Selection Committee
This committee is responsible for reviewing hundreds of student applications, conducting interviews at high schools, and selecting the 40 student participants of the YLO program each year.
- Nicole Bianchi – Bravium Human Development
- Brian Boerner, ’18 – Business Development Officer, CREC Energy
- Ayanna Boykins – Project Director, Anti-Defamation League
- Luke Buffington, ’16 – Data Warehouse Developer, First National Bank
- Kathryn Dorwart – YLO Alum and Accounting Assistant at Gavilon Group, LLC
- Whitney Eiden – Academic Advisor, Heider College of Business
- Valyn Gipson, ‘12, ‘18 – USAF Healthcare Administrator
- Joan Jurek – Director of College Planning at EducationQuest Foundation
- Liz Kerrigan – Leadership Strategist – Greater Omaha Chamber
- Joe Kleinsmith – YLO Alum and Heider College of Business Deans Fellow, ’21
- Angeline Larson – YLO Alum and Chief Operations Office, Charles Drew Health Center, Inc.
- Amy McLaughlin – V.P., Programs and Operations at ICAN
- Sarah Moylan – Manager of Young Professionals at Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Thomas Murdock, ‘15 – Senior Associate, KPMG LLP
- Sherie Thomas – Omaha Police Department
- N. Omar Valentine – Director, Upward Bound, Metro Community College
- Tim Vleisides, ’18 – Associate, KPMG LLP
- Charisse Williams – Assistant Dean, Heider College of Business
