Full Name:
Joni Craighead
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Richard; 4 Children: Staci, Jennifer, Carrie, Kyle
Birth Date:
08/11/1954
Birth Place:
Nebraska City, NE
Masters, Public Administration, University of Kansas, 1982
BS, Medical Technology, University of Nebraska, 1976
Former Member, Nebraska Republican Party Central Committee
Senator, Nebraska State Legislature, District 6, 2014-2017
Former Member, Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee, Nebraska State Legislature
Former Chair, Committee on Committees, Nebraska State Legislature
Former Member, Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Nebraska State Legislature
Realtor, present
Former Government Affairs Director, Omaha Area Board of Realtors
Member, AkSarBen Friends
Member, American Heart Association
Former State Judge, American National Teenager Scholarship Organization
Member, Board, Grace University Foundation
Former Member, Chair, Douglas County Republican Party (vice chair, finance chair)
Founding Member, Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
Former Board Member, Friends of Lied(publications editor)
Member, GOP Business and Professional Women
Member, Gamma Phi Beta sorority
Member, National Conference for Community and Justice
Member, Omaha Junior League
Member, annual fund drive vice chair, Great Plains Girl Scout Council
Member, board, Act II, Omaha Symphony Guild
Member, board, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Member, board, Friends of Family Service
Member, board, Miss Omaha/Douglas County and Miss Lincoln/Lancaster County Pageants
Member, board, Nebraska Childrens Home Society
Member, board, One to One Leadership Council
Member, board, Opera Omaha Cotillion
Member, capital campaign publicity committee, Westside Church
Member, committee, Child Saving Institute Cabaret
Member, founder and sponsor, Celebrate Mentoring Week
Member, guild member and fundraising committee, The Rose Theater
Member, judge, Miss America Scholarship Organization
Volunteer, volunteer, Clarkson Hospital Guild.
Volunteer, volunteer, Madonna School
Alternate Delegate, Republican National Convention in 2008., 2008
Awards:
Omaha Junior League, Sustainer Hall of Fame, 2006; Omaha Businesswoman of the Year, ABWA, 2003; Tanner Foundation Legacy Award for Community Advocacy, 2000; Omaha Junior League, President's Award, 1999; SBA Outstanding Nebraska Advocate for Women in Business, 1996; Ten Outstanding Young Omahans, 1993; Outstanding Executive Director, Miss Kansas Scholarship Pageant, 1990; Women of the Year, ABWA, 1986.
Date of Wedding Anniversary:
August 23, 2012