Task Forces: After School Mentoring

After-School Mentoring and Tutoring for Excellence

Task Force Chairs Announced

June 08, 2007

Chair: Mayor Mike Fahey

Mike Fahey was first elected to office in 2001 and was sworn in as Omaha’s 49th mayor. After a successful career as an entrepreneur and businessman, Fahey viewed public service as an opportunity to give back to the City of Omaha.

In May 2005, Mayor Fahey was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term as mayor and continues to build upon his accomplishments in his first four years. He looks forward to continuing his work to strengthen neighborhoods and parks, enhance our professional police and fire departments, build our city to higher design standards through Omaha by Design and to promote our city to new businesses as well as tourism and convention planners.

Throughout the years, Fahey served in a variety of community leadership positions including the boards of Holy Name Housing, The American Red Cross Heartland Chapter and Creighton Prep High School. For ten years, starting in 1981, Fahey served on the Omaha Planning Board and served as chairman for many of those years. Fahey graduated from Creighton University in 1973, with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Vice-Chair: Rebecca Valdez

Chicano Awareness Center Executive Director

Rebecca Valdez is the Executive Director of the Chicano Awareness Center, Greater Omaha’s oldest and largest organization committed to serving the needs and aspirations of the region’s Latino community.

She holds a degree in Education from Texas State University.

Rebecca serves on the Board of Directors of Clarkson College, the Omaha Public Schools Foundation, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the City of Omaha Planning Board.