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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in BUSINESS Lori Bergman
Nominator: Carol Halley From her humble beginnings in a small ice cream trailer, Lori Bergman has proven naysayers wrong by starting a successful brick and mortar ice cream business that draws folks from all over the area and beyond, wrote Bryce Harvey, who handles Lori’s social media and digital marketing. While working as a paraprofessional and nurse, Lori started her ice cream business, Double Dips, out of a trailer at fairs and local events. “I would say people were as drawn to her business for her personal hospitality as for the cold creamy ice cream desserts she served,” nominator Carol Halley wrote. In 2019, after more than a decade of working her side hustle, Lori made the jump to opening an ice cream shop full time. She worked with the Nebraska Business Development Center and the Center for Rural Affairs developing her business plan and resources. She secured a storefront downtown on the bricks, which is now known as the Canteen District. Double Dips is housed in the district’s second oldest building, the 1889 Dickey Building. The renovation was a family effort with her husband and sons.
In 2021 she won a local Excellence in Tourism award in the restaurant category. Lori was awarded the 2021 Nebraska Main Street award for best interior renovation project. Lori supports the downtown renovation project revitalizing the Canteen District as well as preserving history and supporting community events at the Lincoln County Historical Museum and others. She has donated treats to North Platte Public Schools staff and students for various events. She tries to support as many community events as possible as well as holding her own events such as Ice Cream for Breakfast, encouraging families to bring kids in their pajamas. Many times guests will find Lori working alongside her employees to greet customers and serve up a sweet dessert. Her staff is mostly high schoolers, many of whom may be in their first job. “From what I observed they are pretty lucky,” Halley wrote. Lori treats her staff members with compassion and love. She always takes time to make sure they are well equipped for the job, and when possible you will see Lori rooting on her staff at school functions and sporting events, Harvey wrote.
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on being nominated and recognized as a finalist in this year’s Women of Achievement awards. What you give of yourself every day to your family, the ranch and everything that you do speaks volumes about the person you are. We love you and are so proud to call you ours!
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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in BUSINESS
Traci Cummings
Dayna Wasserburger
Nominators: Becki Smith and Jessica Lawrence Traci Cummings is the founder and owner of the Wellness Journey Studio in North Platte. Its mission statement is: To support mind, body and spiritual goals through individual exercise, nutritional counseling and lifestyle coaching. A personal trainer, she has also designed corporate fitness programs for companies including Union Pacific, Nebraska Public Power District and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Traci earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Becky Smith wrote of Traci: “As a woman in business, starting fresh was hard 20 years ago, let alone starting with one’s own business model. Initially, the number of women-owned businesses was minimal; the expectations of greatness were far more limited than the reality encouraged today. Regardless, Cummings demonstrated passion and a desire to thrive. She created her business and grew it to a local and online presence so she could better reach the rural areas of the state. She inspired others to grow similar businesses while maintaining professionalism and consistent clientele during change. She also volunteered time at local institutions by speaking with, teaching and training
Nominator: Greg Wilke Dayna and her husband, Trey, own TD Angus, the second largest registered Angus seedstock operation in Nebraska and one of the top 10 in the United States. She plays a key role in their whole operation, including marketing, accounting, payroll, annual seedstock registrations and genetic testing submissions and records. She handles cattle performance records and reporting to the American Angus Association as well as the transfer of Angus Association records and dispersal to customers after their sale. Dayna handles creation and distribution of the extensive breeding records for their 1,200-head cow herd. She hosts events and tours at TD Angus for visitors and delegations. Their annual bull sale is a massive project in and of itself, with Dayna handling the catalog, advertising videos, food, guest hosting and accounting. She is the coordinator of their Competitive Feed Test, which pays out $25,000 in cash prizes to their customers in five different performance categories. Dayna also handles their horse program. “The accomplishments of this young lady are remarkable for anyone’s career let alone for a person of just 33 years old,” said one nominator, Greg Wilke.
“She has amazing energy as a wife, mother of four children and business manager for their TD Angus Purebred cattle operation.” Before their purchase of the purebred Angus business in 2017, Dayna was the regional director of membership for Nebraska Farm Bureau for 17 counties in central and western Nebraska. In this role from 2014 to 2017, she assisted the Nebraska Farm Bureau county boards in promoting and growing the organization. She continues to promote agriculture in social media, speaking events and hosting events for both children and adults at their ranch. The purebred cattle business relies on data integrity on each animal in the registry including the proper DNA testing and matching. Dayna quickly learned the needed skills and has managed all cattle information and data in a period of dramatic growth of their business from selling 117 bulls in 2017 to selling 355 bulls this March. The cow herd more than tripled during this time period. "I feel we need more of these young professional women who can model how to be successful in the business while maintaining a balance in her personal life as a wife and mother," Wilke said.
many within their own walls.” In the community, she has been involved in the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships community health improvement plan through the West Central District Health Department; a committee member of the Healthy for Life program promoting healthy school lunch programs; Citizen Advocacy; Region II Mental Health, designing exercise programs to boost morale and reduce depression; Rape and Domestic Abuse Program, for which she has been honored as “Top Volunteer;” and Business and Professional Women. Jessica Lawrence wrote: “Traci is not only an amazing trainer, she genuinely cares for each person in her classes, taking interest in each of our lives and helping us find the best way to achieve our individual goals, as well as maintaining them.” Lawrence noted that Traci donates her time, talents and money to local nonprofits, and for 11 years has organized the free “Beer & a Mile” program, which welcomes anyone to participate. Lawrence also said that in the last year, Traci has overcome a critical health problem herself. As she recovered, many exercise programs in North Platte offered free or discounted services to Traci’s clients so she could recover without worrying about them.
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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in Education
Kathleen Craig
Amanda Huebner
Nominator: David Huebner Amanda Huebner is principal of Sutherland High School.
Nominator: Elleigh Fisher After receiving her teaching certificate, and with a couple of years in the classroom behind her, North Platte High School alumna Kathleen Craig moved back to her hometown of North Platte in 2018 to establish an agriculture department at the high school. She was passionate about Future Farmers of America and the possibility of bringing it back after a 30-year absence. The club itself requires an ag curriculum, so developing the program was a big task, wrote former student Elleigh Fisher. Fisher wrote: “Mrs. Craig is developing ways that the ag department can mature and grow, offering more opportunities for the future education of agriculture students. She has plans for the program to construct a new building that will hold a greenhouse and classroom space for students to learn the aspects of horticulture and agronomy as well as other areas of study. Her fundraising efforts have already begun, and you can see the action of her students’ efforts in the annual Feed the Farmer Banquet each year where more than 200 community members gather to support the future of FFA and ag education. The students are hands-on in all fundraising efforts, and you can also see the result of their hard work in the participation of the local and district contests. Kathleen isn’t just teaching her students a skill. She is providing them with knowledge of a lifestyle that will continue with them throughout their lives. Such an influential place to be, and Kathleen does it with grit, many many hours of dedication, and an undeniable drive to make sure her students are prepared for life beyond high school. “Such dedication takes a unique soul; one that is willing to immerse her personal life with her school life, seamlessly combining the two. There are many ways that Kathleen is molding the lives of her ‘FFA kids’ but her commitment to the lives of other NPHS students does not end with ag. Not only does she provide hours to FFA, but Mrs. Craig spends many more hours in other areas at the high school. Kathleen is a mentor for TeamMates, she is an adviser for Skills USA, and she is an assistant coach for the high school swim team. She isn’t just a teacher at NPHS, she lives NPHS. Her dedication and loyalty are the promise of the future for North Platte students and the programs she supports.” Macie Wippel worked with Craig in starting an ag program in Kearney Public Schools from 2016 to 2018. During those two years, Kathleen assisted in growing that program from 150 students to more than 300, Wippel wrote. Outside of school, Craig is a rancher, a wife, and a mother. She and her husband, Colton, live north of town ranching for themselves while raising their toddler son, Lawson. Craig’s activities include Nebraska Coaches Association, Nebraska State Education Association, North Platte assistant swim coach, FFA adviser, Skills USA adviser and TeamMates mentor.
She “etched her place in the Sutherland community as a hard-working, fair/ balanced, positive school administrator,” wrote David Huebner, Amanda's husband. “She tirelessly works on behalf of the student body’s academic growth, mental health, physical wellness and safety. Mrs. Huebner is an exceptional woman leader in our area and has built an impeccable reputation in the greater Lincoln County educational realm.” She holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in English, a master’s degree from the University of Texas-Tyler in human resource development and management, and a master’s from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in education administration. She is currently completing a UNK superintendent certificate and will be a fall 2023 Ed.D. doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a high school English teacher and coach for over 10 years in Texas. Additionally, she is a published young adult author. Her book, “Locket of Lies,” is available on Amazon.
Congratulations to Maggie Butler, Kathleen Craig and Angela Blaesi forbeing
recognized as 2023’s Women of Achievement Nominees. We appreciate your dedication to Education, our Students and our
Community. We are so proud of you all! We are NPPS!
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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in government
Angela Blaesi
Nominators: Evelyn and Zarah Blaesi Angela Blaesi was elected to the North Platte School Board in 2021 and was chosen as its president this year. Her in-home child care center is the only one in North Platte rated Step 5 in the state’s Step Up to Quality program. Her daughters Evelyn and Zarah Blaesi nominated her for Women of Achievement. They noted that while operating her day care, their mother graduated with her associate’s degree, and she is working toward a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and family advocacy at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has volunteered for the Miss Nebraska Scholarship
Organization with the Little Sister Program for 10 years. “Not only does she care for her own children’s education, she also cares for the education of the children in her child care and for the education of the children in our community. She is willing to do more than just sit and watch what happens in her community. Not only does she want the best for these children, but she is and will continue to advocate for child education in North Platte, Nebraska,” Evelyn and Zarah wrote. Blaesi is also involved in booster club, Communities for Kids and the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children.
Nominator: Patrick Jacobson Caitlyn Jacobson has been a dedicated educator for the past eight years, during which time she has shown a true commitment to helping her students succeed. She has been recognized for her innovative teaching methods and her ability to inspire her students to achieve their full potential, wrote her husband, Patrick Jacobson. Recently, Caitlyn began working as a 4-H Extension educator. Her dedication
to the 4-H Extension program and her passion for education have helped to create new opportunities for students to learn and grow, Patrick Jacobson said. She has also been instrumental in building partnerships with local organizations and businesses to provide even more resources and opportunities for her students. He said her passion, dedication and innovative approach to education make her a true asset to the field.
ON BEING NOMINATED FOR WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT! AMAZING WIFE Congratulations Your hard work, dedication, and passion have not gone unnoticed and I am incredibly proud of you. Love you more! Love your husband! TOMY
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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in medical Loretta Baca, M.D. Jovanka Vuksanovic, M.D.
Nominator: Dr. Todd Hlavaty Jovanka Vuksanovic is director of the hospitalist program at Great Plains Health and specializes in internal medicine. She serves on the GPH Board of Directors and the hospital’s Intensive Care Committee Compliance Committee. She studied at the University of Belgrade School of Medicine and served her residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Hospitalists are physicians employed by GPH whose focus is on the care of hospitalized patients. Nominator Dr. Todd Hlavaty wrote:
Baca is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in family practice, according to the center’s website. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Academy for the Advancement of Medicine. She was an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Before moving to North Platte in 1998, she was associate program director of the internal medicine residency program at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver and came to North Platte monthly as a rheumatology consultant.
“I feel that Dr. Vuksanovic is the heart of Great Plains Health. Her role as the director of the hospitalist program has saved innumerable lives in our community. Her role on the Board of Directors at Great Plains Health has helped to shape the overall success the hospital has experienced in the past several years. She should have been recognized many years prior to this award for the outstanding contribution to our hospital. Her role on the Board of Directors has helped shape the role of medicine and served as a role model for female physicians at Great Plains Hospital.”
Nominator: Laurie Soper Dr. Loretta Baca owns and operates The Center for Health in North Platte. Colleague Laurie Soper, who nominated Baca, wrote: “Dr. Baca has been at the forefront in bringing holistic care options to Nebraska. Opening her business The Center for Health gave her the opportunity to use integrative, functional, alternative medicine and traditional medicine for the best patient outcomes. To date thousands of patients around the country and indeed around the world have benefited from her care. For this life of service I nominate her for this award.”
We salute this year’s Women of Achievement nominees with a special congratulations to our very own GPHealth nominees. Megan McGown, chief development officer | Jovanka Vuksanovic, MD
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Caroline Sabin
2023 Women of Achievement nominees in social services Maggie Butler Nominator: Molly Morales Maggie is the North Platte Public Schools student services liaison. She serves as a link between school, home and the community for all children in grades pre-K through sixth grade in North Platte Public Schools. She supports students’ social-emotional needs, assists families with obtaining basic needs and resources, assesses family needs and makes community referrals. She makes sure that the community mobile food pantry runs smooth every month, volunteers and participates in plays at the North Platte Community Playhouse, and serves as a mentor and board member for TeamMates Mentoring of North Platte.
Nominator: Janet Livingston Caroline Sabin is the director of Families First Partnership in North Platte. As a former teacher and child well-being coordinator at West Central District Health Department, Caroline came to realize that many families needed support in caring for and rais- ing their children. That support might involve finances, mental health, help connecting with community resources or education to help them become the best parents they could be. Working with the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Caroline formed Families First Partnership in 2017. Families First Partnership is a non- profit organization funded through Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and various grants. Its pur- pose is to raise awareness, improve access to resources, build relationships and facilitate collaboration among the services available in our community. Caroline works tirelessly to raise awareness of family needs, but also to help families know what assistance is available to them, wrote nominator Janet Livingston. She has helped initi- ate programs in our community such as Parent-Child Interactive Therapy, Parents Interacting with Infants, Boys Town Common Sense Parenting and Circle of Security Parenting. She has written numerous grants to provide funding to help directly meet the needs of people in the local area. Individuals who reach out to Families First Partnership are also connected through the guidance and partnership of Caroline and Tori, the central navi-
gator at Families First Partnership, to other service organizations that could provide appropriate assistance. One of the essential services Caroline has provided through Families First Partnership is linkage and collabora- tion of service agencies and organiza- tions within the local area. She has hosted the North Platte Interagency for several years. She has been involved in the organization of the annual Project Connect, a one-day event for commu- nity members to access up to 50 differ- ent services in one day. She formulated Community Response and the Community Collaborative to organize service agency response to the needs of people in the local area. She began a Families First Partnership Facebook page that has frequent daily informa- tion about parenting, families, events, and information about classes and ser- vices for families. She has helped create a Resource Directory on the Families First Partnership webpage, called “First Link,” where over 120 agencies listed their information and events. In addi- tion, she chairs the Lincoln County Child Abuse Prevention Council. With needs evident in other areas of Nebraska, Caroline has in the last year, with the guidance of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, expanded services in Keith County and Southwest Nebraska, organizing similar services and resources for those areas. Outside of her work with Families First Partnership, Caroline is active at her church, is a partner with her hus- band at their cattle ranch and is a lov- ing mother of three and grandmother of three granddaughters.
Stacie Jones
Nominator: Marvin Nesiba Stacie Jones is an employment specialist at Goodwill in North Platte, where she has worked for 7 ½ years. In her position, she assists individuals with barriers to gain employment and maintain it. Her fiancé, Marvin Nesiba, who nominated her, praised her work in helping young adults overcome challenges such as mental disabilities or substance abuse to find jobs, housing and meet basic living expenses. “I am very proud of what she does to help keep young adults off the street and move forward with their lives,” he wrote.
Stacie Jones
Brenda,
thank you for all you do in our community and thank you for your faithful service volunteering at Valley.
The Nebraska Extension for Lincoln, Logan and McPherson Counties Congratulates
THANK YOU TO ALL THE FINALISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY!
for her nomination for education under the 2023 Woman of Achievement Award
Congratulations on being a finalist for the Women of Achievement Award!
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2022 Business: Abbie Pack Past Women of Achievement Winners 2015 Business: Ardell Krizek Cultural Arts: Donna Pucket
2012 Cultural Arts: Sharron Hollen Business: Teresa Sweley Education: Joan Davis Medical: Barb Petersen Social Services: Kris Steinbeck Work with Youth: Brandy Buscher Volunteer: Waneita Schomer 2011 Business: Nancy Faulhaber Cultural: Cheri Erickson Education: Tami Eshleman Government: Dawn Miller Volunteer: Jan Wright Work with Youth: Vikki Carlson Social Services: Wilma Hackney
2019 - No ceremony 2018 Business: Krista Heiss Cultural Arts: Renae Brandt Education: Brenda Aufdenkamp Government: Amanda Speichert Medical: Deborah Weaver Social Services: Shawna Tatman Volunteer: Shari Shore 2017
Cultural Arts: Sue McKain Education: Jody Tomanek Government: Judy Clark Medical: Renee Engler Social Services: Traci Sawyer Volunteer: Emily Wurl & Tauni Morris 2021 Business: Robyn Foote Cultural Arts: Paulette Stefka Education: Kimberly Flanders Government: Laurie Jones Medical: Jasmine Hahn & Jenny Lantis Social Services: Jenny Bonta Volunteer: Alyssa Fabik 2020 Business: Shae Caldwell Cultural Arts: Amy Minshull Education: Jodi Howard Government: Tanya Roberts-Connick Medical: Fiona Libsack Social Services: Molly Morales Up and Coming: Addilyn Wilson Volunteer: Kathy Swain Work with Youth: Mitzi Mueller
Education: Joyce Delgado Government: Lisa Burke Medical: Kira Krautz, DVM Social Services: Jill Vaughn and Allison Huebner Up and Coming: Chantel Johnson Volunteer: Brandi Barrett Work with Youth: Carrie Lienemann 2014 Business: Clarine Eickhoff Cultural Arts: Mary Hepburn Education: Sally Thalken Government: Molly O’Holleran Medical: Lori Barrett Social Services: Jennifer Haneborg Volunteer: Claudette Nelson 2013 Business: Michele Aloi Cultural Arts: Pat Hoban Education: Linda Clavel Government: Lisa Josten Medical: Dr. Kathy Lopez Volunteer: Pat Dannatt Work with Youth: Susan Sukraw
Business: Kay Lucas Medical: Karen Waite
Social Services: Maria Lein Cultural Arts: Holly Carlini Volunteer: Sandee Kroon 2016 Business: Cassie Condon
Cultural Arts: Susan Werkmeister Education: Barbara Christensen Government: Dana Songster Medical: Kelley Hasenauer Social Services: Nan Hynes Up and Coming: Michaela Schmid and Emma Young Volunteer: Mary Pendleton Work with Youth: Betty Van Boening
2010 Business: Cindy Petersen Cultural: Sharon Skinner
Education: Margo Hirschfeld Government: Rebecca Harling Volunteer: DiAnn Nichelson Social Services: Jeanie Gilbert Work with Youth: Lee Ann Nielsen
CONGRATULATIONS andAll TheWomen of Achievement! Barb Baldridge (308) 530-5845
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2023 Women of Achievement nominees in Volunteer Barb Baldridge
Megan McGown
Nominator: Brandon Kelliher Megan McGown has spent countless hours working to improve the community of North Platte. Most notably and most recently she helped to organize, plan and facilitate the campaign to improve the North Platte Recreation Center, wrote North Platte Mayor Brandon Kelliher, who is also her colleague at Great Plains Health. Megan led the Mayor’s Committee on Wellness that focused on the rec center rebuild project. Megan’s efforts, along with many community members, ended in voters approving a small sales tax increase to pay for a complete Nominator: Sam Thomas Brenda Robinson has lived and volunteered in North Platte her entire adult life. She was nominated by her friend Sam Thomas, who wrote: “She is one of those people who is extremely active in our community. She is dependable, honest and someone who works largely behind the scenes. We need to recognize people like her who are so valuable to our community.” Her volunteer activities over more than 40 years include: Jayceettes/ Jaycee Women (member, officer and president); Valley Christian Church (treasurer); Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities and boards; working with first- and second-graders on reading skills; North Platte Public
remodel of the North Platte Rec Center, improvements to Cody Park pool and a rebuild of the skate park. At Great Plains Health, Megan functions as both the chief development officer and the head of the Great Plains Foundation. She leads Great Plains Health’s efforts to improve the community and region by directing foundation funds that improve the lives of all area residents. In her previous role with the North Platte Area Chamber and Development Corp., Megan was responsible for moving forward the downtown improvements project in North Platte. Library Citizen Advisory Board; Mid- Nebraska Community Foundation (board member, officer, president, Scholarship Committee chair); North Platte Public Schools Foundation (alumni database coordinator); North Platte Concert Association (board member, youth ticket sponsorships); election poll worker; and 1 Book 4 North Platte (book selection committee member). A graduation of North Platte High School and Mid-Plains Community College, Brenda worked as a computer programmer for Western Computer Services and office manager at Keenan’s Beverages, Coca-Cola Bottling and Distributing. She was a stay-at-home mom for her four children until they graduated from high school.
Nominator: Jane Wilkinson Barb Baldridge has been instrumental in bringing the sport of pickleball to North Platte and the surrounding area. Nominator Jane Wilkinson said: Barb learned about pickleball in June of 2018 and “fell in love at first serve!” She started working with a group of pickleball players to improve courts in North Platte. Since that time, she has introduced the sport to North Platte, helped get four outdoor courts built at Memorial Park, organized and held numerous tournaments, and taught clinics and classes at Mid-Plains Community College and throughout the region. She has worked tirelessly to get the City of North Platte, North Platte Pickleball, the North Platte Tennis Association and the tennis community to work together to rebuild Cody Park Tennis Courts. This will be a multisport facility planned to contain 10 dedicated pickleball courts and eight tennis courts when completed. Reaching beyond our community, Barb is also a USA Pickleball Ambassador for the Great Plains Region. Barb has created a community that started with 12 people and has developed into North Platte Pickleball with over 120 members and a board to help manage the growth.
Several North Platte Pickleball members have faced cancer diagnoses, so Barb created a fundraiser event called “Queen of the Court” with a check being given to the Callahan Cancer Center to help with expenses of cancer patients. Barb has also volunteered countless hours at her church, as a 4-H leader and with the American Legion Hall. Barb helped organize a community effort to restore the then-condemned Paul R. Martin Post 279 American Legion Hall in Hershey. Through fundraisers and volunteer labor, the building was completely restored, appraised at $350,000 and operating as a community center and preschool in 7 months. The building is also a museum for area veterans with memorabilia from World War I through the present day. She created Patriot Packages to send to local military stationed overseas and organized this effort. Barb was also instrumental in raising funds for the first driving range at Oregon Trails Golf Course. She held golf clinics and created a capital campaign so Sutherland Public Schools, Paxton and Hershey High School golfers would have a place to practice. She was also an assistant golf coach both at Sutherland and North Platte Public Schools.
Brenda Robinson
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