Our Team
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Our team is composed of individuals from diverse backgrounds ranging from the social sciences to technology to business to engineering. We strive to catalyze new collaborations across campus and systems in order to co-create simulations that transforms learning, collaboration, and care. It is by coming to the table together that we can generate new understandings of previously unsolvable problems and iteratively design solutions and systems that leverage the best of science, practice, technology, and innovation.
Please contact simulation@kumc.edu for more information.
Director
Emily Diederich, MD, MS
Director
ZIEL Staff
Becca Art
Simulation Technology Specialist I
Madi Assenmacher
Simulation Coordinator
Mary Bifulco
Simulation Program Coordinator
Michael Blomquist, PhD, RN, CCRN
Learning and Design Strategist
Michelle Bolen, RN
Learning and Design Strategist
Liz Carlton, RN, MSN, CCRN
Associate Director
Colton Crook
Simulation Technology Specialist III
Angie Diederich
Director of User Experience and Design
Amy Follmer
Simulation Technology Strategist
Laurie Gogol, MSN, RNC-OB, BC-AMB
Learning and Design Strategist
Amber Kollasch, MSN, RN, CCRN
Learning and Design Strategist
Akiko Kubo, MBA, BSN, RN
Director of Strategy and Design
Heather Rafferty
Simulation Technology Specialist I
Sarah Rucker
Simulation Operations Manager
Tiffany Sauser
Simulation Coordinator
Stephanie Swanson
Director of Systems Integration
Kyle Sweitzer
Simulation Technology Specialist I
Stephen Tarver, MD
Associate Director
Rose Traul
Simulation Technology Specialist I
Bridget Van Gotten, BSN, RN, CCRN
Learning and Design Strategist
Valerie Van Hoecke
Simulation Operations Coordinator
Bob Vega
Simulation Technology Specialist II
Scott Voss, MBA
Business Operations Manager
Joseph Waterson
Simulation Operations Technologist
Amy Wolverton, MSN, RN
Learning and Design Strategist