Support Chair and Rotary. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.
Bishop William J. Dendinger
of the Grand Island Diocese was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Omaha in May 1965. In 1970, Father Dendinger entered the US Air Force – a career that would span nearly 32 years. He retired in 2001 as a two-star general. After retirement from the military, he was named Pastor of St. Stephen the Martyr Parish in Omaha. On December 13, 2004, he was ordained the seventh Bishop of the Grand Island Diocese.
Nancy Faulhaber
received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 1983 she earned a real estate salespersons license and her real estate broker’s license in 1987 and is part owner of Coldwell Banker Preferred Group in North Platte. Nancy currently serves on the board of directors for the North Platte Housing Authority. She and her husband, Orlin attend Holy Spirit Catholic Church and their daughter is a senior at St. Pat’s High School.
Fr. Jim Golka 
is a 1985 graduate of Grand Island Central Catholic High School. Fr. Golka graduated from Creighton University in 1989 with degrees in Theology and Philosophy. He served as a volunteer teacher and coach at Red Cloud Indian School - a Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, SD.  Fr. Golka attended St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He received a Masters of Divinity Degree in 1993 and Masters of Arts in Theology in 1994. He was Ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island on June 3, 1994. Fr. Golka served in the following parishes: St. James, Kearney; Holy Rosary, Alliance; Our Lady of Guadalupe, Scottsbluff. He was assigned as Pastor of St. Patrick's in North Platte on July 1, 2006 and Happy to be here!
Mike Halkens 
serves as the Compliance Officer at Great Plains Regional Medical Center, and has been an adjunct instructor for Bellevue University. He earned his B.S. from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a M.A. from the University of Phoenix. Mike and his wife Sherry and their two daughters attend Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Both girls have attended St. Patrick’s High School.
Mike Nozicka 
is a 1985 graduate of St. Patrick’s High School and a 1989 graduate of Chadron State College with a major in Criminal Justice. He was also a member of both the football and wrestling teams while at CSC. He attended Creighton University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in May, 1993 and began his legal career in Wayne, Nebraska, as a Deputy County Attorney and associate attorney in a small firm. He moved back to North Platte in January of 2002 to join a local firm and has recently gone out on his own, opening the Nozicka Law Office in February, 2007. Mike and his wife, Beth, have two children, Jobeth and Erin, who are students at North Platte Catholic Schools.
Dr. Bill Mackley 
is a native of North Platte. He is a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School and received his  Doctor of Physical Therapy from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He recently completed a geriatric training program through the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Geriatric Education program. Bill and his wife, Julie have three children who attend McDaid Elementary and the family is actively engaged as members of the St. Patrick’s Catholic parish.
Fr. Jim Novakowski 
lived his life in Philidelphia, PA until graduating from St. Charles Seminary with a degree in Philosophy. He then moved to Denver, Co to study Theology at St. Thomas Seminary for the diocese of Grand Island. He was a Deacon Chaplin at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Denver until he was ordained to the Priesthood for the diocese of Grand Island, NE at St. Mary’s Cathedral. He then served at St Patrick’s Church in Sidney, NE before becoming the priest at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, in North Platte, NE.
Debra O’Malley 
is a State Farm Insurance Company Auto Claims Specialist in North Platte. Debra and her husband, James  have lived in North Platte for several years. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Of their three children, two attend McDaid Elementary and one is still at home. The O’Malley family attends Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
Dan O’Neill 
is a native of Sumner, Nebraska and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Kearney. He is now the  President of Kwik Stop which operates 20 locations. Dan currently serves on the Great Plains Regional Medical Center Foundation Board, the North Platte DEVCO Board of Directors, and is active in Heartland Singers and the North Platte Community Theater. He also sings in the St. Patrick’s Parish Choir. Dan and his wife, Judy have 2 children attending McDaid and one in college. The family attends St. Patrick Catholic Church. 
Kim Schroll 
is Executive Vice President and Senior Operations Officer at NebraskaLand National Bank. She is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking in Boulder, Colorado. Kim and her husband Bart have lived in North Platte since 1991. Kim was born and raised in O’Neill, Nebraska where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. Bart and Kim have two sons who attend McDaid Elementary and their family attends Holy Spirit Catholic Church. 

James E. Schneider, Director Emeritus
is an Attorney at Law with 40 plus years of experience in North Platte having been one of the original founders of North Platte Catholic Schools Endowment –Trust. He and his wife, Marilyn are member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and their five grown children were students at St. Patrick’s High School and McDaid Elementary.
Dr. Mark R. Young, MD
is an Ophthalmologist in North Platte. A graduate of St. Patrick’s High School, he received his medical degree from University of Nebraska Medical School.
Mark and his wife Jill are members of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and they have one daughter.


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