This year during Meet the Pros 2018 hosted by AAF Omaha more than 190 students and young professionals took the next step.  Our next generation of advertising professionals moved up the elevator. They have been meeting deadlines, slogging through collaborations and critiques, and challenging conventions with their own ideas about creativity and career. We thank them for taking two days from their classrooms to join us in the real world of advertising.

This was not a sit-and-listen yawn-fest. Meet the Pros 2018 allowed attendees to participant in a once-a-year event teaming up-and-comers with been-there-done-thats.

AAF Omaha celebrated 57 years of hosting Meet the Pros on February 1 & 2. With loads of new content for attendees we presented new speakers this year along with more professionals from more categories, plus internships and scholarships for students to apply for.  Meet the Pros 2018 was where aspiration met inspiration.

Thank you to the more than 130 professionals giving their time to participate as event committee leaders, speakers, tour guides, table talk facilitators, portfolio and resume reviewers and to more than 75 professionals that took time to join Meet the Pros attendees at lunch to hear keynote presenters and interact with students.

This year’s planning committee deserves a standing ovation for a job well done. Thank you to the following Meet the Pros 2018 team members and key Meet the Pros volunteers:

Christine Dunn, Vic Gutman & Associates
Bre Phelan, Oath
David Lempp, Centro
Ashley Anderson, Flywheel
Bri Harding
Cody Fenske, Clark Creative Group
Cyndi Wenninghoff, SilverStone Group
Isabel Taule, Agape Red
Jake Micknick, Oath
Laura Spaulding, Bozell
Marlee Ingham, Berkshire Hathaway
Megan Sitzmann, HDR
Melanie Krohn, Bozell
Michael Johnson, Bailey Lauerman

For photos from this year’s event visit the AAF Omaha – Meet the Pros Facebook page.

Meet the Pros would not be possible without the support of our generous sponsors and volunteers. Thank you to Meet the Pros 2018 sponsors!