{"id":7185,"date":"2025-05-20T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/?p=7185"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:12:09","slug":"zimmerman-is-gcea-president-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/2025\/05\/20\/zimmerman-is-gcea-president-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimmerman is GCEA President-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Genetic Counselor Educators Association elected Holly Zimmerman as President-Elect for the 2025-2026 term. Holly joined the organization in 2018 as the inaugural director of the Genetic Counseling Program  at UNMC. She has served on the Board the last three years and served as Director (2022), Secretary (2023-2024), and Treasurer (2024-2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Genetic Counselor Educators Association (GCEA) is a national organization that consists of institutions who have a genetic counseling program accredited by the Accreditation Council of Genetic Counseling. This organization promotes the collaborative interactions between genetic counseling programs, supports high standards of practice, and advocates on behalf of the interests of training programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genetic Counseling Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other genetic counseling news, the program recently gave out their annual awards, and students vote for the recipients. Outstanding Supervisor Award went to Jessie Poskochil (graduate of Class of 2021). Mary Matthiessen received the Pillar of Support award. Jessie&#8217;s will be recognized at the Genetic Counseling National Meeting in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"2025 Genetic Counseling Program Awards &amp; Recognition with two images: Holly Zimmerman with Jessie Poskochil and sara Fischer: and Sara and Holly with Mary Matthiessen.\" class=\"wp-image-7186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/2025-Awards_Mary-Matthiessen.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetic Counselor Educators Association elected Holly Zimmerman as President-Elect for the 2025-2026 term. Holly joined the organization in 2018 as the inaugural director of the Genetic Counseling Program at UNMC. She has served on the Board the last three years and served as Director (2022), Secretary (2023-2024), and Treasurer (2024-2025). 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