Jessica Barry – Conagra Brands
I was born and raised in Nebraska, moved away for a couple years and boomeranged back to complete my undergraduate and graduate studies and to be closer to my family. Nebraska always felt like home to me, and during my time as an intern here in Omaha, I met my husband and we decide that […]
Brent Comstock – BCom Solutions
I grew up in Nebraska, moved away for college, and had no anticipation of returning home when I left. I had received multiple scholarships on the East Coast and, from my perspective at that time, it seemed like the world was calling me elsewhere. While away, I held on to this “small little side gig” […]
Jay Wilkinson – Firespring / Do More Good Movement
My family settled in the Nebraska Sandhills in the 1800’s and my grandfather and father later sank their entrepreneurial roots in North Platte. I figured out pretty early in life that I wasn’t very good at following directions and ended up becoming an entrepreneur myself. Before graduating from college, I started 8 businesses, most of […]
Chad Johnson – Grain Weevil
We moved to Nebraska to be closer to my wife’s family 20 years ago! This eventually led us to Aurora where I began working at the Edgerton Explorit Center. Currently, we are creating a grain bin safety and management robot that directly engages the surface of the grain. Grain bins are dirty, dangerous workplaces. We […]
Jina Hwang – Job Share Connect
I am originally from Colorado Springs, CO and have lived in all four corners of the United States including Portland, OR: Boston, MA: San Diego, CA: and Chattanooga, TN. In 2014, my former spouse had a job opportunity which brought me to the Heartland of America. I spent the first two years in Omaha, working […]
Scott Henderson – Nmotion Powered by Gener8tor
Both sides of my family came to Nebraska in the 1800s. My great-grandmother was born in Chadron, my great-grandmother died in Scribner, my dad’s family was four generations deep in North Omaha, my mom’s family was four generations in South Omaha, and I was born in Lincoln then raised in Omaha. After I graduated from […]
Matthew Wegener – ISoft Data Systems Inc.
I was born and grew up in rural south-western Nebraska. I’m a fourth- generation Nebraskan. The last two years have been a growth opportunity for many of our projects under the ISoft umbrella with Presage Analytics growing rapidly and our relaunch of the LawnHiro platform. We’re experimenting this summer with the 1st Job Lincoln program […]
Jon Rhoades – Yo City
I was born and raised on the Platte River near Central City, Nebraska. Yo.City partners with rural employers and economic development agencies to identify and attract top talent to their communities. Channel partners use proprietary content manager tools to automatically populate rural experience content, once aggregated this content is interacted with by visitors to find […]
Paula J Abbott – Western Nebraska Community College
I have over 21 years of experience in higher education. I’ve spent 10 years with Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan as an academic advisor, career counselor and ADA coordinator and Campus Director in Wray, Colorado. I have been with Western Nebraska Community College since 2010, and have held several positions at WNCC including Executive […]
Ed Mejia – Nelnet
I came to Nebraska to attend college. My family had just moved to the Midwest while I was a Junior in High School. I’m currently juggling several branding and marketing projects at my full-time job while making time for freelance creative projects. Recently, my design for the new Lincoln city flag was selected as the […]
