2023 Winners

2023 Inspire Award Winners

Woman of the Year

Carmen Tapio
President / CEO
North End Teleservices, LLC

Excellence in Large Business

Megan Belcher
Chief Legal & External Affairs Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Scoular

Excellence in Small Business

Monique Farmer
APR
Avant Solutions

Excellence in Education

Dr. Deb Carlson
President / CEO
Nebraska Methodist College

Excellence in Public Service

Morgan Keegan
Girls Inc.

Community Volunteer

Carol Russell
Volunteer

Excellence in Healthcare

Jen Tran
RN, SANE
Methodist Health System

Inspire Scholarship

Monserrat Medina Hernandez
Student
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Emerging Leader

Yajaira Gonzalez
Program Coordinator
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Visionary

Yareli Garcia
Owner / Founder
Prestige Cleaning

2023 Inspire Finalists

Community Volunteer
Carol Russell, Community Volunteer
Kristin Lowrey, Access Period
Mary Louise Carlson, Omaha Sunrise Lions Club
Pearl Thunn, Pearl’s Beauty Shop
Mary Larson, Community Volunteer

Emerging Leader
Yajaira Gonzalez, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Michaela Atkins, Elevate Omaha
Adria Tipp, Elkhorn High School
Stefanie Bezduch, Angel Guardians
Shelby Belmore, Lacey Brown State Farm

Excellence in Business (Large)
Megan Belcher, Scoular
Calli Hite, Fusion Medical Staffing
Amy Hennings, Signature Performance
Amy L. Lawrenson, Baird Holm LLP
Liz Hall, Medical Solutions

Excellence in Business (Small)
Jodie McGill, McGill Law
Monique Farmer, Avant Solutions
Nicole Bianchi, Nicole Bianchi Speaks
Karli Meisinger, J&R Mechanical
Shanna Turner, T4 Enterprises

Excellence in Education
Dr. Rachel Cushing, Creighton University School of Medicine
Dr. Deb Carlson, Nebraska Methodist College
Dr. Ferial Pearson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Dr. Joanne Li, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Catie Baker, Creighton University

Excellence in Healthcare
Chanda Chacon, Children’s Hospital
Dr. Joann Porter, Creighton University School of Medicine
Dr. Emily Patel, Methodist Health System
Jen Tran, Methodist Health System
Carol Gaebler, UNMC

Excellence in Public Service
Morgan Keegan, Girls Inc.
Cydney Franklin, Seventy-Five North
Dr. Neena Nizar, The Jansen’s Foundation
Lauren Micek Vargas, Education Rights Counsel
Vanessa Ward, 4ward Leap

Inspire Scholarship
Aylin Sanjuampa Cerezo, College of Saint Mary
Monserrat Medina Hernandez, Student
Maggie Wadginski, GRIT is our Superpower
Mia Perales, Students for Sustainability
Maddie Mollner, College of Saint Mary

Visionary
Haley Piper Haas, Anastasis Theatre Co.
Yareli Garcia, Prestige Cleaning
Julie Hockney, JH Interior Design
Stephanie Grade, Ovation Heartwood Preserve
Tracy Zaiss, ZCo Global Partner Solutions

Woman of the Year
Nancy Williams, No More Empty Pots
Carmen Tapio, North End Teleservices
Cydney Franklin, Seventy Five North
Carol Russell, Volunteer
Dr. Joanne Li, University of Nebraska at Omaha

2023 Inspire Omaha Nominees

Abby McLeay
Adria Tipp
Allison Wakin
Alyssa Dilts
Amanda Ivey
Amber Barna, MSN, RN
Amber Nichole Oak Kleber
Ameshia Doll-Weier
Amy Hennings
Amy L. Lawrenson
Amy Nakai
Andrea Taylor
Angela Cooper
Anna Pitt
Anne Branigan
Ann Wieseler
Ashley Havelka
Aylin Sanjuampa Cerezo
Beatriz Arellanes
Brittany Thomas
Brooke McAlpin
Caitlyn Ebersole
Calli Hite
Candace Clow
Candace Gregory
Carmen Tapio
Carol Gaebler, MS, CCC-SLP
Carolina Padilla
Carol Russell
Catie Baker
Chantal Wentz
Chanda Chacon
Cheri Dickmeyer
Cherry Bear
Cherylle Leffall
Chloe Carr
Cydney Franklin
Cynde Glismann
Cynthia Goslin
Deborah Dogba
Debra McKnight
Devin Larsen
Diana Ariss Rogel
Dr. Deb Carlson
Dr. Joann Porter
Dr. Joanne Li
Dr. Linda M. Garcia-Dorta
Dr. Neena Nizar
Dr. Pamela Schwalb
Echo Bell
Emily Patel MD
Erin Porterfield
Ferial Pearson
Gennifer Herb
Haley Piper Haas
Wendy Pecoraro
Imani Murray
Itzeni Nayeli Lopez
Jackie Alba
Jannette Taylor
Jean Jadlowski
Jen Tran
Jenny Mickeliunas
Jessica Lee
Jill Harman
Jill S. Orton
Joan Porter MD
Joanne Kamppinen
Jodie McGill
Jolene Knutzen
Julianne FitzPatrick
Julie Hockney
Julie Sigmon
Karina McHugh
Karli Meisinger
Kate Maguire
Katie Bassett
Kellee Mikuls
Kelly Gray
Kim Rowell
Kimberly Kropp
Kristin Lowrey
Lacey Brown
Lauren Cencis
Lauren Micek Vargas
Lauren Mueller
Leah Whitney Chavez
Leslie Bishop Hartung
Linda Meigs
Lindsay Toussant Brown
Lindsey Stennis
Liz Hall
Liz Zellner
Lori Hoffart
Maddie Mollner
Maggie Wadginski
Maia Young
Marcia Anderson
Mary Ann O’Brien
Mary Anne Hoover
Mary Larson
Mary Louise Carlson
Megan Belcher
Melissa Henry, MS, CSCS
Melissa Schroeder
Melissa Steffes
Mia Perales
Micaela Zimmer
Michaela Atkins
Michala Anderson
Mi-Ya Mata
Monique Farmer
Monserrat Medina Hernandez
Morgan Keegan
Mrs. Toody Moffatt
Nancy Edick
Nancy Williams
Nicole Bianchi
Pearl Thunn
Phyllis Valentine
Racheal Cushing
Rachel Wortmann
Raquel Schram
Sandie Yeaman
Sandy Spady
Sara Karnowski
Sasha Berscheid
Shanna Turner
Shannon Barnhart-Vosberg
Sharon Jackson
Shawn McCarville
Sheila Byars Fields
Shelby Belmore
Stefanie Bezduch
Stephanie Grade
Stephanie Kidd
Susie Owens
Suzanne Combs-Brown
Tamara Draeger
Tamika Mease
Taryn Clatanoff
Tay “Foxy” Hudson
Tiffany Gormley
Tracy Zaiss
Vanessa Ward
Vicky McHugh
Victoria McHugh
Wendy Pecoraro
Wendy Wiseman
Yajaira Gonzalez
Yareli Garcia