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Cordaro Bio – Short Form                                                                                                           April 1, 2022

A committed industry leader, Martie Cordaro is President of the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Royals’ Triple-A affiliate, and of Union Omaha, the 2021 champion USL League One franchise. Cordaro, the 2021 USL League One President of the Year, has worked in the Omaha sports scene since 2007.  He was honored with the 2020 George Brett Award for Commitment to ALS and as the 2013 Baseball America Minor League Baseball Executive of the Year. 

In Omaha since 2007, Cordaro spearheaded the organization’s efforts to keep Triple-A Baseball in the metro. Since opening in 2011, Werner Park has welcomed over four million fans for games and events.  The Storm Chasers won Triple-A National Championships in 2013 and 2014 and the club also hosted a successful 2015 FNBO Triple-A All-Star Game.

A Louisiana Tech University graduate, Cordaro (48) is a native of Ruston, La. He and his wife, Sara, have three sons, Gavin (26), Collin (18) and Cass (13). His passion for the local community is highlighted by his work with the ALS Association and Omaha West Rotary. In addition to baseball, he enjoys college football, the New Orleans Saints, baseball’s Cubs and Royals and all-things Star Wars. He also loves music and is a drummer in two local bands, Strange Pleasures and The Drawing Board.

Warren Fish

Warren is an Information Security consultant with 25 years of experience. He has worked for multiple military, government, and corporate organizations including United States Strategic Command, United States Cyber Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Office of Naval Intelligence, Booz Allen Hamilton, ACI Worldwide, and Black Hills Corporation. Warren has supported these organizations in a number of capacities including consultant, manager, adviser, advocate, lobbyist, and auditor. Warren is a member of the ISACA Omaha Chapter, NebraskaCERT, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), (ISC)2 Omaha Chapter, and the FBI's Nebraska InfraGard Chapter.  Warren holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska, Omaha in addition to the CISA, CRISC, CISM, CDPSE, GSEC, GCCC, and CMMC-RP certifications.  Warren is currently an Associate Director with Protiviti’s Security Program and Strategy Practice.  Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration through consulting solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics, governance risk, and internal audit.

Rebecca Deterding is the President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Omaha.  She has served as the CFO for 7 years and as Interim CEO from August to March when she officially stepped into the CEO role.  Rebecca is originally from North Platte, earned her undergraduate degree in business administration and accounting from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, her MBA from Bellevue University, and she holds a CPA certificate.  She is the first woman to lead the YMCA of Greater Omaha in its 155-year history.  She has been married to her husband Will for over 17 years and has two sons, Harrison, 8 and Jude, 6.  

Stephanie Olson is a speaker, an author, and the CEO of The Set Me Free Project. Stephanie Olson holds a degree in Psychology. Her experience includes:

• Seven years of curriculum writing and development for women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness, and alcohol and drug addictions.
• Ten years of educating women in the area of empowerment and intrinsic value.
• Nine years of educating youth ages 11-18 in healthy relationships, the dangers of human trafficking, and social media safety.​

Stephanie has had extensive training, research, and study of human trafficking prevention education and social media safety. She is a sought-after speaker on women, youth, human trafficking, and social media safety while leading The Set Me Free Project to help prevent youth and young adults from personally experiencing trafficking.  

Shirley Wichman works for the Nebraska Tourism Commission as the Industry Relations Coordinator. Shirley loves to share her passion for Nebraska with whoever will listen. She and her husband, Willie, both native Nebraskans, enjoy traveling the back roads, visiting with the locals and of course, cheering on Nebraska athletics.

The mission of the Nebraska Tourism Commission is to expand Nebraska’s dynamic and diverse travel industry making it more viable by creating awareness, attracting increased visitors which results in greater tourism revenue and economic gain throughout the state.

One of the programs we are avidly talking about this year is the Nebraska Passport Program.  The purpose of the program is to help travelers discover many of Nebraska’s hidden gems. The program is special because it offers a wide variety of travel adventures, including museums, parks, restaurants, wineries, retail stores and more. 

WHAT TO EXPECT THE DAY OF THE SCRAMBLE
10:30 am Registration Begins
Lunch Specials Available in the Pub
Purchase String & Mulligans
Raffle Ticket Sales & Silent Auction Open
Warm-up on Driving Range & Putting Green
11:30 am Shotgun Start for the Tournament
5;00 pm Dinner Served
5:30 pm Winners Announced
Flight Awards, Pin Prizes, Raffle Prizes, SIlent Auction
Questions? Contact Jason Linde at 402-619-8007 or jason.linde@greatwesternbank.com

LINK TO FLIER Print and complete to register with a check.

LINK TO ONLINE STORE
You can register and pay online with a credit card if you so choose. All cc transactions include a 3% convenience fee.

Propelled by a passion to keep her son's memory and sacrifice alive by paying it forward to others, Wendy Adelson, Gold Star Mother of United States Marine Cpl Daegan Page in collaboration with other family members founded the Cpl Daegan Page Foundation.  Wendy's life has centered around raising her sons, volunteering for Boy Scouts and her church and a career spanning across non-profit work, pharmacy work and over 20 years focused on business process and client experience.  Wendy and her husband Craig are long time Millard residents and have both spent the majority of their lives calling the Midwest home. 

On August 26th, 2021 her youngest son Daegan's life was taken from the world by a suicide bomber when Daegan and others we evacuating US and Afghan citizens at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Blanketed by support from the Omaha community and the nation, Wendy knew she had to make good from the worst event of her life, and the concept of doing things the Dae Way was formed.  Wendy is now fulfilling the role of Secretary of the foundation that has one mission: Help others live life the Dae way through experiences, adventures, and overcoming challenges.

Derrick Sleezer earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1994.

Derrick grew up on his family’s farm in northwest Iowa and currently lives in Papillion, NE. The family farming operation in Iowa continues to raise pigs and grow corn and soybeans. Today, Mr. Sleezer uses his farming knowledge as he works for Standard Nutrition Services, a business that produces approximately 900,000 pigs annually.

Derrick Sleezer is the Product Design and Implementation Director for BarnVista, a cloud- based operation management software company based in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He also oversees compliance on animal welfare, biosecurity, employee and facility safety of Standard Nutrition Services sow production units. Derrick is a past president of the National Pork Board and has served in various other capacities within pork industry organizations.

Mick is a third generation Nebraska attorney who grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska. A graduate of the University of Texas and Creighton University Law School, He served 24 years in the USMC, primarily as a Judge Advocate. He deployed to four different conflicts throughout his career and has a specialty in International Law. He retired to Omaha in 2013 with his wife and 4 daughters. He started the nonprofit Veterans Legal Support Network in 2015 to address the legal support needs of Veterans and their families. He is an adjunct professor at Creighton Law School and works at National Indemnity Company as a mild mannered IT Regulatory Compliance analyst and Business Continuity planner.  He is also a board member for the Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial and helped establish the Nebraska Veterans Treatment Courts and works with Creighton Law Students and VLSN on discharge upgrades and helping incarcerated veterans. 

Christi Krehbiel began her career at Omaha Christian Academy as an elementary teacher, later teaching at the middle and high school level. In 2013, she joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska at Omaha as an instructor for the College of Education in the undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation program. After six years in higher education, Christi returned to Omaha Christian Academy to serve as Head of School and Principal, where she has the opportunity to interact with high schoolers one minute and don a tiara the next to read books to the 3-and 4-year-olds at their annual Princess party. 

Christi grew up in Millard, attending Montclair elementary and Millard North Middle School. She and her husband Gary have 4 grown children and will become grandparents in April.

DEMOINE ADAMS, TeamMates Mentoring Chief Executive Officer

DeMoine Adams was hired as TeamMates Mentoring Chief Operating Officer on August 26^th, 2021, and the TeamMates Program as CEO on September 7th, 2021. 

No stranger to the TeamMates Program, Adams has served TeamMates for eight of its 30 years, first as Post-Secondary Education Coordinator (2012-2016) and as Program Director (2016-2020). He most recently served as Director of Development for the University of Nebraska Foundation for the College of Business.

Adams is committed to serving the program that Tom and Nancy Osborne established in 1991. 

Adams received two degrees from the University of Nebraska; his Bachelor of Art degree in Political Science in 2001 and his Master of Art in Educational Psychology in 2006. Adams is a four-year letterwinner for the Cornhuskers, playing rush end in 1999-2002. 

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert is in her third term as Mayor of Omaha. First elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021, she is the 51st mayor of Omaha and the city's first woman to be elected to the office.

"Thank you for electing me to a third term. To serve as our city’s first female mayor, and to begin an unprecedented third term in office, are both incredibly special and very humbling. It is an honor that I will live up to, and one I am very excited to begin. I will work hard every day to earn your trust, make you proud of our work, and even more proud of our city."

Mayor Stothert's priorities are public safety, managing the city budget, job growth and economic development and improving the taxpayer experience., so every citizen receives excellent customer service when they interact with city government.

Mayor Stothert has reduced the property tax rate three times, improved city services, worked with the Omaha City Council to grow the city's population and tax base through annexation, and increased funding for the police department to increase the number of officers to 906, a record high number. This historic high number of officers is helping to make Omaha safer and establishing one of the best large-city police departments in the country. 

She proposed and voters approved "A Road Map to Better Streets", a $200 million bond issue to improve aging city streets.

She serves on the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) Board of Directors and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. She is the honorary Chair of the Omaha Sister Cities Association and Co-Chair of the Smart  Cities Initiative.

Stothert grew up in the St. Louis area and worked as a critical care nurse and later as head nurse and department head of cardiovascular surgery at St. Louis University. 

In 1993, Mayor Stothert and her family moved to Omaha.

She became involved in the Millard Public Schools as a volunteer. Later, she was appointed and then elected to the Millard Board of Education and served 11 years, including three as President. In 2009, she was elected to the Omaha City Council, representing District 5 in southwest Omaha.

Mayor Stothert has two children and four grandsons.

Mayor Stothert believes in open, transparent government and gets the most satisfaction from helping people solve problems.