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Lisa Conklin, AAF Omaha president along with the AAF Omaha Board of Directors appoint Rachel Green to the board on May 3rd during the federation’s monthly board meeting. Rachel served on the Education team and was very happy to accept the appointment when called to fill a vacancy on the AAF Omaha board. Rachel will serve as co-chair to the Education team with Mike Gilloon from Bozell.  The Education team plans “6 in 60” discussion panels quarterly, works with student outreach programs serving youth in our community, mentors our local AAF student chapters and oversees the AAF Omaha scholarship program.  Rachel took to the stage with her first official AAF Omaha duties on May 8th along with her co-chair Mike Gilloon and honored this year’s AAF Omaha scholarship winners. The federation awarded $8,400 in scholarship funds to area students. Thank you to Rachel for her willingness to take on a leadership role with AAF Omaha.

Rachel graduated the University of South Dakota with a media and journalist degree in 2016. But her experience in advertising began in 2015 with an Account Service internship at Bozell where she worked on multiple accounts including the College World Series. After graduation she was hired by SKAR as an Account Service intern and was quickly promoted to Account Coordinator, and a short time later, to Account Manager. At SKAR, she excelled through her work with multiple regional brands, including, Nebraska Lottery, East Texas Medical Center and Omaha National. In 2018, Rachel made the move to the in-house side of marketing at First National Bank where she currently works as Marketing Implementations Manager. Rachel she spends her time working on co-branded partnerships. She has been involved with AAF Omaha since 2014.