Advisory Committee
The Omaha by Design Advisory Committee is comprised of the city’s public, private and philanthropic leaders representing a variety of professions, including developers, engineers, architects, planners and landscape architects, along with the heads of the city’s parks, planning and public works departments, and a representative of the mayor’s office. The committee meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. at the downtown office of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce unless otherwise noted.
- Rex Fisher, chair – Qwest Nebraska
- Ron Abdouch – Neighborhood Center
- Troy Arthur- Bank of the West
- Doug Bisson – HDR, Inc.
- Sara Boyd - Omaha Community Foundation
- Anne Boyle – Public Service Commission
- Ed Cochran – Project North Omaha
- Bill Conley – University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Rick Cunningham – City of Omaha Department of Planning
- Brenda Dooley – First National Buildings
- Karla Ewert – Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Mikki Frost- Alegent Health
- Jamie Grayson-Berglund – Destination Midtown
- George Haecker – Bahr, Vermeer and Haecker, Architects
- Barbara Haggart – (Retired) Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Kent Holm – Douglas County Environmental Services
- Rick Jeffries – Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.
- Steve Jensen – Jensen Consulting
- David Levy – Baird Holm, L.L.P.
- John Lund – The Lund Company
- Mike McMeekin – Lamp, Rynearson & Associates Inc.
- Karen Mavropoulos- South Omaha Development Project
- Ed Miller – The Gallup Organization
- Reed Morgan – Iowa West Foundation
- Dean Mueller - OPPD
- Melinda Pearson – City of Omaha Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Property
- Marlin Petermann – Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District
- Bob Peters – Robert Peters Company
- Todd Pfitzer - City of Omaha Department of Public Works
- Mike Riedmann – NP Dodge Real Estate
- Steve Rodie – University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska Lincoln-Extension
- Curt Simon – Metro Area Transit
- Marty Shukert – RDG Planning and Design
- Cindy Smilley – Keep Omaha Beautiful
- Bob Stubbe – City of Omaha Department of Public Works
- L.B. “Red” Thomas – (Retired) ConAgra Foods
- Allan Tubach – Artist
- Del Weber – Chancellor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Omaha