2025 Winners
2025 Inspire Award Winners
Woman of the Year
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
Excellence in Large Business
Denise McCauley
Excellence in Small Business
Tara A. Stingley
Excellence in Education
Carol Salerno
Excellence in Public Service
Candias Jones
Excellence in Women’s Athletics
Jennifer Schwartz
Community Volunteer
Djel Ann Brown
Excellence in Healthcare
Sarah Miller, APRN
Inspire Scholarship
Brooklynn Freeman
Emerging Leader
Cleo Zagurski
Visionary
Dr. Patricia Newman
2025 Inspire Omaha Nominees
* Denotes finalist
- Allison Bring
- Amanda Brewer
- Amanda Failla-Tjarks *
- Amanda McGill Johnson
- Anayeli Martinez-Real *
- Andrea Foster
- Andrea Gonzalez Saavedra *
- Andrea Skolkin
- Anne Carroll *
- Anne Kleinschmit *
- Antonia Gomez
- Ashley Counterman
- Aurora Quartoroli *
- Brianne Schuler
- Brittany Perry
- Brooklynn Freeman *
- Candias (Candi) Jones *
- Carol Salerno *
- Chelyna Gaskin
- Christina Worster
- Claire Deegan
- Clarice Dombeck *
- Clarissa Streitenberger
- Cleo Zagurski *
- Connie Claussen
- Danelle Schlegelmilch *
- Dani Landholm *
- Danielle Geiger
- Danna Kehm
- Deb Grafentin *
- Deb Thacker
- Debbie Bremer
- Debra Kaplan *
- Denise Bartels
- Denise C. Swenson
- Denise McCauley *
- Djel Ann Brown *
- Donna Dostal
- Dr. Amy Clark
- Dr. Carrie Carr
- Dr. Elizabeth Przymus
- Dr. Erin Feichtinger
- Dr. HelenMari Merritt
- Dr. Maureen R.
- Tierney-Brennan *
- Dr. Patricia Newman *
- Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan *
- Dr. Shureen Seery
- Dr. Sylvia Rael
- Dr. Teresa (Terry) L. Anderson
- Dr. Viv L. Ewing *
- Echo Bell
- Elizabeth Constance
- Emma Beebe
- Erin Sullivan *
- Gabriella Moore
- Gretchen Radler
- Gwladys Nare
- Hanah Molloy
- Hannah Smith *
- Heather Kirk
- Heather Samson
- Holly Hunt *
- Isabel Kolb
- Isabella (Bella) McAtee *
- Isabella Ruskamp *
- Itzel Lopez
- Jada Messick
- Jane Pirnat *
- Janelle Allison
- Jean Stothert O’ Rourke
- Jennifer DiMotta
- Jennifer McDonald
- Jennifer Schwartz *
- Jeree Menning
- Jewel Rodgers
- Jill Grant
- Jill Lynch-Sosa
- Jill S. Orton
- Jo Giles *
- Jodi Jefferson *
- Jolene Knutzen
- Judge PaTricia (“Tricia”) Freeman
- Kaitlyn Finken
- Karen Pesek
- Kateri Hinman-Petto, PharmD
- Katie Benak
- Kaylie Verdin *
- Kelsey Herrera
- Kinyarie Dethloff
- Kirsten Bernthal Booth *
- Kris Epps Martinez
- Kristen A. Gerjevic
- Kristin Saxena
- Kylie Holman-Robinson
- Laura Hernandez *
- Lena Gonzales
- Lina Guida
- Linda Timmons
- Lindsay Decker
- Lindsay Harm
- Lindsey Rai Kortan
- Lisa Bertagni
- Lois Jordan
- Lori Watson
- Lorrie McGill, M.D.
- Lynette Smith
- Madison Schuetz (Howard)
- MajieAhna Winfrey *
- Makenna Welke
- Mari Bird
- Marjorie Maas
- Marnie Jensen
- Marquis Haynes *
- Mary Anderson
- Mary Anne Hoover and Mary Ann Kellogg
- Mary Foster *
- Mary Lorraine Miller
- Megan Detjens
- Megan Hale *
- Melissa Feekin
- Mercedes Fonte
- Michelle Cascio
- Molly Haas
- Molly Stickels
- Natalija Dominguez *
- Natalia Valadez
- Neli Hernandez-Briceno
- Nicole Bianchi
- Olga Navedo
- Pam Spaccarotella
- Pat Joyner
- Patti Salvo McGinn
- Payton Conrad *
- Potenciana Mallory
- Rachel Benson
- Racquel Henderson *
- Rebecca Deterding
- Rebecca Schaffer
- Renee Black
- Roberta L. Christensen *
- Robin Larsen *
- Rosa Kennedy
- Rosa Valle-Lopez
- Ruth Huebner-Brown
- Rylie Wright
- Samantha Nieman
- Sandie Yeaman *
- Sandy Spady
- Sara Cooper
- Sara Gehringer
- Sarah Gernhart
- Sarah Miller *
- Sarah Newman
- Shannon Beck
- Shannon Bingham *
- Sharon Brodkey
- Sharon Stoolman
- Shawn Garza
- Sheila Fields *
- Shelby Belmore
- Sherri Griggs
- Sierra Roseby *
- Sophie DelSenno
- Stacy Watson
- Stefanie Torres Chan
- Steph Drewnowski
- Steph Hand *
- Stephanie Olson
- Susan Elizabeth Schnase
- Susanne Cramer
- Tam Webb
- Tammy Gaden
- Tammy J. Green
- Tara A. Stingley *
- Tara Wisdom
- Taricka Burton
- Teresa Best
- Terri D. Sanders
- The Female Staff at Quality Living in Omaha
- Tina Murray
- Toni Roberts
- Tracy Corwin
- Ty Nared *
- Victoria Mbachu *
- Whitney Kamish
- Xin Zhao
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