The 2010/2011 Leadership Omaha class was announced today by the Greater Omaha Chamber. The class kicks off with an orientation breakfast in August. This marks the 33nd year of Leadership Omaha, making it one of the longest running community leadership programs in the nation.
Leadership Omaha is a 10-month study of community issues, designed to develop effective leaders who will strengthen and transform the community. Class members are chosen based on their demonstrated community involvement and career advancement.
Members of this year's selection committee are chairman Dan Gomez, UMB Bank; AnnMarie Anthony, Calvert Systems Engineering; Gail Graeve, Cox; Ken Mar, CFO Systems, LLC; Jane Phillips, Physicians Mutual; Bill Stott, The Architectural Offices; and Lynda Shafer, Greater Omaha Chamber.
Leadership Omaha Class 33 participants are:
Renaisa Anthony, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jen Bartelt, Reclaim Your Space
Steve Bartlett, Wells Fargo
Katie Barton, Gallup
Creighton Bassett, Tenaska, Inc.
Nicole Bianchi, FirstComp Insurance
Edna Brooks Pittman, Restored Hope: A Transitional Living Program
Wayne Brown, Bright Futures Foundation
Nathan Christ, ACCESSbank
Lee Denker, University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Association
Sarah Edwards, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Joel Falk, Bank of the West
Monique Farmer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Joe Gehrki, CBSHOME Real Estate Company
Steve Grasz, Husch Blackwell LLP
Christian Gray, inCOMMON Community Development
Jamie Grayson-Berglund, Greater Omaha Chamber
Laurie Gruneich, Cox
Doug Hegarty, PayPal, Inc.
Chris Houston, RDG Planning & Design
Larissa Johnson, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Selva Karunakaran, Union Pacific Railroad
Beth Katz, Project Interfaith
Steve Konnath, Physicians Mutual
Michelle Krapfl, Fraser Stryker PC LLO
John Levy, Baird Holm LLP
Steve Likes, Kutak Rock LLP
Nicole Malone, The Architectural Offices
Kim Manning, Creighton University
Amy Mather, Omaha Public Library
Annie Messersmith, Mutual of Omaha
Paul Nelson, Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects
Jamie Otto, Mutual of Omaha Bank
Steve Patterson, Lutz Financial
Carla Patton, Habitat for Humanity of Omaha
Eric Renner, Grubb & Ellis Pacific Realty
Crystal Rhoades, Metropolitan Community College
Jennifer Richardson, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
Merle Riepe, SilverStone Group
Chris Rupert, LEO A DALY
Pastor Tony Sanders Jr., Koinonia House of Worship
Tara Stingley, Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP
Cara Stubbe, Omaha World-Herald
Heather Voegele-Andersen, Koley Jessen P.C., LLO
Ryan Wade, Union Bank and Trust
Aaron Weiner, Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP
Robert Wiebusch, NP Dodge Real Estate
Yesenia Wilson, Midland Latino Development Corp.
For more information about Leadership Omaha, contact Lynda Shafer at (402) 978-7928.