The Association for Talent Development (ATD), formerly ASTD, is the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. These professionals take the knowledge, skills, and abilities of others and help them achieve their full potential.

The Nebraska Chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD Nebraska) 

Our mission is to enhance members’ abilities, to develop talent and support clients and organizations in our local and global communities. 

Our vision is to be the preferred leader in workplace learning and performance.

Our 2023 goal is to engage our members through hybrid opportunities for learning, networking, and volunteering and to streamline chapter organizational processes.

Today, the ATD Nebraska chapter has over 200 members representing over 100 companies. We have an Executive Board consisting of 8 members and many more directors and committee members to help make ATD Nebraska the preferred leader in workplace learning and performance. The chapter works to bring workshops, tools, resources and the network needed to enhance members' abilities to train, develop and support clients, organizations, and our local and global communities.

ATD National is a professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees in organizations around the world. ATD's members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in almost 140 U.S. chapters and 25 Global Networks. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.

Both ATD Nebraska and ATD National are resources for your personal and professional growth. Through these organizations, you can find a gate to almost any resource you may need -- workshops, books and materials, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), magazines and articles about our industry, career resources, membership directories, newsletters and this website.

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HISTORY

ATD Nebraska chapter received its charter from ATD National on January 21, 1959 and had 26 members from over 20 companies in the Omaha metro area.

ATD Nebraska Past Presidents 

Name	Dates
Patrick J. Mulvhill	1959-60
Michael Beilis	1962-63
Frank Goodell	1964-65
Harold Slayer	1966
Joseph Murphy	1967
E. Lee Horeis	1968
Ken Fielding	1969
Russell Browne	1970
Thomas Moore	1971
Thomas Ernst	1972
Richard McGaughey	1973
Patricia Rogers	1974
Dan Albertus	1975
Jim Woods	1976
Frances A. Kimberly	1976-77
William C. Burgess	1977-78
Mike Fletcher	1978-79
George Boddy	1979-80
Melinda Bickerstaff	1980-81
Merle Schlines	1982-83
Clint Maun	1983-84
Marilyn Fischbach	1984-86
Nancy O’Brien	1986-87
Michael Hoisch	1988
Mike Obal	1989
Louise Waszak	1990
Liz Mazzotta	1991
Michael Anderson	1992
Patricia Snipp	1993
Colleen Haack	1994
Doug Maline	1995
Janet French	1996
Marguerite McGill	1997
Deb Nastasi	1998
Rick Noss	1999
Dustin Logan	2000
Cindi Van Housen	2001
Gretchen Finke Patras	2002
Lisa Hayes	2003
Carol Horner	2004
Tricia Danielsen	2005
Patricia Harrold, CPLP	2006
Angela Galloway	2007
Wendy Schultz	2008
Heather Davis	2009
Michael Merritt	2010
Terry Lee	2011
April Kassen	2012
Christine Hitchcock	2013
Shelly Whittaker	2014
Jill Banaszak	2015
Jon Titus	2016
Krishna Clay	2017
Ericka Juno	2018
Jen Wichern	2019
Katie Kuhl	2020
Jessica Jones	2021