Excellence in Business — Small/Medium

from 2022 Omaha Inspire Magazine: Celebrating Women's Leadership

Woman of the Year

WINNER Tricia Riggins

RG & Associates — Managing Partner

Tricia Riggins is the founding and managing member of RG & Associates, a certifi ed public accounting fi rm based in Omaha. RG has fl ourished into a successful, mid-size fi rm providing businesses and their families with the highest level of quality services and care. Tricia is passionate and devoted to everyone around her, most importantly, her family and friends, clients, and employees. Her philosophy is that good things happen to those who take care of each other and employs this thinking in managing her business and daily living. Tricia graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha summa cum laude and appreciates giving back to the community across various charitable organizations in and around the Omaha metro. Her noblest achievements are being a mother, grandmother, animal lover, business consultant and continued leader of RG.

Nicole M. Bianchi • Co-founder, Bravium HD Nicole Bianchi is an international keynote speaker, author, and award-winning entrepreneur. A founding partner at Bravium, Nicole works with executives, leaders, and teams to craft their own small brave moves around the missed conversations, gaining alignment or being more strategic, skills + action everyone needs to eff ectively lead. She proudly leads a butterfl y movement in the city of Papillion by installing social butterfl y murals inspiring others to be the change they want to see. Her favorite time is spent with her husband Dave, and their children, Moe, Joe, and Nic.

Katie Bruno • Morey & Quinn Wealth Partners, Financial Advisor Katie Bruno is a fi nancial planner, small business owner, and community activist. Katie is a certifi ed fi nancial planner professional and divorce fi nancial analyst. She holds several securities licenses and her Nebraska life and health insurance certifi cate. In 2021, Katie was selected as a recipient of the Midlands Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Award, honoring local entrepreneurs, executives and professionals. She is involved in a number of professional and community organizations including the Omaha Public Library Foundation, the Financial Planning Association of Nebraska, the Women’s Center for Advancement, and 100 Women Who Care Omaha. She is currently teaching retirement planning as an adjunct professor in the Heider College of Business.

Co-Founder & CEO, Auditminer Kelly Mann is the CEO and cofounder of AuditMiner, a software company dedicated to streamlining and automating employee benefi t plan audits. She is involved in the startup ecosystem in Omaha: speaking to local universities, attending events, and promoting the startup community. Kelly is also the president of a local CPA fi rm and an emerging thought leader in the accounting industry. She is a breast cancer survivor and a mom of three young children.

Kim Whittaker • FNTS, President Kim Whittaker is president of FNTS, a nationally recognized advisor in managed IT services. She has served FNTS since 1996 and was named president in 2017. She is a passionate leader with extensive knowledge in identifying trends, strategic solutions and new technologies that meet technical needs facing organizations today. As the company’s fi rst female president, she volunteers with organizations that inspire young women to consider tech careers. Kim is a member of Microsoft’s Women in Cloud Advisory Group, the AIM Institute’s Board of Directors and the Nebraska Technology Collaborative. In 2020, Kim was named Tech Leader of the Year by AIM.