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Joni Craighead's Biography

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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 Children’s 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

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