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COMMUNITY EXPERTISE
Siena Francis House elected new leadership for 2023. The board of directors will be led by Dr. Cary Ward, Chief Medical Officer of CHI Health System, along with Vice Chair Liz Mazzotta, Chief Administrative Officer at Mutual of Omaha; Secretary Roxana Cortés-Mills, Associate Legal Director at Immigrant Legal Center; Treasurer Amy Bouchard, Executive Vice President at First National Bank of Omaha; and immediate past chair Phillip Webb, President of Kernen Capital.
The board also has diverse professional expertise including Mark Foxall, Community Service Associate at the University of Nebraska Omaha; Ann O’Connor, retired President of Roncalli High School; Donald Neal Jr., Senior Tax Director for the University of Nebraska System; Tim Dunning, retired Douglas County Sheriff; Mike Findley, Assistant Vice President for Principle Gifts at Creighton University; Daniel Hassing, attorney at Airplane Owners and Pilots Association; Dave Naumann, retired Senior Vice President of IT at Bank of the West; Hector Rivera, Vice President of Client WAN Engineering at Fiserv; Jo Williams, retired Director of Asset Management at Tenaska; and Veterans Representative and artist Jeremiah Neal.
The Siena Francis House mission is to empower those who need help to find permanent, stable housing and through these efforts end homelessness. Programs include 48 permanent supportive housing units and 50 tiny homes. The cottages to be completed this summer. Siena Francis is most known for providing shelter, food and support services to homeless individuals. However, Siena Francis also offers the Miracles Recovery Center, which provides no-cost addiction treatment to anyone experiencing homelessness and is partnering with local health facilities to provide respite care for homeless individuals after hospitalization.
Rosa Duran
MERIDIAN BUSINESS ADDS FINANCIALS CONSULTANT TO THE TEAM
Meridian Business is excited to announce the hiring of Rosa Duran. Rosa is a native Omahan and graduate of UNO. Rosa has spent the last six years working in Financial Services and brings expertise in Risk Management, Business Analysis, Budgeting, and Financial Analysis. Previously, with Northwest Bank, Rosa led the commercial analyst team to help manage client relationships, assess risk, and ensure compliance.
Rosa will join Meridian’s NetSuite Managed Services team to help small and medium businesses perform on-going enhancements to their NetSuite application.
Meridian is a NetSuite Partner with locations in Omaha and Kansas City. NetSuite is an enterprise application that helps companies across all industries improve processes areas and scale their operations.
Dan Torczon
DAN TORCZON APPOINTED MANAGING PARTNER
Hancock Dana is proud to announce that Dan Torczon has been appointed Managing Partner.
Dan has over 15 years of accounting experience. He joined the firm in 2016 and has served clients in the areas of partnership and S-corporation taxation. He has also managed large audit engagements. Dan has previously led the tax line of business within the firm. Other areas he has been involved in include recruiting, coaching, and career development.
Dan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He currently serves on the Board of Heart Ministry Center.
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John Taylor
COBALT CREDIT UNION APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF IT TECHNICAL SERVICES
MERIDIAN BUSINESS, LLC
PHONE: 402-392-4030
EMAIL: SALES@MERIDIANBUSINESS.COM
WEBSITE: WWW.MERIDIANBUSINESS.COM
Cobalt Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of John Taylor as the organization’s new vice president of information technology technical services. Taylor has been with Cobalt for 15 months and has over 19 years of information technology experience, with the last 16 years being in the financial services industry. Most recently, Taylor served as Cobalt’s technical services manager. As a member of Cobalt’s leadership team, Taylor will be responsible for driving the company’s technology strategy, overseeing technology-related operations, and ensuring Cobalt remains at the forefront of technology innovation. Taylor holds a bachelor of business administration in computer information systems from Eastern Kentucky University.
COBALT CREDIT UNION • PHONE: 402-292-8000
EMAIL: COBALTCREDITUNION@COBALTCU.COM
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