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2024 Business Hall Of Fame Inductees – Lance M. Fritz
Lance M. FritzLance M. Fritz served as Union Pacific's chairman, president, and chief executive officer from 2015 until his retirement in 2023, culminating a distinguished 23-year career with the railroad. Today, he continues to contribute to the company as a special...
Celebrating Profound Legacies
Photos by C41 Photography One of the greatest honors the business community bestows is a place in the Omaha Business Hall of Fame. From finance and franchises to retail, healthcare and transportation, our 2019 class has elevated some of Omaha’s most iconic...
The Watchlist: Members Making Waves
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.” –John WayneGreater Omaha, tomorrow is yours; and, in the...
Connection. Collaboration. Celebration.
Leadership Omaha Alumni Association Spring Luncheon Celebrates Historic Initiative and Renowned Leader of Leaders Connection. Collaboration. Celebration. We channeled all three into an incredible Leadership Omaha Alumni Association Spring Luncheon, a...
When Leadership Gets Real: Businesses Leave Their Mark, Lead the Way
They operate in a range of sectors – from finance to social services – but they all have something in common: a devotion to collaboration and forward-thinking, empowering others, and acting with authenticity, integrity and inclusivity. They’re leaders, and their...
Meet the Top 22: Our 2019 Business Excellence Award Winners
It’s a tradition that celebrates the best-of-the-best: trailblazers who’ve made innovation part of their everyday routines, principals with strong visions for the future and advocates who focus outward, going above and beyond to foster an environment of community...
April Small Business of the Month: Svec Promotions
Svec Promotions is settling nicely into its new home city. The 30-year-old promotional product company moved to Omaha from Hooper, NE, in 2016, a shift that allowed the addition of a retail showroom.While the relatively new address has helped the...
Professional Development – On Demand
There’s no shortage of “exclusive opportunities” out there. But, we don’t think professional development should be an “exclusive” opportunity. We believe everyone should have access to learning tools. That’s why we’re excited to announce two free ways to...
Greater Omaha’s Ag Council Harvests Tech Opportunities, Sows Seeds for Future Success
Hosted at Lindsay Corporation, our Ag Council co-chairs pulled together two rockstar-filled panels.
Flood of 2019 Recovery Efforts Underway
Resources Available for Those Impacted Historic flooding that began in Nebraska and Iowa mid-March, and now includes Northern Missouri, has caused unprecedented damage throughout cities, towns, suburbs and agricultural hubs across the middle U.S. While the March 21...
The Watchlist: Members Making Waves
Greater Omaha Puts the Grit in Great and the Effort in ExcellenceThere’s something about greatness – from Nelson Mandela’s commitment to purposefulness and optimism, to Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural innovations – with the right mix of integrity,...