Board of Directors
Updated 2/19/08

A 35-member Board of Directors manages the corporate matters of the Bar Foundation. The geographical regions of the State of Nebraska are considered when directors are elected to ensure diverse representation. The Board is comprised of eighteen directors who are elected by the Foundation members, and an additional seven directors are selected by the Nebraska State Bar Association's House of Delegates. Following the Foundation Bylaws, Past Presidents of the Foundation are ex-officio voting members of the Board. Additionally, three directors serve as ex-officio members because of their positions in the Nebraska State Bar Association: the President, the President-elect, and the Young Lawyers Section President. The Bar Association's Executive Director also serves as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board. All of the programs and activities of the Foundation are administered and implemented by the Foundation's Executive Director as determined by the Foundation's Board of Directors and its Executive Committee.
Officers
President
Dean G. Kratz, Omaha
 
Vice President
Robert H. Berkshire, Omaha
 
Secretary
Gary W. Radil, Omaha
 
Treasurer
Kile W. Johnson, Lincoln
 
Assistant Treasurer
Stanley C. Goodwin, McCook
 
Ex-Officio Members

Bob Hillis, Fremont
Wayne Mark, Omaha
Jane L. Schoenike, Lincoln
Jackie Tessendorf, Columbus

 
Past Foundation Presidents
1963-1968   Flavel A. Wright, Lincoln*
1968-1973   John J. Wilson, Lincoln*
1973-1977   Thomas M. Davies, Lincoln
1977-1979   Marvin G. Schmid, Omaha*
1979-1981   Otto Kotouc Jr., Humboldt*
1981-1986   Deryl F. Hamann, Omaha
1986-1987   Hans J. Holtorf Jr., Gering*
1987-1990   Robert G. Scoville, S. Sioux City*
1990-1993   Richard A. Knudsen, Lincoln
1993-1996   Keith I. Frederick, Omaha
1996-1999   Charles Thone, Lincoln
1999-2002   Harold W. Kay, North Platte
2002-2005   George E. Svoboda, Fremont
   
*Deceased
 
Board Members

Hon. C. Arlen Beam, Lincoln
Patricia J. Bramhall, Papillion
Melany S. Chesterman, Omaha
Charlotte J. Conner, Valley
Thomas M. Davies, Lincoln
William G. Dittrick, Omaha
Thomas B. Fischer, Omaha
Richard G. Folda, Schuyler
Keith I. Frederick, Papillion**
James E. Gordon, Lincoln
Charles F. Gotch, Omaha
Deryl F. Hamann, Omaha**
Robert M. Hillis, Fremont
Harold W. Kay, North Platte**
Michael F. Kinney, Omaha
Richard A. Knudsen, Lincoln**
William J. Lindsay, Jr., Omaha
Wayne J. Mark, Omaha
William J. Mueller, Lincoln
Michael G. Mullin, Omaha
Hon. Richard D. Sievers, Lincoln
Bruce I. Smith, Grand Island
Galen E. Stehlik, Grand Island
Hon. Lyle E. Strom, Omaha
George E. Svoboda, Fremont**
Nancy A. Svoboda, Lincoln
Jacqueline M. Tessendorf, Columbus
Charles Thone, Lincoln**
Charles E. Wright, Lincoln

**Lifetime Board Members and Past Presidents