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Advisory Board Awards Celebration

We need your help congratulating the 2020 and 2021 advisory board award honorees. They don’t get to have a traditional ceremony due to COVID-19, but with your help, we can provide them with a wonderful collection of congratulatory messages from our fabulous College of Business community!

We need you – our CoB alumni, business partners, students and faculty/staff – to help us by providing
a congratulatory video or message. Use the link below to submit your message or video (use your phone horizontally).

Any questions, please email lniles2@unl.edu

Send a Message to the 2020 and 2021 Honorees View Honorees

Submit As a Video or Short Paragraph

Submission Option 1:
Submit a Video

Directions

  • Step 1: Find a space to film yourself. Turn your phone so it's horizontal to record your message.
  • Step 2: Your video should be a maximum of 2 minutes long and the file size limit is 500MB.
  • Step 3: Upload your video via the form here.
Submission Option 2:
Submit a Short Paragraph and Photo

Directions

  • Step 1: Click on the form link here to submit your message.
  • Step 2: Upload a photo to go along with your answer, if desired.
  • Step 3: Submit through the form linked here.

2020 & 2021 Honorees

Lifetime Achievement

Allan Noddle, '62


Allan Noddle, a paramount leader in the food distribution industry, worked and consulted in 28 countries on four continents in executive roles for Daymon Worldwide, Royal Ahold and Giant Foods. During Noddle's time with Ahold, he oversaw all of the Latin American and Asian companies and was the first American to serve on the Dutch corporation's executive board. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Ahold USA Support Services and president and CEO of Giant Foods in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His career began with Hinky Dinky Supermarkets in 1965.

Noddle supports the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in many ways, including the International Business Select program, a cohort-based program that offers students a unique study abroad opportunity, professional mentorships and business development projects. He also serves as a trustee for the University of Nebraska Foundation. Noddle often volunteers his time speaking in classes and at events. In 2010, he was recognized as an Alumni Master by the College of Business and returned to campus to share his experience and knowledge with students.

He serves on seven corporate boards and has served on numerous community boards, including Junior Achievement, the Better Business Bureau, Hershey Medical Center and the Jewish Community Center. He also received accolades as an inductee into Omaha Central High School's Hall of Fame and the Private Label Manufacturers Hall of Fame.

Noddle earned his bachelor's in business administration from Nebraska in 1962, graduating cum laude. He also graduated with top honors from the U.S. Ordnance Officers Supply School and served as first lieutenant in the 24th Infantry Division.

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Business Leadership

Mike Dunlap, '86


Michael Dunlap serves as the executive chairman of Nelnet, as well as one of the founders of the company. In this capacity, he is involved in helping establish and implement the strategic direction of the company. He founded the company that would become Nelnet with Stephen Butterfield in 1996, and previously served as chairman and CEO (co-CEO with former Vice Chairman Butterfield 2003-07) from its inception.

Dunlap focuses his time on Nelnet’s key strategies of diversifying the company’s revenue stream, achieving superior economies of scale through successful operations of all business units, and attaining high-quality earnings.

He serves in different leadership capacities for many organizations, including Union Bank & Trust Company, Union College, Vision 2015, Capital Casualty Company, Hudl, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law and Business Advisory Board, among others.

Dunlap earned his bachelor’s degree in accountancy and finance in 1986 and his juris doctorate in 1989, both from Nebraska.

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Young Alumni

Jack O'Holleran, '05


Jack O’Holleran is CEO and co-founder of SKALE Labs, a company solving the blockchain scalability problem by facilitating processing between blockchains and decentralized applications. He is a veteran Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur with a vast background in machine learning/AI technologies and blockchain. A self-taught coder, he leads a team solving crypto’s scalability issues while securing the blockchain in a reliable, cost-effective and safe way.

He also serves as a strategic advisor for Aktana, which he co-founded in 2008. He helped Aktana grow from a four-person start-up to a leading SaaS sales and marketing analytics platform for Global Life Science companies. The company was named one of the “Top 100 Privately Held Software Companies” by JMP Securities.

O’Holleran mentors and coaches startups in the Alchemist Accelerator in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also co-founded the Icarus Athletic Club, a club dedicated to health fitness and community.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2005. He was a starting receiver for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Football team, a two-time varsity letterman and was twice awarded First-Team All Big 12 Honors.

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Corporate Leadership

Kiewit


Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. With its roots dating back to 1884, the employee-owned organization operates through a network of subsidiaries in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Kiewit had 2019 revenues of more than $10 billion and employs 23,000 staff and craft employees.

Kiewit’s ethical, forward-thinking workforce continues to build upon the company’s reputation of safe, high-quality engineering. Consistently ranked among the top five of the Engineering News-Record Top 400 Contractors, the company is a leader in a variety of market sectors throughout North America. Kiewit offers construction and engineering services in a variety of markets including transportation; oil, gas and chemical; power; building; water/wastewater; industrial; and mining.

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Contact

Niles, Laura
External Relations Director of Communications, Marketing and External Relations
HLH 311 J
P.O. Box 880405
Lincoln, NE 68588-0405
402-472-9580