Breakout Sessions

Capacity-Building Sessions and Workshops:
Morning Sessions: Community-Building and Collaboration
Community Engagement and Outreach Strategies & Models
Gleatha Glispie – Outreach Director and Gabriele Mack, Vice President – Jacobs
Jami Anders-Kemp – Omaha 360 Director – Empowerment Network
Kyle Keith – Program Director – North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance
Designing an Employment and Entrepreneurship Pathway in North Omaha
Thomas Warren, Jr. – CEO – Urban League of Nebraska
Julia Parker – Executive Director - Omaha Small Business Network
Belinda Hooks – Market President - Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Diversity Council
Transformational Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies
Othello Meadows – Executive Director - 75 North Revitalization
Michael Maroney – CEO - Omaha Economic Development Corporation
Kenya Crumel – Principal/Director of Community and Social Innovation - BCT Partners
A Glimpse into the Innovative & Collaborative Future of Health Care in North Omaha
Kenny McMorris – CEO – Charles Drew Health Center
Partners from Douglas County Health Department, CHI Health and Nebraska Medicine
Strong, Financially Empowered Families and Communities/Building Wealth
Ernest White - Vice-President - American National Bank and Urban Financial Group
Teresa Hunter – CEO - Family Housing Advisory Services
Pamela Jolly – CEO - Torch Enterprises
Transforming Communities with Cradle to Career Strategies/Lessons from Promise Neighborhoods
Dr. Latonya Green – Director of Research and Evaluation - BCT Partners
Afternoon Sessions: Capacity-Building and Collective Impact
A New Way Forward: Partnering and Doing Business with Omaha Public Schools
Yolanda Williams – Omaha Public Schools Board Member
Gabriele Mack – Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion – Jacobs
An Insider’s Perspective: Raising Funds and Building A Donor Base
Katie Weitz – Executive Director – Weitz Family Foundation
Data, Research and Evaluation to Fuel Collective Impact and Generate Measurable Outcomes
Jeff Kutash – Executive Director – Peter Kiewit Foundation
Leadership, A Collective Vision and Telling Your Story in Innovative Ways
John Ewing – Douglas County Treasurer
Brittany Young – President – Brittany Young Enterprises
Making the Most of Today’s Technology and Social Media
Shonna Dorsey – Co-Founder Interface Code School
Jason Fischer – CEO - Surreal Media Labs