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Neighborhood Center
Neighborhood Center

Omaha office
115 South 49th Avenue
(1 block south of Dodge Street)
UNO Collaborating Center
Omaha, NE 68132
(402) 881-9478

Council Bluffs Office
136 South Main Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
(402) 290.0545

Who We Are

The Neighborhood Center (NC) is a community-based, neighborhood-driven organization administered by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. NC provides information and assistance to neighborhood associations to enable them to come together and develop their own leadership and decision-making structure and effectively address the issues affecting the quality of life in their communities. NC works directly with residents in the tri-county area, including those who are members of neighborhood associations, homeowners associations, business associations, coalitions, community development corporations, churches, and other not-for-profit groups.

Our Mission

The mission of the Neighborhood Center is to build capacity and strengthen neighborhoods throughout Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie counties.

How We Do It

We carry out our mission by collecting and publishing helpful materials, holding leadership training workshops, and providing technical assistance.

Staff

Anne Steinhoff

Anne Steinhoff
Interim Director

 

Anne Steinhoff, Interim Executive Director, has provided interim executive leadership to six Omaha nonprofit organizations, including the Women’s Fund of Greater Omaha; YWCA Omaha; Inclusive Communities; Catholic Charities; St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey High School; and CASA for Douglas County.  During the past twelve years she has advised nearly 100 organizations throughout the Midwest on visioning and strategic planning, capacity building, and board governance and development.  Anne has twenty years of management experience in diverse fields.  She worked as an executive for the second-largest Catholic health system in the United States, cabinet member and spokesperson for two Omaha mayoral administrations, adjunct faculty member for a state university, and managing editor for an award-winning Fortune 500 company magazine.

During the last fifteen years, she has served as board chair for five nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities, YWCA Omaha, the Nebraska AIDS Project, One World Community Health Centers, and the St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, Nebraska. A member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Anne designed and led an all-school art project while serving on the St. Augustine board of directors. She helped the school’s kindergarten through eighth-grade students create a culturally relevant 75-piece work of art, which is on permanent display at the school.

Ryan Willer

Ryan Willer
Outreach Coordinator
Direct line (402) 290.0545
rwiller@unomaha.edu

 

Ryan is a native of Council Bluffs where he graduated from Lewis Central High School.  Ryan holds a B.S. in Psychology from Iowa State University and a M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  Ryan’s interest in working with people, whether as individuals or groups, is what led him to his education and profession where he can interact with others at the grassroots level to help strengthen their neighborhoods and the community as a whole.  Ryan is also a councilmember for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach: West Pottawattamie County.

Liz Moldenhauer

Liz Moldenhauer
Program Assistant
Direct line (402) 880.4664
emoldenhauer@unomaha.edu

 

Ms. Moldenhauer has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Michigan.  She is active as a community and arts advocate in Omaha. She currently serves as president of the Benson Neighborhood Association, steering committee member of the Benson-Ames Alliance, Ready to Run Committee member for The Women’s Fund for Greater Omaha and member of the Omaha Craft Mafia.  Two most recent projects include planning the 2010 Benson SummerFest and designing a clothing line for the 2010 Omaha Fashion Week. 

Robert Moore

Robert Moore
Direct Line (402) 743.1840

 

Robert Moore is a recent graduate of Denison University, a small liberal arts school in Granville, Ohio. While a student there, Robert earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in philosophy and completed a 60-page capstone research paper titled “Political Liberalism and Human Interdependence.” He was also very involved in student affairs, serving as student body president and earning the school’s prestigious Distinguished Leadership Award. Robert’s previous work includes neighborhood work with Energize Clinton County in Wilmington, Ohio and the Granville Area Chamber of Commerce as well as political work through the office of Senator Richard Lugar and Voters First Ohio, a campaign for redistricting reform.

Our Hours of Operation

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursdays: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Board of Directors

Nathan Watson - President
Micah Evans - Vice President
Thomas Sutko - Treasurer
Patricia Carlson - Secretary
Denise Britigan
Oscar Duran
Teresa Gleason
Christian D. Gray
Pam Horihan
Henry Kammandel, Jr.
Deborah Keating
Linda Lovgren
Kenneth Mar
Matt Walsh