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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 

Brad Wegner
Vice Chair

 Midlands Contracting, Inc. 

Kelly Naslund
Secretary/Treasurer

Watkins Concrete Block

Jerry Hellman
Past Chair

Hellman, Main, Coslor & Kathol, P.C. 

 

Board Members

Craig Bennett

Miller & Associates

Kimber Bonner

CHI Health Good Samaritan 

Nathan Dorsey

FNBO 

Scott Ehmke

DP Management, LLC  

Justin Gould

Black Hills Energy  

Kevin Jenn

Blue Print Engines 

Dan Lynch

Buffalo County Board of Commissioners 

Tami Moore

City of Kearney 

Nick Ridgeway

Jacobsen Orr

Kurt Schmidt

City of Kearney
   
 

Ex-Officio Members

Jon Abegglen

Chairman
Kearney Community Redevelopment Authority

Neal Schnoor

Chancellor
University of Nebraska Kearney

Grant Flamig

Account Manager
NPPD

Brenda Jensen

City Manager
City of Kearney

Matt Smallcomb

City Administrator
City of Gibbon

Fred Matejka

Mayor
City of Ravenna

Dusty Newton

Municipal Administrator
Village of Elm Creek

Stan Clouse

State Senator, District 37
Nebraska Legislature