Community Leaders

Arts and Cultural Organizations
Omaha Children's Museum
Shareholder Roberta Christensen serves on the board of directors.

Business and Economic Development Organizations
Bellevue Planning Commission
Shareholder Tom Ackley is a member.

City of Papillion Civil Service Commission
Shareholder John Lingelbach and Director of Legal Recruiting and Development Karla Rupiper are members.

Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Omaha

• Shareholder Tom Ackley is a member of Class 30.
• Shareholder Brian Harr is a Class 29 graduate.
• Shareholder Roberta Christensen is a Class 26 graduate.
• Shareholder Marlon Lofgren is a Class 25 graduate.

Institute for Career Advancement Needs (ICAN)
Julie DeWitt, Director of Client Development and Community Relations, serves on the ICAN Women's Leadership Conference Advisory Board.

Community Centers and Organizations
American Red Cross, Heartland Chapter
Shareholder Paul Jessen is an emeritus board member as well as past chairman and executive committee member. Shareholder Joan Cannon serves on the board of directors.

Catholic Charities
Shareholder Mike Hupp is a board member. Shareholder Kurt Tjaden is a member of the Catholic Charities Foundation board of directors.

Habitat for Humanity
Shareholder Marlon Lofgren serves on the board of directors.

Knights of Aksarben Foundation
Shareholder Paul Jessen is a member of the Board of Councilors.

Midlands Community Foundation
Karla Rupiper, Director of Legal Recruiting and Development, serves on the board of directors.

Nebraska Humanities Council
Julie DeWitt is a member of the Governor's Lecture committee.

Omaha Community Foundation
Shareholder Paul Jessen is a member of the board of directors.

River City Roundup
Shareholder Paul Jessen serves on the board of directors.

Senior Health Foundation
Shareholder Marlon Lofgren is past president and serves on the board of directors.

YWCA of Omaha
Associate Allyson Crossman Slobotski serves as the YW Partners Guild Board President.

Educational Organizations and Institutions
Grace University
Shareholder Don Swanson is a member of the President's Advisory Board.

Metropolitan Community College
Karla Rupiper is a member of the Law Program Advisory Committee.

Nebraska School Board, Council of School Attorneys
Shareholder Margaret Hershiser is a member.

Papillion -- LaVista Schools Foundation
Director of Legal Recruiting and Development, Karla Rupiper serves on the board of directors.

University of Notre Dame Club of Omaha
Shareholders Kurt Tjaden and Brian Harr are board members. Brian is immediate past president.

Vocational Development Center (VODEC)
Director of Operations Sandra Washa is a board member.

Environmental Organizations
Governor’s Council to Keep Nebraska Beautiful
Mike Mostek is a member.

Governor’s Omaha Council on Lead Safe Neighborhoods
Shareholder Mike Mostek is a member.

Keep Omaha Beautiful
Associate Stacia Palser serves on the board of directors.

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality’s Business Advisory Group
Mike Mostek is a member.

Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment
Mike Mostek and Stacia Palser are both members.

Healthcare Organizations
Arthritis Foundation, National Board of Trustees
Shareholder Shaun McGaughey serves as Treasurer and as a member of the Executive Committee.

Arthritis Foundation, Nebraska Chapter
Shareholder Shaun McGaughey is a board member and Executive Committee member.

Children’s Cancer Camps of Nebraska
Shareholder Dan Fischer serves on the board of directors.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Shareholder Roberta Christensen serves on the board of directors and as chair of the Nebraska's Finest fundraiser.

Hole in the Hills at Wa-Shawtee Camp
Executive Director Jodi Prewitt serves as a volunteer consultant to this camp for children with serious illnesses.

Immanuel Hospital Charitable Foundation
Shareholder Karen Shuler is past president of this organization.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Shareholder David Dvorak is a board member.

Muscular Dystrophy Association
Director of Operations Sandra Washa is a member of the Annual Gala Committee.

Legal Aid and Law-Related Organizations
Legal Aid of Nebraska
Director of Legal Recruiting and Development Karla Rupiper is a member of the Omaha campaign committee and is working on her third 3-year campaign.

Sports Organizations
College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
Shareholder Paul Jessen serves on the board of directors and is a member of the Executive Committee.

Young Professionals Organizations
Omaha Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Omahans

• Shareholder Marlon Lofgren received this honor in 2004.
• Director of Client Development and Community Relations Julie DeWitt received this honor in 2005.

Young Professionals Council
Julie DeWitt served as the inaugural chair of the Young Professionals Council and currently serves on the Employer of Choice Awards steering committee.

Youth and Family Organizations
Child Saving Institute
Shareholder Mike Hupp serves on the board of directors and served as co-chair of the 2007 Cabaret, the largest annual fundraiser for CSI.

Nebraska Friends of Foster Children
Julie DeWitt serves on the board of directors.

Special Olympics Nebraska
Associate Rick Vroman serves as Board Chairman of Special Olympics Nebraska and is a member of the committee responsible for bringing the 2010 National Games to Nebraska.

TeamMates Mentoring Program
Shareholder Mary Donovan serves on the Advisory Board.