The GOC is proud to announce that four new professionals have joined its board of directors. The board includes 15 members of the community who serve three-year terms.
New board members include:
Annette Artherton
Artherton is the planning, research and special projects coordinator with Omaha Economic Development Corporation. She has a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of White Plains in New York and a master’s degree in urban studies from the University of Nebraska Omaha. Artherton is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals. She is an advocate of sustainable development and is passionate about improving the quality of affordable housing through the integration of energy efficiency and healthy built environment design elements.
Craig Moody
Moody is principal of Verdis Group and has an MBA from the University of South Dakota. He is chair of the Earth Day Omaha Coalition, a member of Environment Omaha’s core committee and natural environment sub-committee and serves on VOICE Omaha’s steering committee. Moody was a member of Omaha’s Downtown Master Plan Advisory Group, served as the 2009 chair of Omaha’s Young Professionals Council and was named to the 2009 list of Ten Outstanding Young Omahans by the Omaha Jaycees, who gave him a distinguished service award.
Kerri Peterson
Kerri Peterson is executive director of Live Well Omaha. She is a graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and has a master’s degree in health promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. Peterson participated in the 2001 Health Forum’s Creating a Healthier Communities Fellowship and received her certification in health ministries. She graduated from the Greater Omaha Chamber’s Leadership Omaha program and its Non-Profit Executive Leadership Institute.
Don Preister
Don Preister is the cofounder of Joy Creations Greeting Card Co. Inc. and serves on the Bellevue city council. He served for 16 years in the Nebraska legislature, advocating for clean renewable energy, sustainable family farm practices, open accessible government and environmental stewardship. Preister co-chairs the state Wind Working Group and chairs the South Omaha Environmental Task Force and Green Bellevue Committee. He is a Vietnam veteran and former deputy Omaha city clerk who earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The board is the governing body of the GOC and is responsible for the supervision, control and direction of the organization. Members attend board meetings and provide vision and guidance to the organization.
New board members include:
Annette Artherton
Artherton is the planning, research and special projects coordinator with Omaha Economic Development Corporation. She has a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of White Plains in New York and a master’s degree in urban studies from the University of Nebraska Omaha. Artherton is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals. She is an advocate of sustainable development and is passionate about improving the quality of affordable housing through the integration of energy efficiency and healthy built environment design elements.
Craig Moody
Moody is principal of Verdis Group and has an MBA from the University of South Dakota. He is chair of the Earth Day Omaha Coalition, a member of Environment Omaha’s core committee and natural environment sub-committee and serves on VOICE Omaha’s steering committee. Moody was a member of Omaha’s Downtown Master Plan Advisory Group, served as the 2009 chair of Omaha’s Young Professionals Council and was named to the 2009 list of Ten Outstanding Young Omahans by the Omaha Jaycees, who gave him a distinguished service award.
Kerri Peterson
Kerri Peterson is executive director of Live Well Omaha. She is a graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and has a master’s degree in health promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. Peterson participated in the 2001 Health Forum’s Creating a Healthier Communities Fellowship and received her certification in health ministries. She graduated from the Greater Omaha Chamber’s Leadership Omaha program and its Non-Profit Executive Leadership Institute.
Don Preister
Don Preister is the cofounder of Joy Creations Greeting Card Co. Inc. and serves on the Bellevue city council. He served for 16 years in the Nebraska legislature, advocating for clean renewable energy, sustainable family farm practices, open accessible government and environmental stewardship. Preister co-chairs the state Wind Working Group and chairs the South Omaha Environmental Task Force and Green Bellevue Committee. He is a Vietnam veteran and former deputy Omaha city clerk who earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The board is the governing body of the GOC and is responsible for the supervision, control and direction of the organization. Members attend board meetings and provide vision and guidance to the organization.
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