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 improvement and support. These hard-working individuals and businesses whose contributions elevate our community comprise the 2019 class […]
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 locally-owned company grow, it hasn’t changed the fundamentals: a focus on finding high-quality, innovative […]
2019 Best Places to Work in Omaha Winner Announcement
It’s time to announce the 2019 winners who have stood out from the crowd as Best Places to Work in Omaha. Companies with 25 to 200 employees: Object Partners Vetter Health Services, Inc. Verdant Flywheel RTG Medical Companies with more than 200 employees: Buildertrend Signature Performance Thrasher, Inc. Olsson Verizon Media Sustained Excellence C&A Industries, […]
March Small Business of the Month: Miracle Hills Clinic
Since 2015, it’s been a prescription for success at Miracle Hills Clinic: provide patients the highest-quality health and wellness services in a warm and stress-free environment. “We strive to stay on the leading edge and deliver evidence-based preventative, medical and aesthetic treatments, and the latest approaches to healthy living,” says Susan Browning, MHC’s Director of […]
Gale L. Wickersham
Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Gale L. Wickersham, Chairman & Founder, Wick’s Truck Trailers, Inc. Gale Wickersham is in the business of building relationships – both employee and customer. “If customers have a problem. they know my phone is on 24/7,” he says. “When I walk through the shop, I know the names of most of the […]
John W. Estabrook
Business Hall of Fame Honoree: John W. Estabrook (1927-2018), Fmr. President and CEO, Methodist Health System “People make the difference between mediocrity and excellence. Always treat your people with respect, dignity and equity.” A visionary and healthcare pioneer, over the course of four decades, John W. Estabrook transformed a respected 230-bed community hospital into the prominent, multi-hospital […]
Gail DeBoer
Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Gail L. DeBoer, President & CEO, Cobalt Credit Union Gail DeBoer has been eyeing and achieving lofty goals her entire life. When she took over as president and CEO of what’s now Cobalt Credit Union (formerly SAC Federal Credit Union), her first big aim was to hit $500 million in assets. […]
The Kavich Family
Business Hall of Fame Honorees: The Kavich Family, All Makes Jeff Kavich, President/CEO Larry Kavich, Chairman (retired) Lazier Kavich (1914-1996), 2nd Generation Owner Amee Zetzman, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer “It’s nice that Omaha is a city that allows you to thrive as a family business.” – Amee Zetzman, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, All Makes […]
Daniel J. Bishop
Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Daniel J. Bishop, Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Maids International “We said ‘yes’ a lot and we learned as we went.” Daniel Bishop believes successful businesses build trust, drive change and seek excellence. He would know – he’s created three of them. Along the way, he helped transform residential […]
Eight Business Leaders to Join the Omaha Business Hall of Fame
They have elevated some of Omaha’s most iconic companies and institutions; a group of eight distinguished individuals whose specialties range from finance and education, to office solutions, healthcare and transportation. The 2019 Omaha Business Hall of Fame inductees are: Daniel J. Bishop, Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Maids International Gail DeBoer, President & […]