Presiding Officer: Richard Sturgeon
Secretary: Matt McKeever
Chair of the Day: Deb Neary
Invocator: Kendall Scheer
Cashier: Anne Fuhrman
Sgt. at Arms: Bev Karrer
Greeters: Michael Morey, Jamie Summerfelt, and Rebecca Miller
Speaker: Jeremy Bouman
Jeremy Bouman
Executive Director, Defy Ventures
Presentation Topic: Redemptive Entrepreneurship, Serving Nebraskans with Criminal Histories
Defy Ventures is an entrepreneurship, employment, and character development training program for currently and formerly incarcerated men, women, and youth. Defy "transforms the hustle" of our Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) by offering intensive leadership development, Shark Tank-style business plan competitions, executive mentoring, financial investment, and startup incubation.
Here is a 2 minute video that shows our program in action:
Jeremy's Bio:
Jeremy Bouman currently serves as the Executive Director of Defy Ventures in Nebraska. Prior to joining Defy, he served for 7 years as Associate Vice President of Development at Creighton University. Jeremy is a New York City native and has lived in Omaha for the past 10 years. He earned a BA in Communications from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania and a master of science in leadership from Creighton University.
