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# Our Board

The Development Council for Buffalo County has a Board of Directors and ex-officio members that advise the Executive Director and staff. Voting board members represent valuable partners and investors, including the City of Kearney, the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo County Commissioners, and area business leaders.

The Development Council also has several ex-officio board members representing the Cities of Kearney, Gibbon, Ravenna, the Village of Elm Creek, the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, the Kearney Redevelopment Authority, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

## Board Officers

| #### Sherry Morrow Chair [Buffalo County Board of Commissioners](https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/BOARD-OF-COMMISSIONERS)  | #### Brad Wegner Vice Chair  [Midlands Contracting, Inc.](https://www.midlandscontracting.com/)  | #### Kelly Naslund Secretary/Treasurer [Watkins Concrete Block](https://watkinsconcreteblock.com/) | #### Jerry Hellman Past Chair [Hellman, Main, Coslor & Kathol, P.C.](https://www.hmck.net/)  |
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## Board Members

| #### Craig Bennett [Miller & Associates](https://miller-engineers.com/) | #### Kimber Bonner [**CHI Health Good Samaritan**](https://www.chihealth.com/locations/good-samaritan) <https://www.fnbo.com/> | #### Nathan Dorsey [**FNBO**](https://www.fnbo.com/)  | #### Scott Ehmke [**DP Management, LLC**](https://www.dp-mgmt.com/)  <https://www.blackhillsenergy.com/> |
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| #### Justin Gould [**Black Hills Energy**](https://www.blackhillsenergy.com/)  <https://nebraska.edu/regents/board-members/paul-kenney> | #### Kevin Jenn [Blue Print Engines](https://blueprintengines.com/) <https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/BOARD-OF-COMMISSIONERS> | #### Dan Lynch [**Buffalo County Board of Commissioners**](https://buffalocounty.ne.gov/BOARD-OF-COMMISSIONERS) <https://cityofkearney.org/> | #### Tami Moore [**City of Kearney**](https://cityofkearney.org/) <https://kearneycreteandblock.com/> |
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| #### Nick Ridgeway [**Jacobsen Orr**](https://cityofkearney.org/) | #### Kurt Schmidt [**City of Kearney**](https://cityofkearney.org/) |   |   |
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## Ex-Officio Members

| #### Jon Abegglen Chairman [Kearney Community Redevelopment Authority](https://cityofkearney.org/1137/Community-Redevelopment-Authority#:~:text=The%20Kearney%20City%20Council%20established,need%20of%20improvement%20and%20development.) | #### Neal Schnoor Chancellor [University of Nebraska Kearney](http://www.unk.edu/) | #### Grant Flamig Account Manager [NPPD](https://www.nppd.com/) | #### Brenda Jensen City Manager [City of Kearney](https://cityofkearney.org/) |
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| #### Matt Smallcomb City Administrator [City of Gibbon](https://cityofgibbon.org/) | #### Fred Matejka Mayor [City of Ravenna](https://www.myravenna.com/government/index.php) | #### Dusty Newton Municipal Administrator [Village of Elm Creek](https://elmcreekne.com/) | #### Stan Clouse State Senator, District 37 [Nebraska Legislature](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?SenatorID=219) |
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