As large-scale development continues to reshape Omaha’s skyline and infrastructure, our client RTG Building Services is emerging as a growing presence within some of the region’s most visible construction projects. They are currently supporting operations inside the new Mutual of Omaha tower, a 44-story development in downtown Omaha that is expected to become the tallest building in the state upon completion.

Josefina Loza, founder of Lozafina, shares her journey of stepping into spaces that weren’t built for her and using storytelling to shape her career in journalism, public relations, and business. Speaking at Metropolitan Community College for Women’s History Month, she encourages others to take risks, own their narrative, and pursue their purpose.

There’s a moment every nonprofit leader knows well: you have the mission, the impact, the work already happening, but funding it sustainably? That’s the challenge.

That’s why the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands is bringing back Fundraising Palooza.

A lot of people think pricing is just numbers. It’s not. It’s positioning. It’s confidence. It’s understanding the value of what you’ve built and knowing how to communicate it clearly enough that someone else believes in it, too.

That’s exactly what this upcoming workshop is getting right.

In Hooper, Nebraska, volleyball isn’t played in front of thousands.

It’s played in small gyms, where the bleachers fill with familiar faces and the game is part of the rhythm of the community. It’s where Jordan Larson first learned the sport, close to home, in a place where expectations are built on work more than attention.

I’ve been so busy building that I almost forgot to pause and say…

I was interviewed by Business.com for a piece on how to actually engage your audience on social media. Now, what I appreciated about this article is that it didn’t romanticize social. It broke it down into what works.

A crisis response from Air Canada and CEO Michael Rousseau after a fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport quickly escalated into a full-scale PR case study, showing how one message and one viral post can expose gaps in strategy, cultural awareness, and leadership communication in real time.

On a ranch in Nebraska’s Sandhills, decisions are practical and immediate, land, water, livestock, weather. It is a place where policy is not abstract. It shows up in daily operations, in what can be sustained and what cannot.

Deb Fischer’s political career began in that environment.

I saw Lozafina listed among the Top 10 PR agencies in Nebraska by Bluelinks… and I’ll be honest, I paused.

Bluelinks reviewed over 40 agencies and didn’t just look at who’s loud, they looked at who’s clear, consistent, strategic, and actually delivering results over time. And when I dug into what they said about Lozafina specifically, it clicked.

Backstage at a fashion show, the mirrors are lined with faces preparing to be seen.

For decades, those reflections followed a narrow standard, one that defined who belonged in fashion and who did not.

Ashley Graham stepped into that space and expanded it.

The stage was small, but the audience was paying attention.

In Omaha, long before national television, Amber Ruffin was already doing the work, writing, performing and refining a voice that would eventually reach millions. Comedy, for her, was never just about timing. It was about perspective.

Some partnerships feel like a full-circle moment. This is one of them. Lozafina is proud to announce our partnership with the Midlands Business Journal as the official social media partner for its 50th Anniversary Celebration, also known as the MBJ Golden Jubilee.

The calls don’t always come during business hours.

They come when a streetlight goes out. When a family needs help navigating city services. When a neighborhood has a concern but doesn’t know where to start.

Jennifer Rodriguez is often the person on the other end.

The work rarely makes headlines.

It happens in boardrooms, in training sessions, in conversations about budgets, compliance and staffing. It happens behind the scenes, before a nonprofit launches a program, before a grant is written, before services reach the people who need them.

Anne Hindery has built her career in that space.

There is a mix of anticipation and uncertainty, the kind that comes with starting over or starting fresh.

Carmen Tapio has built her work around that moment.

As the founder and owner of North End Teleservices (NET), Tapio leads one of Omaha’s largest minority-owned businesses, a company that provides contact center and business process outsourcing services to national clients.

I still become a giddy schoolgirl when I see my byline in print. I’ve been addicted to that feeling since I was 18, when I saw my first story in the Omaha World-Herald. These days, that feeling has evolved and multiplied. Because now, it’s not just mine. It’s ours.

On election night in 1986, the outcome in Nebraska signaled more than a shift in political leadership. It marked a national first in American politics. 

Kay A. Orr had been elected governor of Nebraska, becoming the first Republican woman ever elected governor in the United States.

When Brigitte McQueen arrived in Omaha in 2006, North Omaha was not widely recognized as a contemporary arts destination. Within five years, she would help change that.

Before she became one of Hollywood’s most respected actresses, Hilary Swank’s story began far from red carpets and film premieres. Born July 30, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Swank spent much of her childhood growing up in Bellingham, Washington, where her family lived in a trailer park.

Bright colors. Letter blocks. Small charms shaped like hearts, suns and smiley faces. Around it, a group of teens sits shoulder to shoulder, heads down, hands moving, quietly creating something of their own.

At the center of it is Alejandra Wells, not standing apart, but sitting with them.