Center in Lincoln and followed with positions as Assistant Child Life Coordinator for the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She served as a Child Life Specialist in KIDKARE at the St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, and also served as a program Coordinator for the Leukemia Society of America, Kansas Chapter. Her community service endeavors have benefited numerous organizations including: UNMC Polo for Patients, Ak-Sar-Ben River City Rodeo and Stock Show, Ak-Sar-Ben Purple Ribbon Auction, Omaha Symphony Guild, Omaha Children’s Museum, Nebraska Humane Society, Junior League of Omaha and Wichita, Joslyn Art Museum, Henry Doorly Zoo, the Durham Museum, the Clarkson Service League, Children’s Hospital, Child Saving Institute, Omaha Community Playhouse, Arthritis Foundation, St. Leo’s Catholic Church, St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church, Sacred Heart CUES, Boys and Girls Club of Omaha, YWCA, and has served on the boards of the Douglas County Fair and Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Association. The extended Singer family is an integral part of the business and civic sectors of Nebraska. Queen Suzanne’s paternal grandmother, Suzanne Scott, is a retired teacher, avid community volunteer and founder of the Omaha Zoo Foundation. Her paternal grandfather, Walter Scott, is Chairman Emeritus of Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. and Chairman of Level 3 Communications. Her maternal grandparents Leland and Clarine Loseke, retired from agriculture, are active volunteers in their hometown of Schuyler, Nebraska, including Divine Mercy Parish and the American Legion along with long-time service to the Ak-Sar-Ben River City Rodeo.
The Singer family was honored for their civic leadership and community service as Suzanne Clare Singer was crowned the 114th Queen of Ak-Sar-Ben. On October 9, 2010, during the annual Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation and Scholarship Ball, nearly 2,500 attendees witnessed the crowning and the formal introduction of the Court of Quivira which included honorees from more than 200 Nebraska and western Iowa families. The new Queen attends the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, double-majoring in English and Film, Television and Theater. She is expected to graduate in May of 2011. While at college, she is a member of the Notre Dame DOME Yearbook staff serving as a writer, photographer and section editor. She is staff member for NDtv, the Notre Dame Television Station. She has studied abroad in both Ireland and England. Suzanne Singer is the daughter of Dr. William and Lynette Singer of Omaha. Queen Suzanne grew up in Omaha and graduated from Brownell Talbot College Preparatory School in 2007, where she was National Honor Society president, a Brownell-Talbot Ambassador, Cross-Age Helper and Headmasters Council president. She earned varsity letters in Golf, Swimming, Tennis and Cheerleading. She was an Ak-Sar-Ben Page and Crown Bearer to Queen Elizabeth Stinson in 1996. Her volunteer resume includes work with Methodist Hospital, the Nebraska Humane Society, the Siena/Francis House, the Healthwin Retirement Home and the Notre Dame Big Sister/Little Sister program. The Queen’s father, Dr. William Singer, is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with OrthoWest, P.C., and a native of Omaha. He graduated from Westside High School in 1976 and went on to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to receive his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in 1980. While at UNL, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1986. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, Kansas, in 1991. In 1991, his professional career began in Omaha at Methodist Hospital. Now a partner with OrthoWest, P.C., he is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He co-founded the Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital in Omaha and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board. He is an associate team physician with UNO Maverick Hockey and the Bellevue University Bruins; and a physician with the Justin Sports Medicine Program. He currently leads the Ak-Sar-Ben River City Rodeo Justin Sports Medicine Team that serves the second largest rodeo in the world-the Omaha based Justin Boots Championship Rodeo. The Queen’s mother, Lynette Lee Loseke, grew up in Schuyler, Nebraska, graduating from Schuyler Central High in 1977. She went on to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics in 1982, and a Master of Science Degree in Home Economics in 1983. While at the University, she was a member of the Omicron Nu Honorary Society, the Human Development Club, Delta Gamma sorority and served as Panhellenic Rush Counselor. She was certified as a Child Life Coordinator in 1987. She began her career as a Patient Representative at the St. Elizabeth Community Health 9