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inclusive communities HUMANITARIAN DINNER Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center. She has taught in the graduate counseling program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the UNO University Division, and at Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health. Stephanie received her BA in Education from the University of NE-Lincoln, her Masters in Counseling from the University of NE at Omaha, and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of NELincoln. She is a Certified Diplomate with the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and received a certificate in Spiritual Direction and Interspiritual Mentoring from the Claritas Institute. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Nebraska Psychological Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and the medical staff of Nebraska Methodist Hospital.
Todd & Betiana Simon Humanitarian Award todd Simon is a 5th Generation owner of the Omaha Steaks® group of companies, serving as Senior Vice President of Omaha Steaks International, Inc., President of OSSalesCo, Inc. and Vice-Chairman of Omahasteaks.com, Inc. In his various roles, Mr. Simon is responsible for and involved in all consumer sales and marketing of Omaha Steaks branded products and services in many channels including Mail Order, Stores, Telemarketing, Internet, and Business-to-business. Mr. Simon joined Omaha Steaks over two decades ago after graduating from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is responsible for developing and implementing Omaha Steaks’ awardwinning marketing programs, as well as the employee development efforts which make Omaha Steaks one of the finest customer service businesses in the country. Todd currently serves as a member on the Board of Directors of a number of philanthropic organizations including the Omaha Community Foundation, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and United States Artists. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Nebraska Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. In past years, Todd served on the boards of Jewish Family Service and R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Betiana moved to Omaha from her native Argentina in 2001 to pursue a degree in Secondary Education in Foreign Languages – which she received from Dana College in 2004. In 2007, Betiana joined the board of Film Streams where she serves on their
Latin American programming committee. Betiana has helped organize a local fundraising effort for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. Along with Todd, she is a Director of the Todd & Betiana Simon Foundation which provides intellectual and financial support to arts and human care organizations. She helped found the Big Brothers Big Sisters Impact Circle in 2008 and has recently joined the board of directors of the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Todd and Betiana were married in Omaha in August 2005 and have two children.
OneWorld Community Health Centers Otto Swanson Spirit of Service Award oneWorld community health centerS (formerly the Indian-Chicano Health Center) was established as a volunteer, free clinic in 1970 to address health access issues of patients with financial, cultural and linguistic barriers to care. OneWorld is now the largest provider of primary health care services in South Omaha and is the only primary care clinic with a majority bilingual and bicultural staff, a sliding fee scale for patients without insurance, entitlement enrollment, on-site pharmacy, vision and other services. In 2010, OneWorld saw over 21,000 individual patients in over 85,000 visits. Under the leadership of CEO, Andrea Skolkin, OneWorld is currently finishing up a $12.1 million capital campaign to serve more vulnerable youth and adults in our community.
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ANDREA SKOLKIN, CEO ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS