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Board of Directors
Neil Lucchese, MD - President
 Dr. Neil Lucchese is a retired pediatric ophthalmologist with more than 40 years of experience in clinical practice, medical leadership, and international humanitarian service.
He earned his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago in 1978. After completing his ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, he pursued a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin, which he completed in 1982.
Following his fellowship, Dr. Lucchese returned to Chicago, where he taught at Cook County Hospital for three years. He then joined Davis Duehr Dean, now part of SSM Health, where he practiced pediatric ophthalmology for more than three decades. In addition to his clinical work, he served as Medical Director for Medical Specialties at SSM Health for 16 years.
Throughout his career, Dr. Lucchese has been committed to improving access to eye care through medical mission work in Central America. He has participated in numerous surgical and eyeglass missions to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras with SRW, providing patient care, performing surgeries, and mentoring local physicians.
Kristan Sodergren, MSN, APNP, CPNP
Kristan is a pediatric nurse practitioner at the American Family Children's Hospital, UW Hospital. She works with medically complex children in the Pediatric Complex Care Program. Prior to this she was a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with Pediatric Orthopedics and started out as a nurse in the operating room at UW Hospital.
Her studies of the Spanish language led her to opportunities for international community service projects during high school and college, and she had the opportunity to serve on the board of one of those organizations, the Wisconsin chapter of Amigos de las Americas for over 10 years.
She has always had a passion for the Latin American people, countries, and culture. She has been traveling with SRW to Honduras for several years working on our Pediatric Orthopedic missions. For her, our time there is health care in its purest form.
She lives in Madison, WI with her husband. They have 5 kids - some of whom have accompanied us on these missions - and two dogs. She enjoys traveling and hiking with my husband and gardening.
Jessica Hoffmaster, MSN, APNP, CRNA
 Jessica is a nurse anesthetist providing anesthesia services at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, WI. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Nursing at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, she earned a Master of Science degree in Nurse Anesthesia from the Minneapolis School of Anesthesia in 2006.
She has served on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetists, and is an active member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
She is currently a lead CRNA and co-manager of one of the largest anesthesia departments in Wisconsin with 75+ CRNAs at St. Mary's Madison and Janesville. She has been participating in medical mission trips with SRW since 2015.
Mary Beth Schneider, CRNA, DNP, APNP
 Mary Beth joins the SRW board with more than 30 years of nursing experience with 19 of those as a nurse anesthetist. She joined her first mission trip with SRW in 2010.
In addition to her clinical practice at Stoughton Health and St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Mary Beth is faculty with the nurse anesthesia program at Marquette University.
She has a special interest in caring for the pediatric population.
Mary Beth is an active member of the Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetist and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
SRW's board, director, and medical team members will provide needed care and treatment internationally, while consistently demonstrating the following core values:
Excellence • Respect • Compassion • Accountability
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