Julie Luedtke has been the Program Manager for Nebraska's Newborn Screening  (NBS) Program since 1996 facilitating expanded screening from 3 diseases to more than 30. She has served as a consultant on the U.S. National NBS & Genetics Resource Center's technical assistance review team to evaluate multiple state programs, served on multiple national committees, chaired the CLSI Guidelines for NBS of NICU babies, and given dozens of presentatations locally, nationally and even in Cusco Peru.