The 2016 LEAD Alumni Conference was held February 4th and 5th, 2016.
Check out the following information about our speakers.
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Nebraska LEAD Class 32 has an exciting program for the 2016 Alumni Annual Conference. The Nebraska LEAD program is based on the principals of leadership, understanding where our communities and industry need voices, and being ready with a selfless approach to leadership when the need arises. This is a great time to reconnect, form new connections & friendships, and renew our Call to Leadership.
This year’s conference featured speakers from several areas of Nebraska with a wide range of topics affecting our state, communities, and industry. It also featured time to see many new additions to the City of Lincoln and our University along with time to “get to know each other” in open settings through the conference.
Innovation Campus, located on the former Nebraska State Fairgrounds, is a unique cooperation between the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and private sector businesses. Nebraska Innovation Campus strives to bring a collection of experts from both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and private industry together to work for the betterment of society and the world. We will have a tour of Nebraska Innovation Campus during the conference.
Memorial Stadium has been the home field of the Nebraska Cornhuskers since 1923. Home field games have had consecutive sellouts for every football game since 1962. Nebraska fans, known as the Best Fans in All of College Football, have an intense loyalty and support for our Home State Cornhuskers. This support and Winning Tradition of our teams has built a Cathedral of College Football at Memorial Stadium that is the envy of all college football. Plan to join us for a tour of the Stadium, including the new East Stadium addition.
Thomas J. (Tom) Kent assumed the position of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on May 1, 2011. Mr. Kent is responsible for strategic leadership, operation, and performance of NPPD’s non-nuclear assets, including power plants, transmission, and distribution facilities. Mr. Kent has over 23 years of electric utility experience. Tom joined Nebraska Public Power District in 1990 as the Environmental Qualification Coordinator at Cooper Nuclear Station. Tom’s contributions to NPPD’s electrical, instrumentation, and control engineering division at Cooper Nuclear Station earned him the management position of District Manager in 1994 and then Regional Manager in 1996 for NPPD’s Retail Division. Tom was selected as Retail Customer Care Manager in 1999. His leadership played an instrumental role in improving NPPD’s customer service by implementing a new billing system and constructing NPPD’s Centralized Call Center. Tom was appointed as NPPD’s first Chief Information Officer in November of 2001. In 2005, Tom returned to Cooper Nuclear Station as Project Manager for two strategic business projects. Tom then became NPPD’s Corporate Planning & Risk Manager in October of 2006, where he was responsible for completing NPPD’s Integrated Resource Plan. On April 1, 2008, Tom became the District’s Transmission & Distribution Manager and was responsible for the overall management and oversight of NPPD’s transmission and distribution assets. Mr. Kent holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Mr. Kent also spent four years on active duty as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Kent attended and successfully completed the Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in June 2012.
Utility companies nationwide are challenged with finding newer, better ways to produce our nation’s energy with lowering effects on our environment. Thomas will be speaking about “What’s Happening in the Changing Industry in Nebraska.” He will address how NPPD is working to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions effects in public power production and what NPPD is doing to stay in compliance. He will also introduce us to other forms of energy that NPPD is working on to help control the cost of power to the consumer. For more information, see http://www.nppd.com/ or for the Monolith Project, http://www.nppd.com/2015/nebraska-public-power-district-implement-innovative-solution-curbs-carbon-emissions-growing-economy/
Wayne Woldt is Associate Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and the School of Natural Resources. Woldt has served at UN-L since 1991. Dr. Woldt works with surface and groundwater interaction modeling, information systems for watershed basins, management of water quality, and development of methods for total nitrogen removal in wetland systems. He is the Chair of the recently established American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Committee on Unmanned Aerial Systems.
Dr. Woldt has a private pilot certificate, and has been conducting UAS flight operations for 3 years within the context of FAA issued COAs. Unmanned aerial vehicles are gaining popularity and interest in agricultural systems with their potential for remote observation of crops and livestock. His presentation will provide insights into the new ASABE committee on unmanned aerial systems. For more information about Dr. Woldt, see http://snr.unl.edu/aboutus/who/people/faculty-member.asp?pid=965
Common Ground Nebraska
Science has allowed agriculture to improve production and quality of products. Despite improvements, popular press and an ever growing population that is disconnected from agriculture is skeptical about the science in food production. CommonGround Nebraska is a group of working Nebraska farm women who are helping dispel myths and build trust back on the farm. CommonGround Nebraska will be visiting with us about GMO production.
http://commongroundnebraska.com/
Mark Overman
The recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado is rapidly increasing law enforcement needs in western Nebraska. County budgets are being stretched by the large increase in the number of drug violations. Mark Overman is the Scottsbluff County Sheriff assigned to the Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group (WING). WING is a task force of multiple agencies assigned to investigate cases involving drugs and violent crimes in the eleven panhandle counties of Nebraska. Mark will be discussing the effects of Colorado’s marijuana legalization on Nebraska. For more information see http://www.scottsbluffcounty.org/wing-task-force/wing.html
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Either the new Director, Courtney Dentlinger or the current interim director Eric Zeece will present.
Presentation will be a State of the State update with an emphasis on the direction of the economic development in the state.
Chris Raun is Executive Director of The Catholic Foundation of Southern Nebraska. He is responsible for ongoing administration of the Foundation which involves oversight of all Foundation operations, marketing, communications, donor development, donor relations, investment management, distribution of earnings, as well as financial planning and strategy development for Foundation donors. Chris was raised on a farm near Minden, Nebraska, and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2014, he was a long-time co-owner of Swanson Russell, a prominent marketing communications firm, and also operated an independent financial advisory business serving business owners and individual investors.
Les Mach is the Gift Planning Officer for the Catholic Church in Southern Nebraska. He is responsible for contacting individuals throughout the area and informing them of different charitable options that fit into an overall estate plan, which help charity, keep more money in the local community, and lower their tax bill.
Graduating from the University of Nebraska he returned to the farm until 1985, worked in retail fertilizer, and then worked for Golden Harvest Seeds where he held various sales and manager positions throughout the Midwest. He has been in his current position since 2007.
Les is married to Sue, they have 4 children and 7 grandchildren and live in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Keynote Luncheon Speaker
Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild is the Associate Director at the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska. The Rural Futures Institute strives to increase rural community capacity as well as increasing the confidence of rural people to address their challenges and opportunities. The vision of this is a rural community that is more resilient and sustainable into the future. Dr. Reimers-Hild has spent 9 years in Extension at the University of Nebraska and 10 years in the Entomology Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is also an entrepreneur, futurist, and Author of two books. Dr. Reimers-Hild will be our keynote speaker. For more information about the Rural Futures Institute, see http://ruralfutures.nebraska.edu/
Haymarket Business and Brewery
Has been cancelled due to conflict. Sorry for the change in schedule and options.