March Small Business of the Month: Miracle Hills Clinic

Since 2015, it’s been a prescription for success at Miracle Hills Clinic: provide patients the highest-quality health and wellness services in a warm and stress-free environment. “We strive to stay on the leading edge and deliver evidence-based preventative, medical and aesthetic treatments, and the latest approaches to healthy living,” says Susan Browning, MHC’s Director of […]

Gale L. Wickersham

Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Gale L. Wickersham, Chairman & Founder, Wick’s Truck Trailers, Inc. Gale Wickersham is in the business of building relationships – both employee and customer. “If customers have a problem. they know my phone is on 24/7,” he says. “When I walk through the shop, I know the names of most of the […]

John W. Estabrook

Business Hall of Fame Honoree: John W. Estabrook (1927-2018), Fmr. President and CEO, Methodist Health System “People make the difference between mediocrity and excellence. Always treat your people with respect, dignity and equity.” A visionary and healthcare pioneer, over the course of four decades, John W. Estabrook transformed a respected 230-bed community hospital into the prominent, multi-hospital […]

Gail DeBoer

Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Gail L. DeBoer, President & CEO, Cobalt Credit Union Gail DeBoer has been eyeing and achieving lofty goals her entire life. When she took over as president and CEO of what’s now Cobalt Credit Union (formerly SAC Federal Credit Union), her first big aim was to hit $500 million in assets. […]

The Kavich Family

Business Hall of Fame Honorees: The Kavich Family, All Makes Jeff Kavich, President/CEO Larry Kavich, Chairman (retired) Lazier Kavich (1914-1996), 2nd Generation Owner Amee Zetzman, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer “It’s nice that Omaha is a city that allows you to thrive as a family business.” – Amee Zetzman, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, All Makes […]

Daniel J. Bishop

Business Hall of Fame Honoree: Daniel J. Bishop, Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Maids International “We said ‘yes’ a lot and we learned as we went.” Daniel Bishop believes successful businesses build trust, drive change and seek excellence. He would know – he’s created three of them. Along the way, he helped transform residential […]

Eight Business Leaders to Join the Omaha Business Hall of Fame

Business Hall of Fame Inductees

They have elevated some of Omaha’s most iconic companies and institutions; a group of eight distinguished individuals whose specialties range from finance and education, to office solutions, healthcare and transportation. The 2019 Omaha Business Hall of Fame inductees are: Daniel J. Bishop, Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Maids International Gail DeBoer, President & […]

February Small Business of the Month: CleanWash Laundry Systems

From their vantage point as local laundromat owners, Todd and Toni Santoro saw a prime opportunity to give a new business a spin. That was in 2008. CleanWash Laundry Systems has since grown into a multi-million dollar sales and service organization. With its team of six full-time employees in Omaha and sub-offices across the Midwest, […]

The Power of ‘We’

Greater Omaha Chamber Annual Meeting

The “power of we” was a trending theme at this year’s Annual Meeting, with accomplishments of capital investments, angel capital, new-to-market businesses and additional six-county achievements shared. Regional capital investment exceeded $1.4 billion, bolstered by economic development projects that included 33 new-to-market companies and business expansions. More than 66 tech startups, fueled by angel/venture capital […]

Five reasons for winning.

David G. Brown

Our success is possible thanks to your success. Join us at our upcoming Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23 as we celebrate all we’ve accomplished together in 2018, and launch into bold, new beginnings. Winning is a lot of fun! Site Selection magazine’s best economic development region three out of the last four years.  Headlines […]